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Re:Why Did Amazon Make a Phone? A Conversation With Jeff Bezos by pbreit on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:04AM (#7920974)
On iPhone, $100. So 50% of the phones price. That's a alot. And it was just one example. Hardly laughable.
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Re:Why Did Amazon Make a Phone? A Conversation With Jeff Bezos by r00fus on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:15AM (#7921028)
50% is a deceptive percentage, as that's a subsidized price with 2-year contract. For real price of the phone ($650 base model unlocked), it's around 15% of the total price.
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