We’re starting to get a more accurate image of just exactly how much Apple’s iPhone costs, as iSuppli, applied market intelligence, has released their breakdown and cost analysis of ’the phone of dreams.’

iSuppli estimates the iPhone’s unbelievable sales trend to continue and estimates 4.5 million units to be shipped this year, accounting for nearly $2 billion in revenue with a profit margin in excess of 55%.

Principal analyst for iSuppli, Andrew Rassweiler, summed it up, noting the recent iPhone cost analysis to be roughly $1 different from iSuppli’s estimate in January (before it was available for physical teardown):

“iSuppli’s teardown, conducted this weekend, determined that the 8Gbyte version of the iPhone has a total hardware BoM and manufacturing cost of $265.83, generating a margin in excess of 55 percent on each 8Gbyte iPhone sold at the $599.00 retail price.”

iSuppli took count of each semiconductor, announcing Samsung the winner. Supplying the iPhone’s processor, 1GB DDR SDRAM, and the NAND flash memory in 4GB and 8GB chips costing $24 and $48, respectively, give Samsung 30.5% share of the iPhone’s hardware cost, the highest of all suppliers.

the German semiconductor supplier, Infineon, is among “the biggest winners in terms of semiconductor content.”  Infineon contributed $15.25 worth of silicon, providing much of the core communications of the iPhone.

iSuppli believes the iPhone’s unique display to be from many companies, but notes the display, combined with the touch screen, make up over 20% of the iPhone’s cost. BoM, National, TPK Solutions (Balda), Wolfson, CSR, Marvell, and Epson are among the other suppliers of the iPhone’s electronics. 

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Entry was posted on Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 at 5:05 am under Uncategorized.

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