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Subject: [Discuss] [OT] Smart Phones
From: kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:38:44 -0500
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On 03/05/2013 02:10 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> I believe that was actually the labor charges to assemble the iPhone 
> from parts/subassemblies. I'm pretty sure that I remember reading 
> something like that at the time. A quick google search finds at least 
> one estimate of $15 for cost to manufacture.

That I can believe. That might be why the Foxconn workers are sometimes 
thought to be less than happy.

-kb

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