Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by megous on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:56PM (#21986108)

BOM looks like <$10 (there's barely anything inside). Maybe $15 with those small batteries. I doubt it's economical to recycle. What's fascinating is that people are willing to pay so much over the BOM. But I guess that's Apple speciality making people do it.

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by saagarjha on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:25PM (#21986396)

I think you're significantly underestimating the BOM on those.

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by hanniabu on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:36AM (#21989877)

> Wedbush analyst Dan Ives estimates that the cost of production of AirPods is $59–$69

https://articles2.marketrealist.com/2019/09/airpods-face-sti...

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by megous on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @09:16PM (#21987615)

Hmm, I guess I've seen taerdown of something else than airpods on youtube, maybe a cheap clone and a mislabeled video. Heh.

Now I'm looking at iFixit teardown and it looks very different.

I guess you're right.

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