Apple to bring in $300 Profit per 3G iPhone?
Posted by Chris Leckness on 06/17/08 in At&t, iPhone
You will never see a figure like this walk out of Apple’s doors officially, at least not to the general public, but Portelligent is estimating (although I can’t find it on the site) a $100 cost per unit to manufacture the 3G iPhone. The iPhone is rumored to be sold to carriers for $400. Of course AT&T and other carriers lucky enough to sell the iPhone will recover the other $200 of that $400 from the contract pretty fast. Anyhow, my math says $300 profit per unit. That is some serious coinage.
The new iPhone costs Apple considerably less than the original to make, according to a somewhat speculative analysis by Portelligent, an Austin, Texas-based teardown specialist.
David Carey, Portelligent’s president, told EETimes that based on what his firm knows about the components Apple is using, the bill of materials for the new phone could be as low as $100. The first iPhone, by contrast, came with a BOM of $170.
Source: CNN Money via intoMobile
Written by Chris Leckness · Filed Under At&t, iPhone
Tagged: 3g iphone cost to manufacture
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