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Old 07-06-09   #21 (permalink)
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The Kindle connects you free wirelessly to the kindle store over a 3G network. Its like a cell phone. With no subscription fee the money for that has to come from somewhere.
They make money off that, seeing as it, you know, connects you to their store.

I don't own one, just going by what I just heard
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Wow, I paid that $400 for my 16gb touch way back when, and Apple made more than 100% profit on it? My hatred for that company just reached a new level.
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-Thats sickening IMO.

At least Microsoft and Sony know their products make money off the actual usage of their products. But no - not Amazon -.-
The consoles make their money off the peripherals and games and whatever online service(s) they provide like their store.
Amazon makes money on Amazon from the books - but they still charge that god damn much? Sickening. I love my Kindle, but anyone with half a brain and looking at the color-less LCD and plastic housing would know that they really didn't pay for what they got.
Agreed. No offense to you, my friend, but IMO the Kindle is (in some respects) a joke.
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Yeah and what I don't get, most people here on OCN keep dissing the PS3 that it's too expensive and they want a price drop to justify it's cost. Plebs, work a little bit harder so you can afford a fantastic value for money piece of equipment.

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There is no way these are correct. I remember reading somewhere that it only cost Apple $36 with labor costs to manufacture an 8gb touch
They are NOT correct. iSuppli has never been close to guessing correct on anything. Microsoft has said numerous times what their 360 cost to manufacture and it's never even close to iSuppli's best guess.
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Retail price: $499
Cost of components: $700

Toshiba was willing to sell its first HD-DVD player at a loss in hopes of an early lead in the next-generation DVD battle with rival Sony.
Nothing says mistake more than a net $1 billion loss lol

And isn't selling a product at a huge loss for market share illegal? Anti-trust laws?
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yah price of ps3 amazed me they sell it for like 50% off and it cost same as a good PC for sony
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I've always found it funny that Apple charges $100 more for a little bit more flash memory...when flash memory is so flippin' cheap these days. Why not just have a MicroSD slot so that people can stick their own 8gb card in it?
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There is no way these are correct. I remember reading somewhere that it only cost Apple $36 with labor costs to manufacture an 8gb touch
So "somewhere" it said that making a touch costs $36, therefore other claims must be false?

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And isn't selling a product at a huge loss for market share illegal? Anti-trust laws?
Only if it harmfully affects competition (e.g. Intel can't do it because its only viable competitor would go down under due to much smaller market share and resources/capital). Considering that both Microsoft and Nintendo are both more or less trouncing over Sony, I don't think they have much of a case
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I call BS

phones are made for a few bucks

in sweat shops by 10 year old kids.
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