^ Well, in these phones' defense, they do bring in a lot more on board than the leeching apple corp.
Bigger and better display, newer chipsets, memory slots, constantly looking up ways to change looks with different materials etc. Besides, components generally dont cost a bomb either, nor do they change things like chargers on a whim.
So one can state that the non apple companies are putting in the effort, whereas apple still maintains the old chasis and concentrates on the 'experience'. (which they still managed to botch up royally with maps or the latest OS of theirs)
It will be interesting to see how much apple can do to keep the prices in check with the all new sapphire screen.