Digital Technology for Digital Living.
February 24, 2005
The iPod Shuffle Is A Good Money Spinner For Apple.
IDC like what they see dollar wise with the iPod Shuffle.
Analysts at IDC recently took apart an iPod shuffle and came up with an estimate of how much the diminutive music player costs Apple Computer to make. They found that Apple makes a healthy 35 per cent to 40 per cent profit on each player sold, and stands to make even more from iTunes music purchases and expected drops in flash memory pricing.
Interestingly, the Macworld article also mentions that the Shuffle’s chip is capable of audio recording, and FM tuner and running a LCD. It’s likely that they’re using the chip, not for the potential functions, but because mass production makes it cheap in mass production.
Gadgetman | | Music
