What smart phone manufacturers pay to actually make their phones

by Johny · December 17, 2010

Ever wonder what it actually cost’s to make your 400$ iphone?
And yes ofcourse, there are lots more dollars not accounted here that go into research and design and packaging and such. That profit margin’s just on the actual physical parts; they don’t literally make that much money every time you buy a phone. But it’s still fun to quantify the hardware, and to see how many ways a phone company can burn through $190 of parts.

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Johny

Johny (John-Erik) Krahbichler is the CEO and main author of Gadgetzz, since 2009. While Mr. Krahbichler's expertise is in consumer electronics, his true passion is science´, and educating the world about the universe we inhabit. Check out the non-profit Scientific Literacy Matters Currently Johny is using his experience from covering trade shows such as the CES, to work with trade show exhibition marketing.