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Old 02-20-2011, 03:38 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by brbubba View Post
There isn't a chance in hell they are selling them at a loss. Apple's entire business model was based on hardware sales. The whole app store kick back was secondary to the profitable hardware business.

A 200% markup isn't unusual for any product. The gaming business has a much larger markup, over 1000%+.
It's that markup, of course, which pays the development costs. R&D doesn't come cheap.
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