iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 to Manufacture

"The entry-level, 16Gbyte version of Apple's new iPhone 3G S carries a BOM cost of $172.46 and a manufacturing expense of $6.50, for a total of $178.96," said Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal analyst, teardown services, for iSuppli.

How would this affect Guyana?
This would have no effect on Guyana as Guyana's import of goods and supplies come mainly from the counterfeit sources of the world. Cheap imitation phones, made to order, come from China. A majority of stores sell the imitation phones as the price of an 'original' phone.

Fabric, electronics, machinery all come from China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Panama and other places. It is noteworthy that these same countries make the 'original' too, and then places the copies on the market. Simple things like handbags and shopping bags come in container-loads at a few cents per item, yet they are sold for 10x the cost.

The unanswered question shall remain, "how would the unsuspecting public know the difference?"