BlackBerry Bold Only Costs $169.41 to Make

Posted by Mauricio on Oct 16, 2008 at 9:02 PM | Comments

BusinessWeek was able to uncover just how much the BlackBerry Bold cost RIM to make.

That’s why market research firm iSuppli did an analysis of the guts of the Bold, one of the recent additions to Research In Motion’s lineup of BlackBerry smartphones. The firm’s so-called teardown analysis of the Bold shows that the parts and materials used to make the phone cost $158.16, and that assembly and testing add another $11.25, for a total cost of $169.41.