Google: Choose Android, save 20 percent

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jun 16, 2008 9:57 AM EDT
ZDNet Asia; By Victoria Ho
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Phone makers who adopt Google's Android platform may see a 20 percent drop in manufacturing costs just from saving on software costs, according to Android's co-founder. Andy Rubin, who is also Google's director of mobile platforms, told the press Monday that software costs represent about 20 percent of a phone's manufacturing costs, so a manufacturer would theoretically save on that by adopting the free and open source Android platform.

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