Nexus one Parts cost 175$....
 

well u read right the phones internals and hardware parts only cost 175 dollars....haha google really wants that profit margin to be as big as possible...just sign ur wallet over to them:evil3:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/n...ill-priceless/

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so the phone costs only that much ideally but because of google name on it...its what 4-500 dollars oem?

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thats about normal and actually cheap for the internals on it

with contract they are only making $5 off of the phone, which is why they make you pay $80 a month

Wirelessly posted (Touch Pro 2 (Sprint): Opera/9.5(Microsoft Windows; PPC; Opera Mobi/16643; U; en) HTC_Touch_Pro2)

that cost doesnt include research asn development. It also doesnt include all of the heavy downstream costs involved either. Theres more cost than just the parts. stuff like marketing, ad materials, transportation costs you name it.

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Probably about the same it costs to make an iphone, TP2, Droid, Omnia 2 and pretty much any other top end smart phone.

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that still doesnt make the phone 550 dollars....im sure they dont need 400 dollars extra per phone to make up the cost of all that u named....google earns enough revenue and can do most of the adds from there own searches and sites....yes there are some on here but how much do u think that all costs?

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Theres also such a thing as market demand. Why sell a highly demanded product at a lower cost? Right now, this thing is in high demand, and very limited supply....thus the price will be higher :) Basic economics

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true on the base econimics but i figured the cheaper the price the more it will sell and a bigger chunk of the market share u will take away from apple...hmmdisgust

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Smartphone prices have been around $450-$550 for as long as I can remember. I think its less of a market demand, r&d, advertising (until a little bit ago how often did you see a smartphone advertisement) and more of that's just how it is. I understand R&D costs but HTC made this phone using nothing they haven't used before so its not that high. That goes for most of HTCs phones. But hey that's why you got contracts and ebay.

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Even the last generation Touch Pro and Diamonds were over 500.00, and they'll continue to keep selling them at this price (or higher) as long as we keep buying them.

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This isnt the only business that does this....In paintball, when the new Egos and DM`s come out they can go for around 1200-1500....The parts cost around 250....What your paying for is the name, research and marketing the first year....Notice prices always drop after they break even....

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Looks like Google has its own $350 ETF fee on top of T-Mobiles $200 if you cancel within 120 days. Anyone buying this better make sure they're gonna keep it a while.

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wow google this is not the way u start off ur own phone damnit...

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Hmmm all seems pretty standard......

Revenue - Marginal Cost(175 apparently)= Contribution margin

Contribution Margin is then used to pay off fixed cost, such RnD, adversiting, replacing bad units.....and so on.

After that they get.....profit....the Iphone cost about the same to make and it costs more.

Thats not even a high mark up.....only 250ish%. Go buy a 6 dollar aux cable in a store and there you have a real mark up.

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interesting - thats a deep profit

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but there hasnt been much adverstising....u only see it on websites much of which google owns somewhat or atleast the domains.....its not like the iphone or droid that get so many tv ads

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Oh the Google ETF is only 120 days? That's not too bad.

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For a first product, I wouldn't want to sell millions of these things. If the phone has hardware/software issues galore, it's best to fix this with only a small number of units, vs having millions of these phones out there, and none of them work. That would be a PR disaster for Google. By the time Verizon gets this phone (and hopefully Sprint.....a man can dream), the hardware/software bugs will be ironed out, and it will be ready for a big marketing campaign, and possibly some nice online deals.