Produce iPhone 5 costs $ 167 at Apple

The iPhone 5 has been submitted and, although it has not brought any big news in the face of many leaks that have appeared on the market, but brought sophisticated equipment, with a high quality construction and above all, a smartphone that will become a segment leader, according opinion of many analysts of the mobile market.
When we talk about quality of construction, we know that Apple this subject has been of the few to innovate and bring materials "noble" to segment, it has an added cost but brings a return very coveted. Do you know how much it costs to manufacture the Apple iPhone 5?
Let some values ​​that the market had in recent days to give you an idea.



Segundo dados avançados pelos analistas de mercado, estima-se que a Apple venderá algo como 20 milhões de iPhones 5 ainda este ano. Num cenário desta magnitude, quanto custará à Apple o fabrico do iPhone 5?



The base version of the iPhone 5, the 16GB unlocked, should the prowl price of $ 700 U.S.. We know that the equipment is Built in high quality materials and high technical rigor, the point measurements have not fail any microscopic detail a machine body to another part of the same series. After this is undoubtedly the equipment with the best screen on the market and brings one of best cameras ever placed in a smartphone.
Surprisingly, the manufacturing cost per piece is 167.50 dollars, ONLY!!!
If we compare with the previous model, the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 costs over $ 25, but that we know where the difference lies. There are two components that justify this price increase: the new A6 processor costs $ 28 and Qualcomm 4G LTE modem costs 25
dollars ... Strictly speaking the iPhone 5 16GB costs $ 649 with a contract operator in the U.S., the price drops to $ 199 but "Grabs" the customer a two-year subscription, as here in Portugal occurs. The contract is basically a form of power operator subsidize the phone in exchange for consumption and data calls made ​​by client (there are several tariff and each may even decrease the price acquisition of the iPhone).
So, clearly, if you buy an iPhone 5 today, Apple in each iPhone 5 win 481.50 dollars. Obviously this money for each iPhone is not "liquid" we must add to the cake for everything back from study and development costs, marketing and many other costs that a company like Apple has to be on top of Sales for so long, it pays well and ...
This way Apple will raise the costs that were previously presented since the last quarter of 2012, approximately 8.8 billion million dollars, something close to 7 billion euros.
But wait, Apple will not be here, we know that along the iPhone has a cake of many millions of accessories, this number will grow much by the end of 2012 on new accessories designed for the iPhone 5 available on the App Store and associated services.
In a table piece by piece, I leave you in detail the values ​​so they can take your conclusions:

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In summary, this equipment increasingly refined and materials richer is an incredible source of profit for the Cupertino company, the quantity, as we know, the low cost price and this equipment has is bringing good indications.
According to Apple, the pre-orders for the iPhone 5 exceeded two million units in just 24 hours, more than doubling the previous record one million that was held by the iPhone 4S. The search for the iPhone 5 exceeded the initial stock.