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iPhone 5 Component Cost estimated at $199

The BOM of the iPhone 5 is estimated by analyst to be $199.

Sep 19 2012, 8:52am CDT | by

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iPhone 5 Component Cost estimated at $199
 
 

Apple is known to be able to make a nice profit from hardware sales. A margin that other electronics makers are only dreaming about. IHS iSuppli has released their iPhone 5 Bill of Material (BOM)...

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"My current phone is a low end Samsung model, bought at a US retailer, and used with a prepaid contract. It does phone, SMS, and (supposedly) email and web. It has a larger LCD screen than the phone pictured above. It cost me $15."


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iPhone 5 Component Cost estimated at $199

Apple is known to be able to make a nice profit from hardware sales. A margin that other electronics makers are only dreaming about. IHS iSuppli has released their iPhone 5 Bill of Material (BOM) estimates based on virtual teardown.

The BOM of the iPhone 5 is $199. Manufacturing cost is supposed to be $8. This BOM estimate is preliminary. IHN does not have an iPhone 5 in hand yet.

More details on iSuppli.

 

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<a href="/latest_stories/all/all/2" rel="author">Luigi Lugmayr</a>
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
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