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— July 15, 2021 39 comments




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39 Comments

  3. My version of the specs list for 4a would be
    Display 3
    Specs 3
    Camera 5
    Battery 3
    Design 2
    Software 4
    Marketing 2
    Total 22

  9. Spec……5
    Os……….5
    Cam…….3
    Display…3
    Bettery…1
    Good spec and os with handil the weaknesses..just like what apple did…..@MKBHD?

  18. 3 dollars screen
    3 dollars specs
    3 dollars battery
    1 dollar design
    3 dollars software
    1 dollar marketing
    3 dollars camera

  20. Actually The Poco x series is the most powerful affordable smartphones in the world (maybe ?)
    And why am I saying that?
    Idk
    Camera – 3
    Battery – 3
    Software – 2
    Hardware – 1 (If u increased the budget a little bit ?)
    Specs – 4
    Marketing – 1
    Screen – 3

    Maybe this’ll be a betterphone and I’ve got some cool phone designs in my brain and If I start a smartphone company ( I would probably not ?) then I would use those design and specs I have in mind.

  23. It's not that hard. Make everything decent, make the screen great, and leave out stuff that people on a budget don't care about (too many camera sensors, wireless charging, glass and metal everything, overly large dimensions, an official IP rating, software skins over base android, face unlock/fingerprint sensor, etc). Put in the future-proofing stuff that people on a budget actually care about that's missing from high end phones for no reason (headphone jack, expandable memory slot, etc)

  24. Display – $2
    Specs – $1
    Camera – $3
    Battery – $3
    Hardware/Design – $3
    Software -$4
    Marketing – $1

  30. Marques, I work for a large aerospace engineering firm and I can give you some insights into how the BOM (Bill of Materials) works although exact numbers for each smartphone components/parts will be hard to come by since those are private "negotiated rates" with each supplier. For example if you just google "Apple iPhone 12 BOM" you will usually get an estimate of how much each iPhone costs Apple (about 300-400 bucks) to make but they don't consider "negotiated rates" which are about 30%-40% lower. Anyway, if you have any manufacturing questions I'd be happy to share what I know! Love your channel! Keep up the excellent work!

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