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October 25, 2005

Breaking down tech gadgets and seeing how much they are really worth

Master of the 'teardown', Eric Pratt from iSuppli Corp. specializes in stripping down gadgets and finding out how much they're really worth. Eric brought three of our favorite gadgets to dissect: the Mac mini, the iPod Nano and the Game Boy Micro.

The Mac mini which retails for $499 is actually worth $283 in parts and labor.

The 2 Gig iPod Nano retails for $199, but is actually worth $103 in parts and labor. The most expensive component is actually the iPod Nano's 2 Gigs of memory.

Eric finished up with a G4 exclusive teardown of the Game Boy Micro which retails for $100. The actual cost of the Micro is only $44. The screen on the GB Micro is actually the most expensive component. [via G4]

Posted by geekblue at October 25, 2005 12:33 PM

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