Palm Pre Costs $170.02 to Make Says iSuppli
April 30, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones, Home Entertainment
At the very least, each Pre costs $170.02 for Palm to produce, reports the analysts at iSuppli:
- Hardware – $137.83
- “manufacturing and basic test costs” - $9.58
- “software and licensing costs” – $22.61
- “shipping, logistics, marketing and other channel costs” – unknown
- Regaining the developer passion that created thousands of useful apps for the old Palm OS – priceless
- Getting the most out of its partnership with Sprint - priceless
- Marketing the gadget like their lives depended on it (because it really does) - priceless
Oh don’t mind the last three items: those are some of the things I think Palm has to do if the Pre has any chance of making an impact. Regaining the good ol’ glory days—and making money of an app store—can come later.
(image courtesy of Palm)
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