£3 iPhones

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50Twuncle wrote: »

So they claim $236 - this appears excessive doesn't it ?

Not really! Why does everyone expect complex electronics to cost pennies?

Here's the various production costs of different handsets: http://www.techwalls.com/production-costs-of-smartphones/

You've then got to include the costs of R&D, marketing, packaging ect.

I'm sure they make a very decent markup - but a £3 phones will not be an equivalent to an iPhone. It's also unlikely to always cost £3 and it will NEVER cost that much if sold outside of India.

RobTang

50Twuncle wrote: »

So they claim $236 - this appears excessive doesn't it ?

Apple doesn't list a price, the $236 is an estimate (and other estimates) based on the cost of industry component parts.


Electronics are not dirt cheap to make esp some of the better more modern components, not to mention patent costs are usually baked into the component costs they def exceed more than £3

RumRat

Amazing how everyone thinks R&D costs shouldn't be in the phone mark up! Yes, there is an 'Apple Premium' but, I'm willing to bet, no one on here would tolerate the £3 phone for long....

ARandomMiser

I think I read somewhere that an iPhone actually costs around £150 to manufacture (all-in)..

spud17

ARandomMiser wrote: »

I think I read somewhere that an iPhone actually costs around £150 to manufacture (all-in)..

Without checking exchange rates, I reckon that figure pretty much equates to the one given by Ringo.

Kernel_Sanders

ringo_24601 wrote: »

It's also unlikely to always cost £3 and it will NEVER cost that much if sold outside of India.

Why would it be cheaper outside of India?

Maybe you meant 'cost that little'.

Johnmcl7

As much as I dislike to defend Apple they clearly do have massive R&D costs particularly as they now design their own ARM variants which they don't sell elsewhere. They write the bulk of the iPhone's operating system, apps, maintain the desktop software, app store etc, design their own various standards etc. and they're usually on the cutting edge which usually adds a big premium well beyond the performance benefit which is the same in many fields.

John

custardy

Johnmcl7 wrote: »

As much as I dislike to defend Apple they clearly do have massive R&D costs particularly as they now design their own ARM variants which they don't sell elsewhere. They write the bulk of the iPhone's operating system, apps, maintain the desktop software, app store etc, design their own various standards etc. and they're usually on the cutting edge which usually adds a big premium well beyond the performance benefit which is the same in many fields.

John

Easy there John,don't get carried away.

Johnmcl7

custardy wrote: »

Easy there John,don't get carried away.

It's only fair to give them credit where it's due, their recent custom CPU designs have been extremely impressive beating the dedicated SoC companies by around a year to to get to Armv8 and their current SoCs are highly complex, particularly in the ipad.

John

almillar

50Twunkle - your title is grossly misleading, I think you should change it.

Yeah - right - If china can make copies for less than £3

'copy' not 'exact copy'. What resolution is the screen? What resolution is the rear and front camera? What is the battery life? What is the processor? How much memory is there?

A colour touchscreen on an Android phone is not a '£3 iPhone'.