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Google Nexus 7 Parts Cost $18 More Than Kindle Fire
judgecorp writes "The parts for a Google Nexus 7 tablet cost only $18 more than the materials for an Amazon Kindle Fire, according to a teardown by IHS. This means while Amazon initially took a loss on each tablet sold, Google will break even on its 8Gb tablet, and make a small profit on the 16Gb model."
I'm pretty sure that these devices have more than 1 and 2MB of storage. I don't expect editors to edit or anything, but are nerds seriously still having problems with the idea that the abbreviations for units are case-sensitive? K is not k and b is not B and so on?
Dude, I have had people (I assume they're people, then again this is /.) argue with me about whether or not it's proper to capitalize the letter i when using it in self-reference (i.e., "I'm not so dumb as to think I don't need to capitalize i when I self-reference"). Same goes for capitalizing the first letter of a sentence, and proper nouns. The way some folks bitch about having their capitalization corrected, you would think the Shift key killed their family and raped their dog...
Keeping that in mind, are you really all that surprised?
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
Shipping, packaging, advertising, and continued tech support costs are probably factored in.
Hello, 2010 called and they want their distribution model back. This is Google; as soon as the device is assembled by their robot army, Larry Page winks at it while wearing his Google Glasses and a nexus portal opens on your front doorstep (which was previously triangulated to within +/- 0.1m by a Google Street View car) where the tablet materializes.
In rural areas not covered by Street View, a team of Google Glass-wearing skydivers will drop it by.
A CEO's time ain't cheap (neither is airplane fuel) but given how many they can churn out in an hour (and the 99.99% Street View coverage) the extra $47 goes a long way. Of course until the first lawsuit is filed because a tablet materialized through someone's cat.
Any half-competent CFO knows that hookers and blow is overhead and deductible as an employee incentive under "medical expenses". And as a side note, I've always wondered why non-marring razor blades and plastic straws dont come standard with tablets and their conveniently-sized glass covers? There must be an app for that??