The new Apple devices launched this year, iPhone XS and XS Max, are all but cheap. With the prices going as high as $1,449 for the iPhone XS Max, people have tried to figure out how much it actually costs to manufacture this model. Surprisingly, it cost about $1,000 less than its selling price!
Sources show that the most expensive component that went into the iPhone was in its display; the screen was about $80. This most certainly means they paid Samsung an extra $3 for the 6.5-inch display, compared to the $77 price of the 5.8-inch OLED display screen locked inside the iPhone X. Then came the smartphone’s processor and modem that were also more expensive than Apple’s last year’s model.
According to a comparison done between the iPhone X and the XS Max, the difference between the total manufacturing price was estimated to be just $48. Also according to the stats, it costs Apple less than $20 to increase memory from 64GB to 256GB, and the same difference is expected between the 256GB model and the 512GB.
Considering this, people will spend $200 to get a phone with more memory when in reality, it only costs the manufacturers less than 20 dollars.
Apple has made memory storage into a profit and it is reported to be gaining a profit of $134 per every unit sold of the 512GB model.
Sources show that the most expensive component that went into the iPhone was in its display; the screen was about $80. This most certainly means they paid Samsung an extra $3 for the 6.5-inch display, compared to the $77 price of the 5.8-inch OLED display screen locked inside the iPhone X. Then came the smartphone’s processor and modem that were also more expensive than Apple’s last year’s model.
According to a comparison done between the iPhone X and the XS Max, the difference between the total manufacturing price was estimated to be just $48. Also according to the stats, it costs Apple less than $20 to increase memory from 64GB to 256GB, and the same difference is expected between the 256GB model and the 512GB.
Considering this, people will spend $200 to get a phone with more memory when in reality, it only costs the manufacturers less than 20 dollars.
Apple has made memory storage into a profit and it is reported to be gaining a profit of $134 per every unit sold of the 512GB model.
