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Nikkei Asia reports that the manufacturing cost will be 406 dollars (about 42,500 yen) as a result of estimating the manufacturing cost based on the disassembled article of iPhone12 Pro.
Increased proportion of parts made by Korean companies
According to Nikkei Asia, the company and Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, a company specializing in disassembly, analysis and cost accounting for mobile communication equipment, analyzed internal components from the disassembly article of the iPhone 12 Pro, and the manufacturing cost was $ 406. (About 42,500 yen), it is pointed out that parts made by Korean companies account for about 27% of the total, an increase of 9.1% from last year’s model.
Display and modem are especially expensive
The composition ratio of iPhone12 Pro parts was 26.8% made by Korean companies and 21.9% made by US companies. This difference seems to be influenced by the fact that the organic EL (OLED) display is made by Samsung.
Gizmochina and iPhone in Canada report the main parts unit prices of iPhone12 Pro as follows.
| Part name | Expected unit price |
|---|---|
| Display Samsung OLED | About 70 dollars (about 7,350 yen) |
| Qualcomm X55 5G Modem | About 90 dollars (about 9,450 yen) |
| A14 Bionic | About 40 dollars (about 4,200 yen) |
| Memory (RAM) | $ 12.8 (about 1,344 yen) |
| Flash memory | $ 19.2 (about 2,016 yen) |
| Sony camera sensor | $ 5.4 to $ 7.9 (about 567 yen to about 830 yen) |
The above estimation is only the unit price of parts, and does not include development costs, promotion costs, distribution costs, etc.
Source: Nikkei Asia via iPhone in Canada, Gizmochina
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