why are laptop network cards more expensive than desktop network cards?

Question

why are network cards for laptops more expensive than network cards for a desktop?

Answer 1

A combination of form factor and volume of sales leads to a higher price of laptop related hardware. Desktops have a lot of internal space for installing cards and there are many more desktops than laptops so mass production and competition lead to them being cheaper to purchase.

Answer 2

Laptop parts are more expensive for couple reasons. They are harder to make, they are portable (They have to design it to be protected against static).

Answer 3

Because it's portable.