Have you Pre-ordered for the most amazing iPhone, iPhone 5? It is the most amazing iPhone 5 which is the thinnest Smartphone in the world. The secret behind such thin iPhone is the in-Cell technology which costs Apple some extra bucks. However, are you curious to know the building cost of your iPhone 5?
Recently, UBM TechInsights did an analysis of the price of iPhone 5. According to this analysis, iPhone 5 parts cost Apple $167.50. Moreover, the Price of the iPhone 4S parts is $132 only while the even older iPhone 4 parts are causing $122. In short, the iPhone 5 costs Apple $35.50 extras as compared to previous versioniPhone 4S. Let’s take a look on the individual parts.
The clear difference between the prices is due to amazing in-cell technology, Larger 4.0” Retina Display, LTE and the amazing Quad-Core A6 processor. The price of the battery and the camera is same as that of iPhone 4S which is $3 and $10 respectively. The main difference creates between the Processor and the LTEtechnology. You can see the image posted below showing head to head comparison of iPhone 5, 4S and 4 Parts prices.
Well, some people think that this $168 is the cost of iPhone 5 and Apple is selling the iPhone 5 for $650 which is a huge difference. Please keep in mind that this is the cost of components only, Apple has also to spend millions of dollars in Research and Development, Advertisement, Licensing, Assembling of these parts and even much more. Well, I am not saying that Apple is not earning much from iPhone 5, No doubt, Apple has become the largest profitable company which is due to the high profit margins on iPhone, iPod Touch and every other products. But they also provide the premium quality products which no other Electronics company can.
