Comments on: iSuppli: Droid Incredible Materials Cost $165.35

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:38:07 +0000

Well, this certainly makes me feel awesome about only paying $45 for mine thanks to contract renewal discounts!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:18:49 +0000

why does it retail for so much more than it costs to build? Because that’s what the market dictates!

By: Enlight

Enlight — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:01:24 +0000

Isn’t it pretty much exactly the same as Nexus except the camera/camcorder is better?

By: Abrown

Abrown — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:53:09 +0000

You forgot one vital thing. The company also likes to make a profit.

By: bean

bean — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:26:01 +0000

Not a nexus two more like a Nexus 1.5 just enough to be slightly better but not enough for me to not still miss some of the features th N1 had…

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:18:59 +0000

When I worked for a large semiconductor company, we had a measure of margin that related the raw materials cost to the selling price. This ratio was usually between .4 to .5. The raw materials cost did not include costs of engineering, marketing, labor, equipment, and shared expenses like electricity to keep the lights on, etc. This BOM is similarly leaving out many expenses involved in producing the finished product.

Still, it’s fascinating for two reasons: first, if an 8 GB eNAND from Hynix is less than $28, then it probably costs Hynix about half that to make. Second, if a 1300 mAh battery costs $4.60, why does a replacement cost me $40? Is Verizon not making enough money selling me data for $30 a month?

By: Iknowright

Iknowright — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:55:25 +0000

@Julian

I was wondering the same thing. you would think for an extra dollar they could have at least made the stock battery 1500 mAh.

By: James!

James! — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:31:16 +0000

Don’t forget the cost of R&D.

By: Phanatic

Phanatic — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:11 +0000

The Sheet says total materials cost 163.35, your title says 165.35 ..

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:56:32 +0000

The battery only costs five bucks? Idk why htc gave the incredible such a bad battery.

By: eris

eris — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:32:10 +0000

No. The question is why is incredible as expensive as iPhone sans micro SD when clearly it does not cost as much to build and the android is free to license except ms loyalty.

By: JBaker

JBaker — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:22:49 +0000

The Nexus 2 will innovate the same way the Nexus One did, as Quentyn pointed out. I expect the Nexus 2 (if it ever come to light) will have a 2Ghz, or dual core, or better.

By: Inspiron41

Inspiron41 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:10:06 +0000

no way incredible is the successor to nexus. although the incredible is a nice phone, i expect the successor to be faster, better graphic processor (gaming of course), longer battery life (1-2 days) and sleeker.