8,810 is far, far more than 503. Many folks are saying that it is still far too low a number for the difference to matter. Bollocks! As long as we're trading rumours, an anonymous Microsoftie complained that the entire cost for Kin (including the Danger acquisition, R&D, marketing, and so forth) was a billion dollars.
$1,000,000,000 divided by 503 units is $1,988,071.57 per unit. Call it two million dollars.
$1,000,000,000 divided by 8,810 units is a mere $113,507.38. Call it a hundred grand.
From where I'm standing, losing two million dollars per unit is a lot more than losing a hundred grand per unit. Let's give Microsoft some credit for keeping losses at such a manageable level. Who knows, when the final numbers come out they might have managed to lose even less, maybe as little as fifty grand per unit!
$1,000,000,000 divided by 503 units is $1,988,071.57 per unit. Call it two million dollars.
$1,000,000,000 divided by 8,810 units is a mere $113,507.38. Call it a hundred grand.
From where I'm standing, losing two million dollars per unit is a lot more than losing a hundred grand per unit. Let's give Microsoft some credit for keeping losses at such a manageable level. Who knows, when the final numbers come out they might have managed to lose even less, maybe as little as fifty grand per unit!