@john@...
From the cost of chargers, batteries, screens (touch components included), memory and other items, the current BOM based on 10 lakh units is over $47 not including assembly and production. Trimming $12 USD at a 1 lakh count while adding in the price of production, warrantee, DOA, shipping and other aspects of cost, sounds like a very very tall order.
Had MIT, CalTech or USC made the same announcement, they would have been equally questioned.
Personally, this sounds more like a political wet dream of an over-ambitious
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