iPhone 13 Pro Has Higher Build Cost Than iPhone 12 Pro [Report]

TechInsights has posted its teardown and cost analysis of the new iPhone 13 Pro. Notably, the build cost of Apple's new iPhone 13 Pro comes in at around $21 more than the iPhone 12 Pro.

We have completed the QTT cost analysis and estimate the sub-6 GHz iPhone 13 Pro A2636 has a higher build cost when compared to last year’s iPhone 12 Pro A2341 mmWave model. The increased total cost is due to the higher estimated costs for the A15 processor, NAND memory, the display subsystem price, and an increase in the main enclosure cost, which impacted the total Non-electronic cost. We also compared the new iPhone 13 Pro with the competitive sub-6 GHz Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G mobile phone (normalizing the NAND size to 256 GB).

The site has the estimated build cost of the iPhone 13 Pro at $570 versus $548.50 for the iPhone 12 Pro. The smartphones both retailed starting at $999.


Check out the full teardown post at the link below...

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