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The Guts of a Nexus One Cost $174.15

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US

How much would the ingredients for a Nexus One Cost?

It didn't take long for various websites to tear apart Google's Nexus One just to see what was inside. iFixit posted a tear-down video so we could see all the parts for ourselves and now iSupply has priced all the components to come up with an overall cost of parts for the device.

Just as a quick reminder, Google is selling the device through T-Mobile for $179. That's thanks to a massive subsidy from T-Mobile though, as purchasing the device direct from Google will cost you a wallet-rattling $529. You don't need us to tell you that that's a lot of money for a cell phone.

So just how much does it cost Google to build a Nexus One? According to iSupply, the Bill of Materials (BOM) comes to $174.15. Put your eyes back in your head for a moment and consider that this price does not include other expenses such as manufacturing, software, box contents, accessories and royalties.

You can read all about the different components in a Nexus One here.

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    eyemaster , January 13, 2010 2:11 AM
    Read correctly people... 174$ in parts. It does not involve research, software, support, packaging and all other extras. The phone is but a piece in the whole system. There's more to selling this kind of hardware than just the pieces itself.
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    rembo666 , January 13, 2010 2:09 AM
    Good point. This is just the cost of the components. What about the R&D and manufacturing? R&D is usually the main reason new devices cost a lot at first and then drop in price...
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    jarnail24 , January 13, 2010 2:09 AM
    hakestermanI don't know why you guys waist your time trying to quesstimate what it costs to produce a device. Youhave no idea at what volume they are buying at and therefore a reasonable price can not be achived. Stopwaisting your time and stop missleading people.

    so what your saying is it's even cheaper than the estimate. wouldn't that mean it's a bigger ripoff?
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