iPhone 5 Bill of Materials Estimated at $167.50

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Posted September 14, 2012 at 4:21pm by iClarified

UBM TechInsights has released an early Bill of Materials estimate for the new iPhone 5.

The company puts components at the following prices:
● Display: $18
● Touchscreen: $7.50
● Battery: $3
● Camera: $10
● Wi-Fi/BT/GPS: $4
● NAND: $9
● SDRAM: $4
● Processor: $28
● BB+XCR: $25
● Non-Electronic: $17
● Other: $38
● Supporting Materials: $4

The total comes to $167.50 for the 16GB iPhone 5. Apple is selling the device for $649 in the U.S.

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iPhone 5 Bill of Materials Estimated at $167.50

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Yips - September 15, 2012 at 12:27pm

Thats processors are wrong A4 and A5 for iPhone 5?.... it is not correct.

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Nitro Junkie - September 18, 2012 at 3:36am

Look at it again. The parts breakdown at the bottom is for the 4,4S and 5. The 5 has the A6. 4 has A4 and the 4S A5.

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Lov3 - September 15, 2012 at 8:31am

So funny for android fan....always complaint apple no good or say apple product no good but apple use cheap material so what ? Designer's fee no need to pay ? :( , since you get those material then you set it by yourself if you are so clever. Haha....

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justabrake - September 14, 2012 at 9:24pm

Lightning connector $29.00 tax LOL

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Jay - September 14, 2012 at 7:02pm

Huh. Wow. Ok, so I've heard of this before. But excuse my ignorance. How do they get their stuff so cheap?

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Copperhead - September 14, 2012 at 8:41pm

It's called "Wholesale Distributor Price" any corporation that has a license in their particular city in USA can obtain this license so long as they can prove they are a registered corporation with intent to sell merchandising.

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asaad - September 15, 2012 at 4:50am

Wrong. If you are a customer who is ordering parts at millions in quantity, you will get a huge price break comparing if you are only ordering 10, 100, or 1000 pieces. Distributor logic is for typical situation.

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Jay - September 18, 2012 at 3:31am

Hmm. I understand the bulk buying thing but the price for these parts are dirt cheap; ridiculously cheap. Anyways.

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Junaid - September 14, 2012 at 6:10pm

Add Administrative & Selling expenses then calculate the net profit.

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IzTheJuicer - September 14, 2012 at 6:04pm

True but what about software development, patents, apple retail store are all rented locations how much do you think Realestate in midtown manhattan costs property rental like that probably goes for about 1mil-2.5mil per month and the stores have to produce that out of the product sales, there's more to a business then just parts of a device if anything that's the most simplistic part of the business there are workers in all levels of the company that need be paid granted in sure apple takes a nice cut and they should for Gods sake wouldn't you I mean if anything what is a business for?

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Dee - September 14, 2012 at 5:43pm

So say total cost is roughly $180 even $200 I don't see how overall there markup % is so high $600/700 retail with out contract but can offer it to customers at 1/3 of that price with a 2 yr contact .. They claim they don't make money off the phone it's the long term contract @ $100 a month for 2yrs can we say ... $2400 give or take on a cell phone ??? When I see to make a product over in china witch cost $180 and to sell for $700 is a good enough profit never the less there's gonna be a new one before you hit your one year mark under contract .,

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Nick - September 14, 2012 at 6:02pm

the simple reason for the price is that every company spends a lot of money in advertisement, marketing, research and development etc. its not just apple who is charging you..its basically every company whether its a mobile phone or whatever product you are buying..

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Jon - September 14, 2012 at 4:37pm

Are Display and touch screen separate? I thought touch layer is integrated on the iPhone 5? Display should be the most expensive part and it surely cost more than $8. This article doesn't make any sense.

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Haha! - September 14, 2012 at 4:30pm

other variable costs, overheads, fixed costs, goodwill... and so on! what about that?

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