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iSuppli: The iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 To Build; $4 More Than Previous Model [Iphone 3gs]
iSuppli: The iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 To Build; $4 More Than Previous Model [Iphone 3gs]
iSuppli's latest teardown has revealed that bill of materials cost (BOM) and manufacturing cost of the iPhone 3GS comes to $178.96. That's a little over $4 more than the previous iPhone and about $8 more than the Palm Pre . iSuppli also noted that the 3GS hardware set is fairly similar to the ...
Speed Test: iPhone 3GS Even Faster than Apple Claims
Speed Test: iPhone 3GS Even Faster than Apple Claims
medialets.com — Apple has made claims that the iPhone OS 3.0 yields significant performance gains on the 3G model,... and that the new 3GS can accomplish the same tasks up to twice as fast as its predecessors. Anecdotally, the new 3GS definitely “feels” ... (more) Speed Test: iPhone 3GS Even Faster than Apple Claims
iPhone 3GS: $179 to build says iSuppli
iPhone 3GS: $179 to build says iSuppli
engadget.com — iSuppli's just released its estimated cost of Apple's newest offering, the iPhone 3GS . Total costs for... the 16GB model costs $178.96 to manufacture, according to them -- give or take $4.63 more than the 8GB iPhone 3G estimate from last year. It's ... (more) iPhone 3GS: $179 to build says iSuppli
Apple's iPhone 3GS: What It Costs to Make
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Cuanto cuesta un iPhone 3GS (en piezas)
Gizmología — ... han calculador el valor de fabricación, bueno, más concretamente el valor total de las piezas que usa el iPhone 3GS, un valor estimado porque no tiene ni costes de producción, de envío, etc… ...

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iPhone 3GS More Expensive to Manufacture than the 3G ModelHardMac.com
As usual, iSupply tried to evaluate the manufacturing cost of the new iPhone 3GS, with the usual caveat of not integrating R&D costs. So, according to their calculations , components in the iPhone 3GS cost 178.96 USD vs. 164.33 USD for the 8 GB iPhone last year. So, it is 4.63 USD more ...
The iPhone 3GS costs $178.96 to build; according to iSuppliiPhonefreak
According to iSuppli the 16GB iPhone 3GS costs a total of $178.96 to build. That is broken further down, which you can see on the chart below, however in simple form that total is based off a bill of material cost of $172.46 with a manufacturing cost of $6.50. Interesting to note is that this ...
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iSupply has done an analysis of the iPhone 3GS and estimates that the bill of material and the assembly cost about $179 (iPhone 3GS 16GB). That doesn't take into account other things like marketing, shipping and R&D. The cost is very comparable to the iPhone 3G 8GB model that iSupply ...
Why the iPhone 3GS Doesn’t Cost Apple $179The Free iPhone Blog
iSupply gets a lots of headlines, like this one from Reuters, guestimating the raw component costs of popular gadgets like the iPhone 3GS. And good for them. Media literacy 101, … Read the original post: Why the iPhone 3GS Doesn’t Cost Apple $179
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Apple's 16GB iPhone 3GS costs the company US$178.96 per unit, according to a new teardown analysis conducted by iSuppli, Inc. This compares to a cost of $174.33 for the previous generation's entry-level 8GB iPhone 3G when that device was introduced in June of 2008. Apple retails the device for ...
iPhone 3GS: $179 to build says iSuppliEngadget Mobile
iSuppli's just released its estimated cost of Apple's newest offering, the iPhone 3GS . Total costs for the 16GB model costs $178.96 to manufacture, according to them -- give or take $4.63 more than the 8GB iPhone 3G estimate from last year. It's also about $40 more than iSuppli's most ...
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Research firm iSuppli today announced the results of its teardown of the new 16 GB iPhone 3GS, estimating the device's parts cost at $172.46, with an additional $6.50 in manufacturing costs bringing the total cost to $178.96. The data compares to a ...
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Research firm iSuppli today announced the results of its teardown of the new 16 GB iPhone 3GS, estimating the device's parts cost at $172.46, with an additional $6.50 in manufacturing costs bringing the total cost to $178.96. The data compares to a ...
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iPhone 3GS costlier to make than 2008 modelMacNN | The Macintosh News Network
Apple's newest iPhone actually costs slightly more to make than the older version in spite of the more modest update, iSuppli says. The iPhone 3GS' total bill of materials amounts to $178.96 for a 16GB model, or slightly more than the previous $174.33 of the 8GB iPhone 3G. Some of the cost ...
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