Apple Iphone costs $265 to build

MARKET RESEARCH firm Isuppli has, like Semiconductor Insights before it, taken an 8GB Iphone to pieces and said the total bill of materials (BOM) and manufacturing cost is $265.83, delivering a margin of 55 per cent.

The thing sells at $1 less than $600 but the Isuppli calculation of Apple’s BOM doesn’t include royalties and logistics.

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