Riiight... because it's not like it costs anything to, say, develop an entirely new hardware and software platform from scratch.
Bringing bleeding-edge innovations like multi-touch to market before anyone else doesn't require any real R&D; they probably just had an intern do it.
Designing an entirely new finger-based UI paradigm? Intern.
New touch keyboard technology with auto-correction? Intern.
Cramming 2x the technology of most phones into hardware less than 1/2 inch thick? Intern.
Defending the iPhone brand against Cisco? Law student interns.
I'm also sure that when it launches, all the marketing will be designed by interns, and the ad space donated by the Ad Council. Support will be handled by call centers full of volunteers.
Sure, the BoM + manufacturing cost + software royalties may be in the ballpark of $245.83, but to say that means a "49.3 percent profit margin" is just ludicrous.
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Riiight... because it's not like it costs anything to, say, develop an entirely new hardware and software platform from scratch.
Bringing bleeding-edge innovations like multi-touch to market before anyone else doesn't require any real R&D; they probably just had an intern do it.
Designing an entirely new finger-based UI paradigm? Intern.
New touch keyboard technology with auto-correction? Intern.
Cramming 2x the technology of most phones into hardware less than 1/2 inch thick? Intern.
Defending the iPhone brand against Cisco? Law student interns.
I'm also sure that when it launches, all the marketing will be designed by interns, and the ad space donated by the Ad Council. Support will be handled by call centers full of volunteers.
Sure, the BoM + manufacturing cost + software royalties may be in the ballpark of $245.83, but to say that means a "49.3 percent profit margin" is just ludicrous.