I have been looking for a Shuffle 3G clone since it was first announced and until now there’s no clone in sight. I wonder why. iSuppli, which does research on the PMP market, have looked deep into what makes an iPod Shuffle 3G and found out that all told, the parts and packaging are only worth $21.77. The new iPod Shuffle is the most profitable Apple device yet…
That’s about 28% of the device’s retail price. The smaller the component cost as a percentage of price, the higher the potential profit. This suggests the per-unit profit margin on the shuffle is higher than on other iPod models. The component cost for the first iPod touch released in 2007, for instance, amounted to about $147, or about 49% of its $299 retail price. The component cost of the third-generation iPod nano, also released in 2007, amounted to about 40% of its retail price.
That leaves a lot of room for Chinese cloners, right? It didn’t take them long at all to clone the Nano 3G (Phatty) and the back to slim Nano 4G.Only that I’m not sure they are capable of manufacturing an MP3 player similar to the iPod Shuffle 3G. Component parts may be cheap but the research it takes to produce something so small may not readily translate for the OEM manufacturers, especially that $1.20 lithium battery that could be the smallest ever in mass production. All they have until now are these Shuffle cases.
April 13th, 2009 at 6:47 am
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April 13th, 2009 at 8:47 am
First let me say that I own an iPod touch, and I love it. It is not perfect, but its about as amazing a device as I’ve come across in years. The new Shuffle on the other hand, is pathetic. This thing is bettered by so many other MP3 players out there, it’s ridiculous.
One who buys this does so just because they like the taste of the Kool-Aid.
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April 13th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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April 13th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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April 14th, 2009 at 3:28 am
[...] Posted in Techo When iSuppli recently reported that the parts and packaging of the iPod Shuffle 3G cost only $21.77, a mere twenty-eight percent of the unit’s retail price, PMP Today asked a most reasonable question: Where are the new Shuffle KIRFs? According to Business Week, Samsung is making a killing on these things, supplying not only the unit’s ARM-based processor ($5.98), but the storage ($6) on at least a few of the units as well. The lithium ion battery, described by iSuppli as “the smallest we’ve ever seen,” has an asking price of $1.20. As for things like capacitors and resistors, they’re being described as “about the size of a grain of salt” and cost fractions of a penny each. Of course, none of this takes into account things like paying engineers and designers, and royalties paid to patents owned by other companies. Not that the KIRFsters of Shenzhen worry about these sorts of things. Maybe the wherewithal required to produce a phony Shuffle is (for the time being) beyond the capabilities of the pirates? Or maybe they’re just having too much fun cranking out NOKLAs. [...]
April 14th, 2009 at 8:32 am
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April 14th, 2009 at 8:51 am
[...] 分类: 便携音像 根据 iSuppli 最近的三代 iPod shuffle 成份分析 零组件分析结果，这台苹果最接近神之领域 iPod flea 的随身听，『纯零组件的成本』加一加也不过才 21.77 美元（不包括研发、广告、人事等费用），仅占了市售价的 28%，另一方面，PMP Today 额外问了一个颇关键的问题，怎么还没有山寨版的三代 shuffle 出现呢？而根据 Business Week 报导，Samsung 这次可是几乎把 iPod shuffle 的主要零组件给包了，从 ARM 核心处理器（5.98 美元）到闪存（六美元）都是他们家供的货（据传也有部份内存是由海力士、Toshiba 提供），而那个小到炸的锂离子电池（iSuppli 数据为 1.2 美元）以及其它的组件，则分别由德仪（TI）、安森美半导体（ON Semiconductor）、恩智浦半导体（NXP Semiconductor）等提供。至于 PMP Today 的问题…该不会山寨厂被 iPod shuffle 的『小』给难倒了吧？（谜之声：『山寨是无敌的！这其中一定有什么误会！』）[原文连结]参考阅读Read - iPod Shuffle 3G Costs $22 to Make: Where are the Clones?Read - Deconstructing Apple's Tiny iPod Shuffle此文章网址 | 转寄此文章 | 回应 [...]
April 14th, 2009 at 9:19 am
[...] 分类: 便携音像 根据 iSuppli 最近的三代 iPod shuffle 成份分析 零组件分析结果，这台苹果最接近神之领域 iPod flea 的随身听，『纯零组件的成本』加一加也不过才 21.77 美元（不包括研发、广告、人事等费用），仅占了市售价的 28%，另一方面，PMP Today 额外问了一个颇关键的问题，怎么还没有山寨版的三代 shuffle 出现呢？而根据 Business Week 报导，Samsung 这次可是几乎把 iPod shuffle 的主要零组件给包了，从 ARM 核心处理器（5.98 美元）到闪存（六美元）都是他们家供的货（据传也有部份内存是由海力士、Toshiba 提供），而那个小到炸的锂离子电池（iSuppli 数据为 1.2 美元）以及其它的组件，则分别由德仪（TI）、安森美半导体（ON Semiconductor）、恩智浦半导体（NXP Semiconductor）等提供。至于 PMP Today 的问题…该不会山寨厂被 iPod shuffle 的『小』给难倒了吧？（谜之声：『山寨是无敌的！这其中一定有什么误会！』）[原文连结]参考阅读Read - iPod Shuffle 3G Costs $22 to Make: Where are the Clones?Read - Deconstructing Apple's Tiny iPod Shuffle此文章网址 | 转寄此文章 | 回应 [...]
April 14th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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May 27th, 2009 at 2:07 am
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June 26th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
[...] which is considerably cheaper than the Shuffle 3G, but still gives the makers a healthy profit. PMP Today notes that though the components are cheap, the sheer task of fitting such small parts together [...]