Galaxy S4 expensive to produce than the iPhone 5 - TELEPOLIS.PL

According to the report, the analyst firm IHS, to produce the U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 costs more than the production of iPhone 5 in the version with 32 GB of memory .

According to IHS, the total cost of producing one unit of Samsung Galaxy S4 (materials and manufacturing) is a $ 237 (all materials cost $ 229). So more than $ 217 that Apple pays for each piece of iPhone 5 version with 32 GB of internal memory.

The Galaxy S4 specification version for the U.S. market consists of such components as Qualcomm processor ($ 20, Exynos 5 Octa is more expensive – costs $ 28), image processing from Fujitsu (1.5 dollar, the Korean version of the smartphone uses the Exynos), 16 GB of internal memory and 2 GB of RAM from Samsung (28 dollars), the Samsung display ($ 75, the price along with the glass Gorilla Glass), battery (5.25 dollar), modules for mobile communication (21.50 U.S. dollar) cameras Samsung ($ 18, including the price front webcam) and other comp onents (69.50 U.S. dollar).

Less than half of the (in value terms) is produced by the Samsung (in the case of the Galaxy S4 Qualcomm chipset). External services are 57% of the cost of the phone ($ 134). Korean version (with Exynos chipset 5 Octa), is, according to IHS 6.3% more expensive in production – its price is the nearest $ 252.

View: technical data and photos of Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 in the catalog.
View: specifications and pictures Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 in the catalog.

Source: IHS, ON