i think you need to reassess your estimates. here it is straight from the horse's mouth:
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iSuppli analyst, Mark DeVoss, said that in 2005, it cost about $US0.05 for 1MB of NAND flash memory, which was primarily used in consumer devices. This year, Voss said, iSuppli expected the price of flash memory to fall to $US0.007 per megabyte
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keep in mind that at this point in time, $7/GB has yet to be realized (but probably will be sometime this year).
so, i will admit that i was a bit high on my initial estimate, but at $7/GB, 64 megs is still $448. $500 is probably a more realistic number. would you pay $500 plus all the other materials, assembly, design, and distribution costs? that would put it at around $550~600 as a conservative estimate. people are balking at the iphone with much more functionality (excepting the memory of course) at that price. what makes you think people would rather have an m6 with a lot of memory over an iphone?
source:
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/i...4194304;fpid;1
(article written 2 weeks ago, so data is fresh)