Google Glass, these are smart glasses that cost $1 today. However, have you been wondering how much the parts in Google glasses cost? This is exactly what the TechInsights server, which acquired Google Glass, looked at, took them apart and calculated how much the individual parts cost. The price of the parts will certainly surprise you, because it is much lower than you would expect.
As experts have found, parts for a $1500 watch currently cost less than $80, which is about 5% of its retail price. The most expensive component is the OMAP 4430 processor from Texas Instruments, which costs $13,96. Other important parts, specifically the storage from Toshiba costs $8.18, the camera costs $5.66 and finally the display costs only $3. But despite the fact that the parts only cost $80, the final price includes years of development, employee wages, manufacturing fees, and many other things. It should also be taken into account that the glasses are currently intended only for developers and are more or less a prototype, and Google itself has stated in the past that the commercial version will cost much less than the Explorer Edition. In the end, it is interesting information for those who have ever thought about how much Google Glass actually costs and whether their price is ideal.
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*Source: TechInsights
