Saturday, October 1, 2011

Estimate: Amazon Kindle Fire sold at $10 loss to build share

Estimate: Amazon Kindle Fire sold at $10 loss to build share - Amazon's Kindle Fire is being sold at a loss to heat up competition with Barnes & Noble and Apple, IHS iSuppli estimated Friday. Based on a list of known and expected components, it believes the seven-inch mini tablet costs $209.63 in raw parts and manufacturing, or about $10 less than its $$199 asking price. A high-quality IPS-based LCD at $87 is a large part of that cost, while adding the dual-core TI OMAP processor and other mainboard components pushes it up by another $70.40 ...

(Via MacNN | The Macintosh News Network.)

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