Iphone 3GS: Worth $180

I was surfing through CNET and I found this interesting article about the cost to build a wonderful Iphone 3GS and it turns out that they are really cheap to make. The buyers are potentiality spending $1400AUD on a normal IPhone 3G, what a profit.

But then again you are buying an Apple product and they are kinda neat. But hears a picture of the overall cost of the Iphone 3GS.

The article I was looking at.

Tags: 3gs, iphone

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Comment by James Hill on July 1, 2009 at 7:51pm: hahaha very true. Apple do like jets.

Comment by franklin on July 1, 2009 at 7:49pm: Why not
if they can profit and become trillionairs, why not
and they have to pay for the workers who build it, the designers, programmers

basicly
if they can rip consumers off, the more the rip off
the better
the more jets you can buy without using illegal bonuses

Comment by Johannes S. on July 1, 2009 at 2:04am: Wow. Actually it will cost more:

That ALL + Software (inc. Updates) + Designing the phone + The pretty case + The no-smudge-thing on the Display + The Headphones + the charger + the box (Inc. printing & Finger Tips) + the packaging + the shipping to countries around the world...

It all adds up. It's not so simple at all.

Comment by James Hill on July 1, 2009 at 1:50am: LOL, apple is still the leader in the IT market imo. they seem to make everything so simple and they think when they make their products.

Comment by Paul Bennett on June 30, 2009 at 5:42pm: So is Apple

Comment by Paul Bennett on June 30, 2009 at 5:42pm: I'm not willing nor am i going to pay that much. That bloody iPhone is so eletist it's not funny.

Comment by James Hill on June 30, 2009 at 1:11am: I believe it is called profit lol, if people are willing to pay that much they might as well sell it for that.

Comment by Paul Bennett on June 30, 2009 at 1:10am: Apple are ripping off their customers, so are the mobile service providers.

Comment by Paul Bennett on June 29, 2009 at 11:52pm: why isn't the phone itself outright costing this much, what the heck is going on at apple that's making it cost more than it should?

The 3Gs should cost $178. 96 Australian right off the assembly line and in store.