Just came across this slideshow at Businessweek Online which shows costs of parts of your favorite gadgets (like the iPad). Somehow some of the prices made me wonder how it is possible to still sell this stiff with profits. So for example the production costs of an iPhone are $179.16. According to these information, the lowest sales price is $199. Which is quite amazing if you think about tax, shipping and retail costs in addition. Although this product is probably designed to make profits in the long run (through app and music stores and by luring people into expansive contracts) the margins seemed almost to small to make profits.

But looking at the production costs of an iPod Nano ($72.24), and seeing  the price of a Samsung chip for the iPhone, who is claimed to cost $14.46, I wonder if these prices are mass purchase prices or the price you purchase for a single unit/without negotiation.

Never the less, it’s quite interesting to see those numbers which where raised by iSuppli.