It Costs Apple Just $443 To Build The iPhone XS Max
Sep. 26, 2018iPhones have always been expensive, however, Apple’s brand new iPhone XS Max is a very expensive smartphone starting at Rs 1,09,900 in India. That might make you wonder, how much does it cost Apple to build that iPhone, and we now have a partial answer to that question, thanks to the good folks over atTechInsights.
They have performed a teardown of the new iPhone XS Max, and compiled a list of the cost per component to get an idea about the material cost for making the iPhone XS Max.
According to the TechInsights teardown, themost expensive part of the iPhone XS Max is the display, which costs Apple $80.50apiece, followed by theA12 chip and the various modems inside at $72. That’s understandable, after all, the iPhone XS Max does havethe best display in a smartphoneever, so it’s expected to be expensive, and the A12 is themost powerful chipin the industry as well.
Following these components are thestorage at $64, thecameras at $44, along with the housing and mechanical components priced at $55. Most of the components inside the iPhone XS Max are more expensive than before owing to the much larger size of the smartphone. In comparison to the 5.8-inch display on the iPhone X from last year, the iPhone XS Max has a 6.5-inch display which in itself adds up a lot of cost to the phone.
Over all, TechInsights concluded that thecost of all the components inside the iPhone XS Max is $443— that’s $50 more than the iPhone X, by the way.
However, it’s important to note that this is purely the cost of the components inside the phone. This price does not include manufacturing and assembly costs, R&D, software development, marketing, advertising, and the number of other things that go into developing a premium device.
