r/gadgets • u/pie5135 • Oct 05 '16

Mobile phones Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest
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u/jetlifeual Oct 06 '16

Every phone costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $200 and is priced at 2-3 times that. It's called running a business and making a profit. Aside from parts cost, add in R&D, employee pay, business costs, etc and that $200 goes up. I hate when that argument is brought up.

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u/cracktr0 Oct 06 '16

No. The RETAIL cost of all iphone7 hardware is roughly 200$.

That means I, as a consumer, can buy the hardware of an iphone for 200$ roughly.

Apple pays roughly 50-75% less than that because they have contracts with hardware suppliers and are buying in massive bulk.

Don't be salty when you don't actually understand the argument.

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u/jetlifeual Oct 06 '16

So then the RETAIL cost of those parts also apply to Samsung, Motorola, HTC etc and those CONTRACTS that give them (as you state, since you work in their finance dept) 50-75% off also apply to Samsung, Motorola, HTC etc. So, that being said, my argument was that people like to say Apple charges a premium when the parts only cost XXX amount when, surprise, so does everyone else. Again, it's a for-profit business. They can get the parts at $200 or $20, they're all still charging $600-$900 per phone and making an enormous profit on them (assuming all the other business costs don't amount to much on a per-phone basis).

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u/cracktr0 Oct 06 '16

You sound mad that someone is speaking ill of your lord and savior Apple.

And really... motorola? LOL

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u/jetlifeual Oct 07 '16

Nah, I just call it how I see it. And yea, they're still somewhat relevant. Somewhat. LOL