The price of the iPhone is always in question. Many Android fans prefer to invest their money in smartphones that offer other challenges in hardware, while the faithful to the iPhone consider that its price is commensurate with its features, performance and quality. That doesn’t stop many from wanting to know how much they are actually paying for their bitten apple, or how much their device actually costs to manufacture.
Buying an iPhone 12 in its most basic version, with 64 GB of storage, involves an outlay of 909 euros . It is known that the margin that Apple leaves to third parties that sell its product is not very high, so it is not usual to see offers that are too succulent, at least not during the first year of the device’s life. Now, it has been the Japanese medium Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, which has carried out the disassembly of the iPhone 12, and has estimated its real cost in terms of its components.
The cost of your parts
A mobile is nothing more than a puzzle of pieces manufactured by different suppliers, and that are assembled to shape the final product . According to this medium, the cost of all the hardware of the iPhone 12, has an approximate cost of 373 dollars. The most expensive components of the iPhone 12 are its OLED screen ($ 70), the A14 Bionic chip ($ 40), flash memory and RAM ($ 32) or the Sony CMOS sensor (between $ 7.4 and $ 7.9)
Extra costs to take into account
However, we have to take into account that the costs of the materials have been analyzed. The real cost and margin that Apple has for each iPhone 12 is only something that the company knows. But what is certain is that we must take into account the cost of R&D, marketing, logistics and other variables that make that cost of $ 373 estimated in its hardware components fatten . In addition, Apple must bear the cost of assembling the device. This is where the famous Foxconn comes in, a company that has its facilities in Zhengzhou (China) and responsible for the manufacture of the iPhone for years. Based on previous generation models, the cost of assembling and testing the phone is estimated at about $ 21.
However, and although Apple has eliminated both the EarPods headphones and the charging adapter from the sales package, some analysts say that Apple has less profit margin than in other years, with the sale of the iPhone 12. The 5G support, the panels OLED in all models and new storage capacities may be involved in this reduction in the margins of those of Cupertino.
Source>GizChina
