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Hey, you should prolly at least disclose if you got any kickbacks from the company in the tweet. Not hating on anything else though, this seems like a good brand interaction.

If they do a limited edition of this, I will pre-order so fast!

So retail should be $1100?

I'm watching it

What? WHAT? going to watch this video, definetily, thanks for sharing!

Interested to know how charging speed of a battery can affect the price and how drastically?

I think the companies push the envelope too far these days in how thin they make them. Anything under 10mm, most users probably won't notice a difference too much. But one of the things that deters people from buying folding phones is how thick they are. Sometimes in the 12mm-14mm range.

What is with Ubuntu Touch, SailfishOS and the PinePhone?

And the price of r&d, the price of licenses and patents, the cost of certification in lots of countries, insurances for recalls, warranty, marketing, storage, security team to provides regular os updates.

Budget not withstanding, which would you choose between the Oneplus 13 and the S25+/Ultra?

Ran out of characters but the video does a great job breaking down the rest. Honestly a phone like this with 1TB of storage probably retails anywhere from $1500-2K

uh cost of labor?

Thanks for saying it! That’s the first thing I thought about the final price!

I imagine most large companies improve their phones only enough to maximize sales and profit, leaving room for further improvements year over year.

its not that easy actually... summing up research+testing+shipping+assembly cost+other material costs(haptic motor,mic, speaker, etc).. its complex enough...

That’s not including software development either

My brain did too for a moment! I just used general industry rates to calculate costs. The $950 estimate is realistic but could shift by a delta of ±$100–150, depending on the market approach.

Only problem: This dream phone won't work without firmware. Moreover, will have no guarantee and need to be collected by own in midland China.

You're still here?

Most stores will sell it for wholesale price x 2. This is so they can put it on sale and still profit. So at a minimum that would mean $1k, then if you include other factors that other commenters pointed out, you’re now in the $1,200+ territory.

People take for granted that the removable battery prevented a ton of breakage as the phone flying apart in a controlled way absorbed the impact that would otherwise crack the screen or bend the frame

Here's how you can do it in China: youtu.be/IR8KdGeVcuo?...

Wow 90$ only fot 1tb 16gb ram?

I'd pay $1200 for it. So we only need 199,998 other people who are also interested to get the R&D costs low enough for them to make it!

And software? R&D?

I mean in a dream world, I'm taking Pixel's Android and sprinkling in features from other phones too

Can it record you speeding in a school zone?

Hope ur staying safe out there in usa. Need ur voice to voice the concerns of people of color are facing now in usa of deportation. People will love to hear your strong,personal opinion on that matter.

Did they include the various licence costs for Qualcomm, USB, etc?

How much for a 3.5mm headphone jack?

The actual cost they reference was ~23m before manufacturing

I guess you don’t know what the phrase “bill of materials” means

Kinda ugly though 😊

Is this not just the oneplus13

This is what the S25 Ultra should've been!

Add a micro SD slot

Mime would cost whatever the cheapest phone on the market is.

I think your accounting is a little off.

Tariffs would increase this phone's cost. Many components, like the Snapdragon chip and AMOLED display, rely on Chinese imports subject to a 25% tariff. example: Snapdragon chip: $190 + tariff. Display and battery: $35 and $13, both impacted. Tariffs could add $100+ to production costs

Slow down, what are you saying?

crazy how the ROG phone 9 has a lower battery life than the iPhone 16 Pro Max even though it’s physical battery size is bigger

The video goes a great job of breaking it all down

That's a fair price to be honest 😉

Tell me you don't know how building, marketing, and selling hardware works without telling me you don't know how building, marketing, and selling hardware works.

So basically a OP13 with Samsung cameras

Well you do miss a PCB design cost to create a Mobo, to put that on. Then you'd need to flash bootloader on the dang thing. Then you can put on system in there. I'm pretty sure this would slightly inflate the cost + time.

I would easily forgo the excess packaging.

But of course BoM isn’t the cost of the device, nowhere even near the true total cost. What’s amazing to me is that Apple and Samsung can sell these for as little as 2x to 3x BoM.

What would your dream phone be called?

Non-buggy software: priceless

But, is it small, I don't really care if it's a huge slab. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I need like a 6 inch phone even though that's pretty big, but it's small in today's tech space.

It cost an actual manufacturer less. Add marketing, SG&A and a whopping 50-80% margin, you get to the price you pay from apple.

You literally said it was gouging because you can make a dream phone for under $1K. All those costs are still massive, regardless of units. Economics.

Can I buy one?

Bro, he's got to pay those speeding tickets okay

Can they make me one too?

That list misses quite a few components, some of which include: - voltage regulators - printed circuit board(s) - resistors, capacitors, switches, inductors, speaker etc. - flash boot memory - UWB specific components There is also testing, assembly and lots of other business related costs

I hope the name “Homer Simpson” is mentioned at least once in the video. 👍🏼

Muito bom

Does it know how to tell what the speed limit is in a school zone?

And 35cents for 12 hours of child labor in mainland China.

Paging Scotty Allen at Strangparts www.strangeparts.com/about/ ?

Ok, not too bad.

Take my money! I would buy this phone if you guys have a partnership and make this phone a reality.

Is this an under the line advert ?

Really like Nothings approach to design and their openness to mobile technology. Refreshing. Hope they do make a high end phone.

Great concept indeed

I'm not exactly sure what that's supposed to mean.

The video says 23 million $. It's a little expensive for a phone... xD

I don't know, I'm in Europe. It's for the GSM /5G system, is that used in the USA as well?

It can't possibly be that cheap to make a tiny 6Ah battery.