iSuppli has done a hardware component tear down of the popular HTC Incredible and found that the smartphone costs $163.35 to build.
It is important to note that the hardware tear down does not include R&D, manufacturing, shipping or advertising costs.
The device sells through Verizon for $200 with contract.
By comparison, iSuppli noted that the Apple iPhone 4, with 16GB of storage, ... [ read the full article ]
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xnonsuchx, how is it a bigger ripoff as there is only $36.65 markup between cost of parts & contract price? iphone is multiple $100's markup between parts cost & contract price.
custom built gaming pc from early 2010,ps2 with 15 games all original,ps3 500gbs with 5 games all original,yamaha amp and 5.1channel surround sound speakers,46inch sony lcd smart tv.
Its a guess based on an anandtech article on the iphone4.
in some tests is was practially ipad (1GHz) speed, in others it was between the ipad and phone 3GS. but then the ipad was running 3.2, so untill they can compare it to an ipad with 4.0 we wont know for sure, but their educated guess is that it runs at 800MHz. this is never for sure, and apple have never said so.
