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Originally Posted by Hellmark
He's not really comparing ipod touch to this (at least not initially), but cost difference between MID and similar Smartphone, using iPod touch cost vs iPhone cost as comparison. With those, you have two like devices, that were designed at the same time and designed to do many of the same things, using many of the same components, but the end cost to the consumer (when you factor in how much subsidizing is) is hundreds of dollars different.
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And quite a bit different:
- 32GB iPhone 4 = $749
- 32GB iPod touch 4 = $299
No way is there an extra $450 worth of parts and R&D in the iPhone.