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iSuppli: G1 Beats iPhone 3G BOM $143 v. $172

VentureBeat found this 11/11/2008 on cultofmac.com

Google’s Android-based G1 cell phone cost $143.89 to build, less than Apple’s iPhone 3G, according to iSuppli Corp. A teardown of the 8GB iPhone 3G’s discovered the bill of materials for the Apple handset was $172, iSuppi analyst Tina Teng told Cult of Mac. Nearly 20 ...