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Apple's costs for the production of the iPhone 6 with 16 gigabytes of memory were about $ 200. iPhone 6 Plus was only 16 dollars more expensive than its younger brother - showed the disassembly of two new iPhone.
Not surprisingly, with such a cost for components and a 70% mark-up, Apple earns a lot of money on iPhone sales. According to research company IHS, which leads CNET, iPhone 6 costs Apple only $ 5 more than the model iPhone 5S, which went on sale last year at a price of $ 650 without contractual binding.
On the production of one new iPhone, Apple spends from 200 to 247 dollars, of which 4-4.5 dollars goes to pay for labor. Retail smartphone comes at the following price: iPhone 6 - from 649 to 849 dollars, iPhone 6 Plus - from 749 to 949 dollars, depending on the amount of internal memory. For additional memory, Apple asks for $ 100-200 from above, although for her the difference between 16- and 128-gigabyte versions is a question of $ 47.
The most expensive component in two phones was a combined display and a touchscreen. Displays for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are, respectively, 45 and 52.5 dollars, they are supplied by LG Display and Japan Display. For comparison: last year on the display iPhone 5S the company spent 41 dollars. The battery costs about 4-5 dollars, 16 GB of memory - 15 dollars, the camera - from 11 to 13. The rest of the expenses fell on the processor.
Separately from the IHS masters, the new iPhone was analyzed by iFixit specialists.
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