Re:OnePlus One – $299 CyanogenMod 'killer' smartphone
by slantyyz on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @02:03PM
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Doesn't Samsung spend the most out of all mobile makers on marketing? I would assume they're also paying additional costs for Google Services, patent licenses and other things, which also cut into the actual margin.
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Re:OnePlus One – $299 CyanogenMod 'killer' smartphone
by Infinitesimus on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @03:18PM
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That's the part people seem to forget. Software can be expensive because they are paying for several licenses (and for the hardware too) as well us paying several devs, managers, etc. to produce the software that runs on the phone.