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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Of course assembly, R&D, packaging, transport, marketing, etc. are on top. That said it is also claimed that Apple's margins are high compared to those of other phone manufacturers - I often wonder if that means that for phones of same retail price, the non Apple phone has higher quality components or just suffer higher component costs due to smaller volumes.
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I think I read that Samsung sells more of their flagship phones than Iphone does so they'd have good volume discounts as well.
I remember seeing a TV interview with a General Motors executive, possibly the CEO or some such, about 20 or 30 years ago where he was asked why Cadillacs are so expensive and he said it was mostly about volume. That if Cadillac sold as many cars as Chevrolet they'd only sell for about a hundred dollars more.
Barry