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"Apple only pays £3.99 to manufacture a £600 iPhone", claims report.
- rick888 15y agoit's the software+service+phone that make up the value (and final cost) of the phone. Not the individual physical parts.
- garethsprice 15y agoReport is unclear that this refers only to the labor cost, and what's involved in that labor. Is that $3.99 for someone clipping half a dozen parts together/watching robots, or is it $3.99 for 18 hours of soldering? The parts cost around $188, according to iSuppli (http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/iPhone-4-Carries-Bill-of-Materials-of-187-51-According-to-iSuppli.aspx http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/iPhone-4-Carries...)