Samsung Galaxy S4 production cost estimated at $244
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Anonymous, 20 Mar 2013Cheap plastic, laggy Android thanks to Touchwiz with dozens... morei bet you didn't read the entire XDA article... go back again and read it...
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AnonD-77357, 20 Mar 2013You should keep in mind that manufacturing expenses don't i... moreDont try to convince the reader here by givin lame excuses.
All people are matured enough interm of electronic gadget pricing balancing to Finishing product.....
Can you explain here....why google can sell nexus4 for only just 349 us dollar??????
Again as i said before.... this article is 100% brave and accurate .......
Good job gsmarena auditor .......
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Anonymous, 20 Mar 2013Cheap plastic, laggy Android thanks to Touchwiz with dozens... morelol your so funny, was you beaten up by sammy or something. I think you find the sales tell another story to the one you think is correct. Chillout and move on
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- 20 Mar 2013
If the global price of oil goes up due to geo-political tensions in the Korean peninsula we could expect productions to increase much further affecting global supply of this product.
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- 20 Mar 2013
AnonD-24171, 20 Mar 2013What are you the joker in Batman!
You lied...
Why so seri... moreCheap plastic, laggy Android thanks to Touchwiz with dozens of useless so called "features" that people wow over once then never use again, roof tile design, and it has even been snubbed by XDA developers.
Samsungs days are over. HTC and Sony will overtake them from now on.
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- 20 Mar 2013
Guys
The BOM report is not true. It's just an excuse for Samsung to sell at higher price just like apple. They just wants to convince us in a hope that we will just accept their selling price as they know that will definitely be buying the phone since we don't have a choice.
I my country, there are other brands available in the market. Some good brands like ZTE, HUAWEI, LG, SONY reaches the market very slow. So when they do arrive, they are already outdated and less sought after. The locally produced smartphones here in my country are quite good but they are all stuck in a non upgradable version of the Andriod OS, so they are less popular.
Normally when the price of any good smartphone is announced especially a high price phones, I always ask myself "why are smaller smartphone expensive than bigger phone/phablet" when quantity used to produce smaller phones are much less compared to materials used in a big smartphones? Remember, same spec, same processor. The answer cannot be just portability and convenience.
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- 20 Mar 2013
[deleted post]You should keep in mind that manufacturing expenses don't include additional charges such as licensing and royalties.
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- 20 Mar 2013
AnonD-24171, 20 Mar 2013What a foolish comment! iPhone 5 estimate cost production ... moreYou right man... Nokia is only 85$, iPhone 5 is not over 200$, much cheaper production price than Samsung phones. But, this BLIND crApple and LAmia fans not accept reality!
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- 20 Mar 2013
There are parts missing from this list, and there are other cost beside these parts. First they pay Google for the android OS.and then there are other parents that needs to be paid for. And there is the body. You have to stop calling it cheap plastic, it's just STUPID.the material is great and made lots of stuff possible.
My friend's iphone is all scratched up while my GS3 is still new even though I got it much earlier.
Just imagine if Apple made this phone right now, how much they would charge you for it?
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- 20 Mar 2013
More die hard arguments. Pathetic!
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- 20 Mar 2013
pretty sad that the LTE version is cheaper but samsung use to charge more for it.
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AnonD-109744, 20 Mar 2013You lied.............What are you the joker in Batman!
You lied...
Why so serious...
You just don't want to admit it, Samsung is the best and the plastic they use it is the best! i dare you to show me an evidence for SIII plastic broke when it fall, like the ones in iPhone or Nokia...etc.
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AnonD-24171, 20 Mar 2013What a foolish comment! iPhone 5 estimate cost production ... moreYou lied.............
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- 20 Mar 2013
Does nobody understand economics?
items do not sell for what they are worth, but rather they sell for what the market will pay for them. This means companies do their research and realise there are enough individuals out there that are willing to pay $600+ for this phone, at least initially.
This plays nicely into Apple's hand where they can manufacture a product cheaper and the market will allow them to sell at a higher price than competitors.
Of course, they could all reduce the sale price but this would mena smaller profit margins. This would then mean less R&D budget (remember the BOM price does not include R&D) which would mean less 'innovation' in future phone technologies.
If you don't like the price then wait a year and it will drop, or buy a lesser model of phone. I know I will be sticking with my S3 for another year or 2 as there is only so much power I need in my pocket ;-)
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AnonD-24171, 20 Mar 2013You are completely wrong
Nexus is Google, its not LG!
Goo... moreWhen that im sayin nexus4 belong to lg??????????
So means you are so proud samsung sellin their $244plastic crap up to $640-700????or you feel rip off /cheat after reading this sincere news from gsmarena....
This article try to tell to the world that samsung is bad in term
Of pricing for their new flagship...
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AnonD-109744, 20 Mar 2013244 manufacturing cost doesnt reflect the satisfaction cust... moreThe only reason you are not comparing iCrap5 with SIV is coz u know you cant compare it, pls try comparing the outdated iCrap5 with SIV it will open your eyes. The Specs of the iCrap doesn't even come near SIII yet expensive that SIII. HAHAHAHAHAH, and if you still try persuading yourself here then that's not a sign of intelligence, is it?
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AnonD-109744, 20 Mar 2013244 manufacturing cost doesnt reflect the satisfaction cust... moreYou are completely wrong
Nexus is Google, its not LG!
Google sell them cheap to expand their market!
Look at Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 they both sold low in price.
Nexus 4 is Google 350$ and Optimus G 600$ and they both LG! Nexus 4 is cheaper because it belongs to Google.
If Nexus 5 will be as same as SIV, Google will release it at lower price for sure.
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AnonD-109744, 20 Mar 2013No 1 interm of best marketting brand and also poor built qu... moreAnd Btw did you the the cheap plastic that u are talking about is even tougher than Aluminum bodies out there on other phones. Calling it as Crap Plastic shows lack of knowledge on your part.
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AnonD-24171, 20 Mar 2013What a foolish comment!
iPhone 5 estimate cost production ... more244 manufacturing cost doesnt reflect the satisfaction customer quality.....samsung should look at other android brand like moto,sony,asus,lg and google....how their price is epicly damn high...
Nexus4 349
S3. 499
Dont you see da different from last year flagship??????
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- 20 Mar 2013
I work with BOM,s ROUTINGS and the Cost to Manufacture items for a large manufacturing company. We would never release something like this for public (and opposition) consumption. In this case I would venture to guess this BOM, is BULL