andy carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
Originally Posted By: altman
Those BOM estimates were always hilariously low. Doesn't seem that any of the people in the teardown companies have ever tried making devices; things like the cost of the PCBs and flexes were always handwaved away when in fact they're serious parts of the device cost.
I've always assumed that was the case, good to hear it confirmed by someone who actually knows what he is talking about
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