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cube13 on Dec 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Blames Nexus 4 Shortage on LG

>Perhaps they need the chip in there for patent licensing reasons.

Actually, maybe someone can answer this. Does anyone know exactly what the cost is(both in licensing and materials) for a 4G LTE chip vs the antenna?

marshray on Dec 18, 2012 [–]

I doubt you could get a price quote for under 10,000 units.

The company to ask is iSuppli, they specialize in reverse costing. http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/Pages/Headlines.aspx

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