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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fail.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 4:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yep, first they ESTIMATE the cost, so we can't say they lose 4 bucks on every Storm sold. Secondly it's subsidized (and BB gains from that) ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jakob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Also the reality might be that all those parts that they ESTIMATED the costs on cost actually much less in China, where they assemble these for pretty much nothing, then the REAL price might as well be about $20 USD including all the R&D and bonuses after TAX.<br><br>Sweet world, ain't it...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loocas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's.... *pulls out calculator* ... 4 MILLION DOLLARS!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EGOvoruhk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 4:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[No f*cking way!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wii60]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 6:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dont cell phone companies pay RIM a certain percentage for every phone (contract) they sell? I really dont think RIM would be losing sleep over this. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ariez84]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 4:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty darn certain that the $250 price is not the amount RIM receives for each unit sold. Verizon contracts with them, and hopes that by locking people into their service they'll recoup the money.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuckles McGee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 10:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fuck your greetz!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zomg0t]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[What the fuck?! :D]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loocas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 1:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[yea subtract the contract price from the msrp or no-contract price and the difference will give you a ballpark figure of what  the subsides are...they defitnley wont be loosing...600 msrp - 199 = about 400 bucks profit for the companies..thomas ricker..you fail my friend..time to do some more research]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loopyoyo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ding, Ding, Ding.  You're the winnner.  I'm not for sure what Mr. Ricker was thinking when he wrote this one.  It's kinda hard to imagine BlackBerry not getting a cut from the provider.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mushy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ok this is a stupid article.  That's $4 more than the subsidized price of the phone, it's not like RIM is selling it for $199 unlocked.  Carriers usually subsidize $200 or more from a smartphone, and the unsubsidized price from Verizon is $500, so RIM is still making a pretty penny on these phones.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[the components may cost $203 but you'd think a company that pushing over a million units might get a bulk discount on some of those parts.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[youngstunna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[After you break above the quantities they advertise, e.g. $35 in 100 lots, the price is pretty negotiable. The bulk of the component cost is packaging, handling and shipping.  Shipping in bunches of tubes at once makes it cheaper per unit.<br><br>I bought relays one time that were $4.20 for boxed in 100 lots at $2.56 in 500 lots unboxed.  <br><br>My guess is that RIM is actually paying around $135 or less.  However, that means that the T-Mobile G-1 is $96.  As the article said, this implies relative cost.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ralph058]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 7:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[isuppli is not stupid, of course they are considering quantities in their estimates.<br><br>Go try to build a cell phone from single quantity parts off digikey, and get back to me on how your estimate compares to isuppli's.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[japroach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 9:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well considering I have never paid for a phone in my life (even my storm was free with the contract) I am pretty sure the phone manufacturers would all be out of business if this research company was correct. However they seem to be another useless analyst comapny which know nothing about the subject on which they are supposedly analysing. We are in a recession and these guys get paid to be stupid!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[coolblue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ergh? Tomorrows headline "Half of Nokias phones costs $XX more than its purchase price to build". I can get the 6120c for free, god nokia must be losing a ton of money. <br>Sure I'll have to pay some money monthly, but that's into the future and the future doesn't exist! Woowayh!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[People, I think Engadget posters are smart enough to realize that there are carrier subsidies involved. (how else can a phone be "free"???) It's interesting to see how much the Storm costs to build when compared with it's peers. It could also explain why they have so many updates: the cost of the components for the phone forced RIM to spend less on SW support to keep the phone profitable. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big Al]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[I take it there must some sort of other income involved to be making some sort of profit.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kris120890]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 5:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Complete, utter, nonsensical BULLSHIT.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[giuliop]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 6:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not to mention that the rate of fulfilled rebates (for any product) is never 100%.  So if 12% (small for rebates) fail to get back there $50 then its an even split on the phone.  Then They make LOADS on or contract.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Millionaire2K]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 6:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[NOKIA E71 FTW!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[john]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 6:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Remember, RIM takes a monthly cut from the BIS/BES service as well, something other smartphones don't have.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 6:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[we need to be able to vote on articles..on a scale from 1 to 10 this article gets a -infinity!!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loopyoyo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 6:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[People complaining about this article should calm down a bit. Often I find it interesting to know the price to build our everyday devices from scratch.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 7:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Of course, BlackBerry users have to pay RIM a monthly fee as part of BIS or BES packages, which is an income source the other companies don't have, so I guess they do have a bit more wiggle room.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Epsilon-Not]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 7:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[I use BIS. I pay $0 per month for it. This is what most Storm users use. BES does cost money, though. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[oo7ev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 10:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[isuppli is a bunch of guys who know nothing of whats the price the companies receive for their products or about what are the things that affect device cost.<br><br>so. useless wanabe-technobabble for useless guys.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lassi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 8:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[anyone see a wifi chip in there that could be hacked to work?<br>my work is oh so spendy and got me a 4mb data plan for my storm... 4mb, wtf!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EMoShunz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 7:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sorry but IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to obtain the manufacturer price. It is a corporate secret the deal used purchase (in a big amount of units) every electronic piece.  Its the same as some ebay sellers, when they sell a brand new unit with a good discount but you don't known how they was able to give such discount, may be its can be a refurbished, or to obtained by a special sales a promotion or such.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Magallanes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 7:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's the magic word of the article upstairs "subsidised" because the iPhone costs $150+ to make but the most tax/import free best price you can find it for is just over $650 in Hong Kong for the 8GB model, which shows an almost 400% price markup.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[webterractive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 7:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I want to work for Blackberry, is it safe to say I am looking for a RIM job?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BOGRASH]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 7:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[LOL, yes it is safe to say that.  Hope you get one soon.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nerdherder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 12:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is a ridiculous article and shows a complete lack of understanding of how the industry works. Verizon pays RIM $486 for each Storm. If you would like to appear intelligent, then you need to compare RIM's cost to the price they sell the device for. Don't even mention the customer price because that has NOTHING to do with RIM or their proffit margins. Juvenile article.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Davo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 8:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Considering that the price is subsidized, I'm not sure how we can call these "lost profits."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 9:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hogwash.  Sheer speculation.  I doubt if any handset company would run a business that lost money on every device they sold.  Especially with all the credit-rich fools buying and showing off with handsets they don't even need.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iphonerulez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 10:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reiterate Jacob's comment: you forget subsidy.  Unless the device is sold "unlocked" (or is sold in a more free economy, such as China), then it has the synthetic subsidy-lock applied, meaning the carrier gives a part of the periodic costs (monthly fees, for example) to the manufacturer.  The only case I've seen of subsidy-lock without subsidy is the $600 iPhone.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Allan Clark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 12:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[LOL@LOSTPROPHETS REFERENCE!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chird]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 12:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iSuppli: BlackBerry Storm costs $4 more than its purchase price to build]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/isuppli-blackberry-storm-costs-4-more-than-its-purchase-price/</guid><description><![CDATA[This article is stupid.  Davo is spot on. What we're paying for the phone is completely useless info when talking about whether or not RIM is losing money on the phone.  Its all dependant on what VZW is paying RIM for the phone.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 29th 2009 1:42PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
