Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Storm is available from Verizon for $200 with a mail-in rebate of $50. But how much does the phone actually cost to make?
iSuppli, which often does a teardown analysis of popular smartphones, estimates costs of the components and assembly for the Storm is just about $203. At $35, the Qualcomm MSM7600 processor is the single most expensive component in the phone.
Other iSuppli breakdown analysis have put a tag of $175 on the 3G iPhone 8GB version and $144 on the HTC T-Mobile G1 phone.
To be sure, this bill-of-materials tag isn’t an indication of the true cost of the phone sense since it does not include expenditure on software development, testing, marketing or distribution, all important items that contribute to the final price tag of the phone.
Still RIM and Verizon are dialing in some happy numbers on the phone. RIM released the Storm in North America on Nov. 21. And despite some harsh reviews and criticism of the device, Verizon said it has sold one million units since the launch.
[via Engadget]
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Reviled by Reviewers, BlackBerry’s Storm Rages On
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