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Kindle 2 Tear-Down Reveals Price of Components

Posted by timothy on from the venturing-to-gain dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Amazon's wildly popular Kindle 2 got a good old fashioned tear-down from the folks at market research firm iSuppli. According to the organization, the Kindle 2's manufacturing cost is almost half as much as its retail price."

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  1. No kidding. by JCSoRocks · · Score: 4, Funny

    This. Just. In. There's a markup on retail goods! Also, the sky is generally blue and you need oxygen to live.

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