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Originally Posted by unicopippo View Post
I think 300 eur Is a right price, he hasn't an excellent hardware....has an excellent os but who pay more For 1ghz core and 512 ram???.....i was in love For this N900 but 300 eur it's ok!....good job!....i Will buy it!
http://www.wmshop.cz/en/Modules-GSM-...archparam=pls8 modem 113EUR plus shipping
http://www.digikey.com/product-detai...100-ND/2695734 SoC/CPU ~50US$
http://www.netcomponents.com/sitemap...00CA-A506.html 1GB RAM + 512MB NAND POP chip: probably 25EUR
http://www.jorjin.com.tw/#!wg7351-00/c1dnh WLAN+BT+FM module ~30..40EUR
http://www.handy-ersatzteil-service....er_Tastur.html kbd 18EUR
http://neo900.org/stuff/joerg/N97-ca...7_06-13-16.jpg main camera ~15EUR
http://neo900.org/stuff/joerg/random-media/DSCF0308.JPG 8-layer & 4 -layer PCB some maybe 50EUR
http://www.digikey.com/product-detai...3CF-ND/4316075 32GB eMMC storage 66US$
or http://octopart.com/mtfc64gjddn-3m+wt-micron-29101638 64GB eMMC storage 95US$
or the original one with much doubt about possible counterfeit or defect chips: http://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesal...g8d8eba12.html

several other "smaller" components that finally add up to >300EUR (or even >400EUR) for Bill Of Materials (BOM) without assembly, just for getting the mere chips/parts
Add on top the costs for R&D (incl FCC/CE et al cert), the assembly(making the boards, SMT)/QA/packaging, 10..15% at least for warranty excess production, and maybe we also want to earn a buck or two on each board.

"case":
NEW: custom made spacer frame http://neo900.org/stuff/joerg/spacerframe/sketch.pdf - maybe 10-20EUR
"OLD" (from existing N900, or spare parts)
http://www.handy-ersatzteil-service....uchscreen.html ~60EUR
http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Display.../dp/B0055MQ408 40EUR
http://www.handy-ersatzteil-service...._Platinen.html 40EUR
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs...568751892.html 10..20US$
(all of the above - 'case' - might be available for - even much - better price, but not guaranteed that we can find sufficient numbers of them)

When you're interested in a 300EUR device and don't mind the downsides this inevitably comes with, you're better off with e.g. a Jolla.

cheers
jOERG

Last edited by joerg_rw; 2014-10-14 at 06:34.
 

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