Research report from IHS shows the actual cost of the new iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S that Apple has to bear starts from $173 and $199 respectively. The cost was found out after the research firm IHS opened up the parts of both iPhones. iPhone 5S is considered to be a high end iPhone device having Apple’s A7 processor and a fingerprint sensor while the iPhone 5C is said to be a cheaper iPhone with different candy color options.
Talking about the iPhone 5S first. According to the research report, Apple spends about $191 on various components of the iPhone 5S 16GB version. The initial $191 price goes up to $210 for a 64GB version. This is just the cost of components used. Adding another $8 for the assembly of these components take it to a total of $199 and $218.
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On the other hand, iPhone 5C components range from $173 to $183 including the assembly cost. The decrease in price is due to the fact that iPhone 5C does not have a fingerprint scanner and have a low powered processor and a plastic body as well.
Amazing, if you look at the last year’s price breakdown of the iPhone 5, there is not much difference. Last year’s iPhone 5 was said to cost around $205.
Now the interesting part. iPhone 5S sells for $649 to $849 and iPhone 5C sells from $549 to $649. This is some huge profit that Apple is making here. Roughly, on a 16GB model of any of the iPhone 5S or 5C, apple gets more than $400 as a total profit. Even we subtract the freight cost and some other factors, still it’s about 200% profit that Apple makes.
Another interesting thing to note here is that the most money Apple pends on a single component are the RF chips. Both the iPhone 5S and 5C have more than 13 LTE Bands, more than any other smartphone available in the market.
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