Research firm IHS Experts estimate the cost of new 4-inch smartphone iPhone SE, presented two weeks ago.
According to Re / code with reference to IHS data, the cost of components 16-gigabyte model iPhone SE is $ 156.20, and rises to $ 160, taking into account the assembly cost, while the retail price is $ 399. As for the iPhone SE with 64 GB internal memory, which is sold at a price of $ 499, then its cost is about $ 170, taking into account the assembly costs.
Although outwardly iPhone SE looks like iPhone 5s, it used the components of iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. From the iPhone 6s, it received A9 processor, manufactured by Samsung and TSMC companies. IHS specialists estimated at $ 22. Qualcomm microchips cost Apple $ 15 more. 4-inch iPhone SE costs $ 20 less, in 2013, Apple treated the same screen for the iPhone 5s. Deliver displays for the new smartphone Sharp and Japan Display Company.
Note that the cost of iPhone SE IHS experts did not include the costs of developing hardware and software, logistics and marketing.
But analysts Brean Capital, which refers to the publication AppleInsider, published its forecast for iPhone sales volumes. According to them, this year's iPhone shipments will be reduced to 216 million units, which is 16 million less than in 2015, when it sold 232 million iPhone. But next year, iPhone sales return to growth and will reach 237 million units, which would be a record for Apple.
And earlier this week, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that iPhone sales by the end of 2016 could fall below 200 million units. And the recent launch of iPhone SE will have no serious impact on the supply volume of Apple smartphones.
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