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Amazon To Lose $10 Per Kindle Fire

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:Well if an anlyst says so it must be true by mgblst · · Score: -1, Troll

    So it would be more accurate if they rounded it up? Wow, that is one of the dumbest comments I have heard in a long time.