Paid in America: Moto X costs more to build than Apple’s iPhone 5

Motorola’s hot new Moto X features great customization options and a top-notch software experience, and we said it was probably the best mass-market Android phone in the world when we reviewed it earlier this month. When it comes to things like hardware and fit and finish, however, the Moto X feels quite cheap compared to premium smartphones like Apple’s iPhone 5 and the HTC One. It might come as a surprise, then, to learn that an IHS teardown suggests that Motorola’s new hero phone actually costs more per unit to build than Apple’s all aluminum and glass iPhone 5. A recent teardown of the Moto X performed by market research company IHS iSuppli found that the handset’s bill of materials



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