It's somewhat useful in that you can say "suppose the screen was 1/2 the current price?" and get an estimate on what that could do to the retail price of the whole unit.

It also tells people don't expect an $100 or even $200 unit any without a change in the pricing model.

What this the big deal about the Beatles' music being online or not. Just rip your CDs!

Unless your O(n^3) in house app was apparently tested against a dataset of about 10 items and is now being used for thousands. Having a good initial design is the best way but when that is missing sometimes it is better to redesign an app than try to throw more hardware at it.