>>108625895
>or are they just scamming customers with their iphone prices?
Mostly this.

>>108625895
The chips are the bulk of the cost. Physical size is just form factor. They might be eating the cost of the screen at most but that's about it. The macbook neo is basically just an iphone/ipad in laptop form.

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>>108625904
I suppose you are correct; the Neo chassis is relatively inexpensive, and the screen is likely affordable as well when purchased in bulk. Apple has crazy margins.

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>>108625895
>are they just scamming customers

>>108625895
>Are they scamming with these prices
It's worse, they're just leaving 5g out of the neo.
It's literally a superior form factor yet they fear jobs "iPhone" legacy will die if they give the neo 5g

>>108625895
>is Apple subsidizing
Looooooooooooooooool

>>108625895
It's overpriced people think recycled aluminium is expensive it's fucking cans

>>108626039
you can't fit a laptop in ur pocket nerd

>>108625895
buy an ad

>>108626053
Worse, it's used cans.
However I guess it's better than post consumer plastics.

>>108626054
>It doesn't fit in your pocket
Wear it like a back pack on your chest or hang it in front of your erogenous zone like a giant belt buckle.
It has an real OS on a phone chip. It should also have 5g so I can telephone people instead of just messaging.
If nobody else sees this and nobody else complains, then everyone except me is a retard

>>108626039
It's all about business; they'll hold onto that feature for the next MacBook M6 pro.

>>108626083
>Next time
It's been possible since the 1990s, wtf does anyone have to wait until 2027?

>>108626054
No, but you can sit somewhere with access to cellular but not WiFi

>>108625955
I would not be surprised if the milling/machining costs of an iPhone eclipse the difference in raw material costs.

>>108625895
for neo, apple are using "binned" or discarded iphone pro chips. These are chips that had defects. essentially free. very similar to how nvidia lower end GPUs are just misprints/defect versions of the high end chips

>>108627046
And also uses this recovery method to generate money from waste

>>108625895
They make the laptops in India to evade tariffs so they can be sold for less

>>108625895
Laptop market is VERY competitive with next to zero profit margin thanks to HP/Compaq strategy of cutting corner pushing everyone to do the same.
Phone market has a lot more leeway in terms of pricing because everyone needs one.

>>108625895
>Is Apple subsidizing neo
I'll be damned if they aren't taking less margins on it than is usual for them they definitely wanna lock in the schools and shit

>no audio jack 3