Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Dec 2012 09:50 UTC

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And the quality? And the standards in the Chinese factories to reduce production costs? And employ more children? And employ virtual slave labour? Slippery slope you started there son. Something has to "give" somewhere. Apple isn't going to drop profit margins just because you want a cheap phone.
It costs Apple around USD 200 to produce an iPhone and they charge like USD 600 for it.
Apple does not pay those Chinese workers one cent more if I pay them more.
They could pay them double and still get to keep a nice profit margin.
It is all about how they maximise their overall profit and here we might be about to see a shift in the economics. They might have to lower the price to keep the volume up.
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It is easy to fix that, Apple. Just lower the price!