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02-18-2018, 05:17 AM | #63 | |
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To return to the original topic. I still can't buy the Oasis and have decided that I am actually quite satisfied with my current reading devices.
Allow me to quote Aesop Quote:
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02-19-2018, 07:10 PM | #64 | |
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Especially when I think on how they were the first to introduce the $1000 phone; that cost them less than $200 to fabricate! As you see, I'm not an apple fan, and as a result of this second trend which they started, now Android phones follow suit. Because: "You won't buy our phones when we price them competitively at $250 a piece; that's why we overcharge them, so you'll put value into something that really costs us nothing to make". |
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02-19-2018, 11:28 PM | #66 | |
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Yes, Apple has a big profit margin, but they do not have over 80%. Keep it real, and please stop spreading false rumors that it costs less than $200 to fabricate (labor and materials and components). |
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02-20-2018, 09:28 AM | #67 |
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Agreed that it costs Apple more than $200 to make iphone X. Estimates are $357 ( https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/06/how-m...apple-to-make/ )
But that does not include R&D costs for new capabilities of course. |
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Apple's iPhone 7, is very similar in technology. Apple takes well over the 50% margin they're supposed to make. And so does nearly any cellphone manufacturer that prices any phone over $350. The most expensive part of a phone isn't the phone itself, but packaging and shipping, and storing. Well, nowadays the phone is. But not because they cost $1k, but because the price is grossly inflated. Pair that with non removable batteries, and lower prices phones with lacking ram, and you have a mishmash of lousy engineered waste products. We're not talking about $20 phones here, We're talking about a bi-annual cost of $800 or more, just to be able to be on the internet. Because in reality, who still uses a phone to call, with all that social media and stuff? |
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None of this has anything to do with the title of the thread.
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02-21-2018, 04:11 AM | #70 |
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..right..
The best answer is "nowhere!" Just save your money for something better. |
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Excellent! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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