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Hardware enthusiasts around the world are regularly tearing down popular mobile devices to not only determine how the magic happens, but also to find out how much certain OEMs pay for the final product. The last teardown we caught involves the hot-new BlackBerry Z10, which is found to cost $154. Moreover, it is said that BlackBerry’s baby costs more to make than the iPhone 5, but as we all know it – hardware is just one piece of the puzzle. Anyway, here’s the price rundown for the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone:
- 4.2-inch display and glass – $26.50
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 SoC processor – $23.50
- Camera sensors (8MP back camera and 2MP front-facing one) – $15.00
- 16GB of flash storage – $9.00
- Other components like battery, communication chips and RAM – $21.00
- Other materials such as the plastic casing – $59.00
Do we think BlackBerry is unfair to sell its phone for $600 (unlocked)? Nope. After all, there’s so much more than hardware included in every smartphone sold today…
[Via: CrackBerry]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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