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Study: BlackBerry Storm Costs More to Build than iPhone (PC Magazine)

 
PC Magazine - The BlackBerry Storm 9530, RIM's first touchscreen smartphone and an obvious nod to the iPhone 3G, carries a combined materials and manufacturing cost of about $203, according to iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service—$30 more than what it costs Apple to build each iPhone 3G. (link)

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