iSuppli came out for a bill of materials for the Droid and it has more expensive stuff in it than the other phones.  At least that can help us get over the touchscreen issue.

Here’s the comparison of costs:

As to the breakdown of costs: here’s a summary of what iSuppli says:

  • microSD – 16GB – $35
  • Display – $17.75
  • Touchscreen Overlay – $17.50
  • Camera – $14.25
  • Transceiver – $14.04
  • Processor – $12.90
  • 4 Gb Flash and 2Gb DDR Memory – $9.20
  • Bluetooth/WLAN/FM Transceiver – $6.50
  • 1Gbit NAND and 512Mbit Memory – $4.90
  • Battery – $4.25
  • Other – $42.82
  • Manufacturing – $8.64

For a whopping total estimate of $187.75

–Ben

Sources: iSuppli, Engadget

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