[jug6ernaut]

Simple, Samsung has to sell there product in an attempt to make a profit on them, Google on the other hand is selling theirs at or near cost as a "Content delivery system". They don't need to make money up front for the device.

[general_failure]

That doesn't explain the 500 USD markup per _device_

[jug6ernaut]

Well lets assume they want a markup of 40% for profit, that would bring the cost to 420. The price I am seeing is $550 on amazon. This brings the cost difference at $110, and IMO this could easily be chocked up to R&D and other misc costs.