iPhone 4S Costs $196 To Apple

Apple iPhone 4S could be its newest smartphone all the songs and dances, and all can be quite nice to be made of glass and metal by some, but in the demolition of the last report, only 196 will cost Apple to produce iPhone 4S dollars.

This makes the iPhone 4S only $ 0.49 more than their older siblings, the iPhone 4, despite the latest mobile phone sports a dual-core CPU A5, a lot of well-spec'ed 8-megapixel camera and a CDMA / GSM chip.


According to IHS iSuppli's numbers, and we will not argue with them, it costs only $ 196 16GB iPhone 4S for production, while the 32GB and 64GB turn $ 215 $ 254. This is a significant mark-up taking into account the off-contract prices.

All three models of the iPhone 4S are the same as you can imagine, takes on the differences of chips to the storage capacity to 32GB and 64GB models at. This means that Apple can build the same phone number and add various forms of memory, an advantage also favored by the fact 4S iPhone now comes with a CDMA / GSM chip and antenna. 4 With the iPhone, Apple needs to produce two different models, to provide the hardware for use on two different wireless technologies.

Apple's enormous purchasing power will also be a factor in the production costs are kept low. If you are buying a large number of components that Apple is that they pretty well be able to tend to overlap with your suppliers. It is interesting that all three of the iPhone to produce only $ 8 cost, and all the pits in the works for $ 7. The cheapest of the components? What is the battery. Maybe that's why it does not take very long, then?

It is worth noting that these prices only for the hardware, there was no consideration, as the cost of software licenses, and every request means taken.

A new company comes to the iPhone 4S Hynix, which are now being used provider of NAND memory in the Apple phone to IHS. In view of memory is one of the most, if not the most expensive part connected with an iPhone, Hynix should be happy that I got on the train, that money is the Apple iPhone.

(via GIGAOM)