The Portelligent Company, which has conducted a cost analysis of the first iPhone components, believes that the cost of the iPhone 3G components do not exceed $ 100. This is what EETimes.com writes today. For comparison, the cost of the first generation iPhone components was $ 170.
According to Forward Concepts analyst, Will Strauss, the Apple Company is not only continuing to use the relatively inexpensive Infineon chip, but it also acquires the GPS-modules from a German company.
According to Portelligent, the value of the assembled sensitive display is about $ 30, 8 GB NAND-memory costs about $ 20.The new Infineon chipset with HSDPA support could be just $ 15 more expensive, and another $ 5 for the GPS-module.
In general, apart from the operators’ subsidies, Apple earns on each 3G iPhone 8 GB $ 99. However, we must bear in mind that this is the direct cost only for components - the cost of iPhone developing and marketing is not included.
Overally, Portelligent concludes: the Apple Company expects excellent financial prospects with the new iPhone.
