iPad Mini Costs $24 More To Make Than Kindle Fire HD

sweetpea86 writes "... but retails for $130 more. Teardowns of the Apple iPad Mini and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD have revealed that the two devices cost almost the same amount to manufacture, despite the retail prices being significantly different. Andrew Rassweiler, senior principal analyst of teardown services for IHS iSuppli, explains that Apple is sticking to the premium brand strategy it has always used for its media tablet and smartphone products, whereas Amazon is banking on content."

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[gstoddart]

Why is it you get a $10.00 meal at KFC but for the same meal you need to pay $25.00 at say Applebees?

Because KFC is nasty and not fit for human consumption? ;-)

The last two times I had KFC, after each I remember thinking "man, this stuff is gross, why do I eat it?".

But, to quote So I Married an Axe Murdered [imdb.com] ... "he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass! "

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[NatasRevol]

Look at all the businesses fleeing the PC market.