Thread: Neo900 - finally a successor of N900
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2013-09-26 , 11:09
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Originally Posted by DaReaper View Post
This is really good project you guys are working on, I love that efforts are being put in.

But I am very uncomfortable with the base price of 300 Euro's. I would expect a price in the range of 100-150 Euro's at max at start. Ofcourse this would depend on what are the prices of the components and the labor costs of manufacturing these.
Base price is actually more something like 700 Euro and it's unlikely to get cheaper. This is the cost of manufacturing in low quantities. With millions of orders, the price would drop to 100-150. With only 200-300, it's ~700.

This is not overpricing in the Apple way - produce for 100 and sell for 500. Those are the real costs of manufacturing which unfortunately cannot be simply skipped. Devices created for the needs of small niches will always be much more expensive than ones aimed to the masses.
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