Thread: What iPhones cost to make
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Old 09-10-2012, 06:55 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The "profit" has to pay for the development costs; these devices don't materialise out of thin air.
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Unfortunately the article doesn't spell out how much apple spends on research, which is a fair point, but considering just how much money they make it can't be more than a pittance per unit.
This. It doesn't take very much to buy a bunch of off-the-shelf ICs and mash them together.
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