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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Oh, and the figures in the original post are pretty meaningless not only because they are just guesses at the manufacturing cost, but because manufacturing cost isn't the only cost! It ignores all transportation, wharehousing and retail costs.
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Guesses ...hmmm
Well, I'm a Kindle owner and I agree that iSuppli doesn't know what the heck they're talking about. My Kindle based guess says that manufacturing costs for the Fire are only $149, because of the fantastic volume deals Amazon struck with contractors. R&D and post-manufacturing costs are $25, so that means Amazon is clearing $25 pure profit per unit on the Fire.