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What about more overall costs that aren't per device? Some OEMs put it in the BOM, some put it in the COGS.
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Licensing. It costs money to use other's IP, e.g. access to a SoC platform.
These costs are generally spread out across a forecasted volume/tool's projected lifetime.
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Usually factory to local warehouse is by sea and can take over a month.
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What else? Certification. Those CE and FCC markings cost $$...
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R&D costs are also usually thrown in here, not just HW but SW too
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In that margin you also include marketing costs.
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Lastly, there's channel margin. This is what a retailer makes between the sell in price & retail price.
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So yeah, that's a high level overview of the various costs involved in a device. None of this was based on anything specific to HTC or confidential, but a general overview of a device.
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