The cost of production Galaxy S4 is 237 dollars

Sales of Samsung's new flagship smartphone Galaxy S4 have already begun. The average price of the device for the version with 16 GB of permanent memory is about $ 700 (in Russia, the official price is 30 thousand rubles) and the marketing company IHS decided to find out how much a smartphone costs without any extra charges. It turned out that the cost of all components of the new flagship is slightly above $ 237.

For those who call the S4 a “cheap remnant”, you should think about it, because the same production cost of an Apple iPhone 5 with 16 GB of permanent memory without any extra charges is $ 205. And the cost, for example, Lumia 900 is 209 dollars.

It turns out that the cost of S4 production is slightly less than the production of the Galaxy Note - IHS tablet last year, it was estimated that the production of this device costs the company $ 270.

So, how much is in the new smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon processor - $ 20;
• Samsung Exynos Oct 5 processor - $ 28;
• Image processing chip manufactured by Fujitsu - $ 1.50;
• 16 GB of permanent memory - $ 28;
• Touchscreen display and parts for it (including Gorilla Glass) - $ 75;
• The rest of the electronics, including Wi-Fi modules, Bluetooth, battery - about 112 dollars.

The article is based on materials https://hi-news.ru/phone/stoimost-proizvodstva-galaxy-s4-sostavlyaet-237-dollarov.html.