The Net Cost of the Google Glass Sold at $1,500 is Estimated at $80

The set of parts for the smart Google Glass gadget, which is sold at $ 1,500 a pair, at a price 2.5 times more expensive than the modern flagship smartphones, costs less than $80, the market researchers have declared.

The experts from the Teardown, unlike iFixit employees, do not assign points for the repair capability of the device. But judging from the photos, Google Glass would not even dream of the maximum score. Technical analysts who specialize in gadgets dismantling, found that the price of the set of the Google Glass components and the ready made glasses differs by more than 18 times. Google?s representative qualifiedthis assessment fundamentally wrong and refused to comment further.

The most expensive components, according to the Teardown estimate, are the dual-core TI OMAP 4430 processor ($13.96) and a block of 16GB Toshiba flash memory ($8.18). Google Glass display being a few millimeters in width has high resolution and clearly. It required extensive investments for development and production. But the Teardown estimated its cost at only $3, emphasizing that this was a preliminary analysis and that they would carry out a more thorough investigation into its cost.

But even taking into account the cost of the gadget?s assembly, which does not occur in Asia, but in the U.S., and the high salaries of the engineers who developed the device, the conclusion made by the experts, can not but leave the potential buyers asking questions about the price of the final product. Google promises to reduce the price when the glasses go on mass sale.

Source:? macdigger.ru