The iPhone 6s Plus is a priced possession for many, to the extent that the ones who possess it, have to shell out a lot in the form of EMIs and other borrowings. But did you know that the actual cost of manufacturing an iPhone is less than one-third of the selling price?
Surprised? Well, IHS Technology, the world's leading source in research and analysis of technology, did a teardown of the costs that go in the manufacture of an iPhone 6s Plus unit. The findings are summarized below: (all the values are subjected to approximation)
The cost to manufacture an iPhone 6s Plus device, is only ₹17,000/-
While it sells at ₹51,000 which shows a whopping 300% mark-up on the price!
This statistic highlights how the tech giants continue to dominate the premium market.
The cost of the materials that go into making a 16-GB iPhone 6s Plus comes out to be ₹15,800!
This figure rises to ₹17,000, once the manufacturing costs are added.
The new 3D Touch feature in the iPhone 6s Plus, which is basically the screen, costs ₹3,580 and is the most expensive component of the phone!
The manufacturing cost of the cameras (both front and rear) is ₹1,530: the second most expensive component(s)!
Rear: 12 megapixels
Front: 8 megapixels
Apple charges more money for enhanced flash memory, the manufacturing cost of which is as low as ₹25 per gigabyte!
By that calculation, manufacturing a 64 GB iPhone is just ₹1,200 more than manufacturing a 16 GB phone; but users have to pay ₹7,000 more for a 64 GB than for a 16 GB phone.
Also, the iPhone takes about 24 hours to be assembled and the workers are just paid ₹120 an hour. Now that's sad!
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