The new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are more expensive to manufacture than the previous models.
He Manufacturing cost of an iPhone is always a controversial topic. Normally the manufacturing cost, or rather, of the parts that make up an iPhone is usually much lower than its final cost. However, there are many elements of development, transportation, labor or taxes that are not taken into account when it comes to assessing what it really costs Apple to manufacture an iPhone.
Thanks to a study of NikkeiWe can know how much does it cost Apple to make an iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. These are approximate figures, but we can see that manufacturing the new iPhone 15 is considerably more expensive than manufacturing the previous iPhone 14.
Manufacturing cost of the iPhone 15
The report ensures that all new models of iPhone 15 are more expensive to manufacture, or at least they have more expensive components than their equivalents from a year ago. However, iPhone prices have not increased, in fact, the iPhone 15 are cheaper in countries like Spain.
This means that Apple’s profit for each iPhone sold is lower than just a year ago. The iPhone 15 is up to 16% more expensive to manufacture than previous versions.
- iPhone 15. Manufacturing cost: $423, 16% more than the iPhone 14.
- iPhone 15 Plus. Manufacturing cost: $442, 10% more than the iPhone 14 Plus.
- iPhone 15 Pro. Manufacturing cost: $523, 8% more than the iPhone 14 Pro.
- iPhone 15 Pro Max. Manufacturing cost: $558, 14% more than the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The teardown has been carried out between Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Fomalhaut Techno Solutions in Japan and these are the coThese approximate parts of the new iPhone 15. The most expensive components that have increased the most in price are the screen, the processor and the new titanium frame.
It is estimated that the iPhone 15 Pro Max screen is 10% more expensive compared to that of the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The new titanium frame increases price by 43% compared to the stainless steel frame of previous iPhone Pro and the new one A17 Pro chip costs 27% more than the A16 Bionic. The new telephoto camera and its tetraprism system are 3.8 times more expensive than its predecessor.
As we say at the beginning of the article, One thing is the cost of materials and another is what it really costs Apple to make an iPhone 15. These pieces have to be assembled, they have to go through quality controls and then they have to be sent to different places in the world, paying the corresponding import taxes.
Brand Manzana Release date 2023