The REAL cost of your £269 iPad mini?

[karl]

Apple's iPad mini launched last week, and before iteven went on sale, enterprising fans has acquired one and ripped it apart.
However, today another site, IH, has gone one step further and worked out exactly how much the gadget costs Apple to make.
The firm says that the Wi-Fi 16GB base model costs roughly £117 ($188) for Apple to build - and it sells them for £269 ($329) each.


Full story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2228103/The-REAL-cost-269-iPad-mini--117-according-online-site-ripped-apart.html#ixzz2BMJDSJSQ


Also here: http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/915903-apple-defends-ipad-mini-price-of-269-customers-will-pay-for-quality


And here:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411359,00.asp

And lastly here: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-ipad-mini-price-is-so-high-2012-10

[Axw_JD]

This is not news. Every single smartphone and tablet out there is sold at a premium.

In fact, not too long ago, it was revealed that Samsung and Google mark up their Android-based devices far more than Apple has ever done, beating them by almost 10% mark up difference.

[Professional Russian]

Wow it took someone that long to figure that out. Every company sells their product for more than its worth. Its called making a profit.

[DerBear]

Wow it took someone that long to figure that out. Every company sells their product for more than its worth. Its called making a profit.

I would have to agree.

I guess it just depends on what we, the consumer think is "making a profit" and being a total rip off.

But yeah.... businesses will always charge a lot more than "normal" or what is considered "fair".