IHS Company specialists conducted an independent disassembly of Apple iPhone 7 smartphone and found that the production of new items costing the company more expensive than in the case of the previous model. Thus, the cost of parts for assembling the 32-GB version of the iPhone 7 is $ 219.80, which is $ 13.30 more in comparison with the cost of materials to build the iPhone 6s.
Price iPhone 7 in retail without a contract, we recall, is $ 649.
Full list of components in the composition of the smartphone Apple iPhone 7 can be found in the press release of the company IHS Markit. In short, the most expensive component of the device remains the display, whose value is equal to $ 43. The second highest cost is the subsystem to transmit and receive data over cellular networks, evaluated at $ 33.90.
The cost of a single chip A10 Fusion is $ 26.90. Electromechanical Components smartphone, including the sensor module Taptic Engine feedback, valued at $ 16.70. Both cameras are at wholesale procurements costs $ 19.90. Aluminum case assembly is priced at $ 18.20.