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Amazon To Lose $10 Per Kindle Fire

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 1, 2011 @04:50AM from the on-hardware-anyway dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a manufacturing cost breakdown, it turns out Amazon is willing to sell its new Kindle Fire at a $10 loss. An analyst estimates that the Kindle Fire, priced at $199, actually costs $209.63 to produce. That said, the device is likely to be much more valuable to Amazon through content sales and the ability to drive more purchases through its website."

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Re:Only $10? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-01 08:37 · Score: 2, Funny

Delivery costs are relatively low in general
Indeed, especially if they use Amazon Prime shipping.