How much do Apple pay for an iPhone and charge?
Intrigued by this question I did a quick Google and…
The reputedly reliable market research people at iSuppli say $187.51 for all the parts of the 16GB iPhone 4, which iSells on Apple’s iOnline iStore for from 199 iDollars.
Obviously a lot of the final bill for the handset is subsidised by the phone company, and I bet the cost of parts has dropped significantly over time, but I’d be surprised at a 700% markup, even from a company as graspingly, suffocatingly avaricious as Apple. (I’m a recovering Apple fanboi, can you tell?)
So yeah, wow, £42! Cheeky sod!