The smartphone wars continue to rage between Apple and Research In Motion, and when it comes right down to the nitty gritty you need to look inside these mobile handsets to get to grips with just who may come out on top.
So market research company iSuppli decided to do an analysis of the BlackBerry Bold’s guts, and the analysts teardown of the BlackBerry Bold revealed the parts and materials use to construct the BlackBerry Bold cost $158.16 and when you add on an extra $11.25 for assembly and testing you come out with an overall price of $169.41.
Britain, Canada, France, India and others already have the BlackBerry bold and it is expected in the States soon with AT&T expecting to retail the Bold at $300 on 2 year agreement, while Rogers in Canada sell the Bold for the equivalent of $254.
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