RE: Clear for take off10 Jul 2025 10:43
Both of you are sort of right, you can’t really compare the real deal to something you could buy on Ali express, an iPhone does cost many hundreds to make just in parts, but not because the parts should be expensive its because the manufacturer of said parts slaps their premium on it for providing that extra 5% of quality assurance, all the parts are all branded, thoroughly tested for longevity, not going to blow up in your hand etc. You could certainly make something which is 90% of an iPhone for 1% of the cost but it could set on fire when you charge it, which is why you can easily buy a fake iPhone in China for $20 - and there was even a case in the last few years of a couple of college guys sending these fake ones into apple as broken and receiving actual iPhones back (they got away with it for a long time too). But it’s like rip off replica stuff you can buy in Aldi, or why a Dom Perignon costs 100x more than a bottle from Sainsbury’s.