IPhone 15 Pro Max Costs Apple 12% More In Parts Than 2022 Flagship

Conclusion. Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max is the fastest and most versatile iPhone ever. It's also the most expensive to manufacture, and now we have a better understanding of just how much Apple costs to produce, as Nikkei recently teamed up with research firm Fomalhaut Techno Solutions to break down and analyze the cost of the most expensive phones. . Apple

The top-of-the-line iPhone 15 Pro Max with the latest A17 Pro SoC and 5x optical zoom costs around $558, roughly 12% more than the iPhone 14 Pro. Max.

The overall increase in value is due to the increase in the price of individual components. The aforementioned telephoto lens, for example, costs Apple $30 a piece, which is 280% more than the optics used in last year's flagship. Meanwhile, the new titanium frame is 43% more expensive than the stainless steel it replaces, and the A17 Pro costs Apple 27% more than the A16 Bionic.

The entry-level iPhone 15 Pro Max has 256GB of built-in storage, twice as much as before. Some believe this helps justify Apple's $100 price increase this year, but according to Nikkei, that wouldn't be accurate.

Due to the continued decline in NAND flash memory prices, doubling the base memory capacity of the phone cost Apple only about five percent.

Nikkei also found that most of the phone's components, about 33 percent, came from US suppliers, including Qualcomm and Broadcom. About 29 percent of primary components came from South Korea and 10 percent from Japan. We're told the Samsung team is responsible for the phone's display.

The publication notes that some analysts are surprised that Apple has been able to maintain the prices of the iPhone 14 in all models except the Pro Max model, especially given the constant increase in the cost of everyday products and services. Apple executives seem concerned that price hikes could negatively impact sales, so they've played it safe this year.

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