While experts iFixit disassembled smartphones Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in order to identify their maintainability, experts IHS staged opening of these devices in order to determine the value of their components.
As it turned out, the most expensive components in the updates are touch screen monitors production LG Display and Japan Display. 4.7-inch display of the iPhone 6 costs $ 45, and a 5.5-inch display on the iPhone 6 Plus – $ 52,50. To protect the display glass is used Gorilla Glass 3, and sapphire crystal is used only in the Home button and the main chamber.
Processor Apple A8, found in the dismantled vehicles, was manufactured by TSMC. It should be noted that the company supplies about 60% of all the necessary processors. Orders for the remaining 40% of the chips are placed at Samsung. Price Apple A8 processor with coprocessor is $ 20 or $ 3 higher than the cost of the previous generation chip.
In the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus uses flash memory from different manufacturers, including Micron and SK Hynix. When purchasing memory chips 1GB costs $ 0.42. Thus, the total cost of storage in various models of smartphones can range from $ 6.72 to $ 53.76. Despite the fact that the difference in the cost of memory minimum and maximum volume is $ 47, Apple sells smartphones with 16 and 128 GB of memory with a difference of $ 200.
In the new smartphones Apple has integrated support for wireless standard NFC. It is realized on the basis of two new components: the production of the NFC chip NXP Semiconductors NFC and amplifier from the company AG. The devices also contain a number of sensors and actuators, including two from companies InvenSense accelerometer and Bosch Sensortec. The exact purpose of the second accelerometer is not entirely clear. Probably, it serves to improve measurement accuracy. Also available are a barometer of manufacturing Bosch Sensortec and audio chip Cirrus Logic. All these components of the total cost $ 22.
Summing the cost of all used for the manufacture of components of smartphones, IHS experts reached the following conclusions:
- cost components of the iPhone 6 is from $ 200 to $ 247 depending on the capacity of the built-in flash memory;
- cost components of the iPhone 6 Plus ranges from $ 216 to $ 263 depending on the amount of internal flash memory.
These values already include the cost of the cost of assembly machines, which is $ 4-4,50 for each device.
Recall, the retail price of the iPhone 6 is from $ 649 to $ 849, and models of the iPhone 6 Plus – from $ 749 to $ 949.
IHS experts have estimated the cost of components Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
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