[Chrysalis]

one doesnt need to work for apple/samsung to know that the prices are inflated.

iphones single handedly turned apple fortunes round, they used to be a company that needed a loan of their main rival to survive and now they are one of the most valuable companies in the world (albeit whilst avoiding paying tax), smartphones make huge profit margins.

Plus as I already mentioned certian models are inflated in price in the uk, so someone is getting rich of that extra margin over here as well.

Does a s3 lte cost more to make than a s4? why was a s3 lte priced higher than a s4? (it may still be).
why is the s3 mini only slightly cheaper than the s3, and like wise for the s4 mini.
a galaxy ace which by todays standards is really obselete is still been sold for almost circa £200 in places on contract.

samsung circa 20billion profit a year.
apple slightly behind at around 18billion.

smartphones are fashionable, thats why they cost what they do, basic supply and demand economics.

eg. the vita has oled, better hardware and costs less than many phones.

Tablets are just as bad. I find them aweful devices to use as well yet they are popular, limitations that make them barely useable, but when we look at the cost of tablets and what you get vs say a laptop, its clear tablets must have a much higher margin than laptops.