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There's been breakdowns of the cost to produce the iPhone. The BOM on the iPhone 5 is about $170, then throw in labor, marketing, distribution, etc. I think for
by rdouble 14y ago
There's been breakdowns of the cost to produce the iPhone. The BOM on the iPhone 5 is about $170, then throw in labor, marketing, distribution, etc. I think for iPhone 1, it was estimated Apple's cost was about $240 per device.
- tanzam75 14y agoIt takes them, what, four iPads to equal the profit from a single iPhone? Or, equivalently, how many iPad Minis? If iPhone margins ever fell to what they are on the iPad, they'd be smaller than Microsoft, or IBM, or Google. That's the open secret of Apple's financials. It is only their incredible profit on the phone that keeps them on top of the tech world.