On 14/10/2010 12:02 PM, scott wrote:
> Interesting, the cost breakdown to make an iPhone:

Interesting indeed.

I note that with all the sophisticated technology in this device, the 
single most expensive component is... the display?! (And that's not even 
including the touch feature, just the actual display itself.) Closely 
followed by... the flash RAM?? Everything else is peanuts compared to 
these two items.

I'm quite surprised at how cheap some of the items are. You would have 
thought the processor would be expensive... but no. (The RAM is more 
expensive than the CPU?!) You would have thought the 5 megapixel camera 
would be expensive... but no. You would have thought the custom battery 
would be expensive... but yet again, no.

I'm also surprised at just how cheap the casing is; you would have 
thought making something that can survive being sat on, dropped on the 
pavement, rained on or flushed down a toilet would be very expensive. 
But apparently not.

(Strictly, they list the cost of the materials, not the cost of actually 
assembling them.)

I also note with some amusement that it has a 960x640 pixel screen. 
That's slightly higher than the Amiga 1200 "Super-Hires Interlaced" 
video mode, at 960x480 visible pixels. (Well what did you expect with < 

that includes the backlight...)

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