ghost_of_fazz said:
But still, how is it crap to say that those are made for less than $50 each? Even if Apple spends on research, development, or design, let's just admit that even counting those, they have a very large margin of profits. Really, I doubt Apple spends much on their design team nowadays. Or in their factories at China. We all know the pricing of Apple products is based on brand, and aiming for a lower price would go against ther philosophy. It would destroy their reputation, the reputation that drives their sales. Kinda like Nintendo's games: They take A LOT of time to go down in price, because people have the idea that Nintendo's games have lots of value on them. And this goes for every product Apple sells, specially their computers. |
Looking at Apple's bottom line, they are certanly overcharging for prodcuts. No doubt about it... I do think that the hardware, design and just overall investment in Apple makes in to their hardware and software is substantial but I am fairly certain they could sell iPhones for $200 bucks a pop and still make a small profit. But since there is demand for their product at those rediculous prices, they would be stupid not to overcharge. This is capitalism and if Samsung and Nokia could get away with it, they would do it as well...
Otherwise Apple, Nintendo games, Intel CPU's...they are all quite expensive and they retain their value like crazy. Pretty much for the same reasons.
