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Re:The $35 indian tablet isn't vaporware by edge17 on Friday August 13, 2010 @11:56AM (#1601251)
Someone was telling me that typically hardware markup is 3x-4x from the bill of material to the retail price, but in India it's more like 5x-6x because of customs and duty overheads. Anyone care to comment?
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Re:The $35 indian tablet isn't vaporware by GiraffeNecktie on Friday August 13, 2010 @02:25PM (#1601759)
That doesn't seem right. Apple is a high margin manufacturer and you often hear of a 50% markup on the BoM for their products http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/infrastructure/18592/app...

The markup on commodity computers (and I'd put Android tablets in that category) is very low.

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