On Tue, 5 Mar 2013 16:49:41 -0500
Dan Ritter <[email protected]> wrote:

> isupply and ifixit buy samples, identify all the parts, get
> quotes from suppliers, and make reasonable estimates for
> assembly costs and custom component costs. Then they show you
> the various estimates that they make.

Indeed. It's not iSupply saying things like, "it costs this many
dollars to make an iPhone." It's iSupply saying things like this:

http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/pages/Many-iPhone-5-Components-Change-But-Most-Suppliers-Remain-the-Same-Teardown-Reveals.aspx

Their teardowns and analyses are quite thorough.

-- 
Rich P.
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