The iPhone 15 Professional Max is 12% costlier for Apple to construct than its iPhone 14 counterpart, a teardown reveals, with the elements of every unit estimated to value Apple round $558 to purchase.
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In a teardown between Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Fomalhaut Techno Options of Japan, Nikkei stories that the iPhone 15 Professional Max prices much more than the iPhone 14 Professional Max to supply. The invoice of supplies for the iPhone 15 Professional Max is $558, the report states, with a 47% parts-to-cost ratio.
The determine is claimed to be about 12% costlier than the iPhone 14 Professional Max.
The show is 10% costlier within the iPhone 15 Professional Max than the iPhone 14 model, whereas the titanium body pushed prices up by 43%, and the A17 Professional chip prices 27% greater than the A16 Bionic. The telephoto digicam and its tetraprism system can be an enormous 3.8 occasions costlier than its predecessor, in accordance with the report.
Different fashions within the iPhone 15 lineup are equally costly, with the iPhone 15 Professional costing Apple $523 to supply, up 8% from its year-ago counterpart. The iPhone 15 Plus prices $442, about 10% increased than the iPhone 14 Plus.
The iPhone 15 is deemed to have the very best change in value, with its $423 invoice of supplies roughly 16% costlier than the iPhone 14.