BlackBerry Bold costs RIM just $169 to build

[Apoptosis]

Besy Buy is selling the Blackberry bold for $660 without a conract...

Analysts iSuppli have calculated that RIM pay a combination of $158.16 for materials and $11.25 in build costs to create the smartphone that, unsubsidized, retails at $659.99. That is just nuts!! Even at AT&T with a 2 year contact it will be $299! That will bring in some profit if people buy it.

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[Alathald]

They gotta pay for advertising somehow

[Tim Burton]

And people complain about the windfall profits oil companies are making.

I'd still prefer an Austrian System.