26.09.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Teardowns reveal Apple's customary high margins for both iPhone 5S and 5C

The 16GB iPhone 5S costs Apple approximately $199 to manufacture, while the plastic-encased 16GB iPhone 5C runs $173, putting both new smartphones comfortably within the Cupertino, Calif. company's envious profit margins, an analyst said today.Apple sells the iPhone 5S, its flagship, starting at $649 for a 16GB model sans a subsidy, and the iPhone 5C for $549, just $100 less. The smartphones are priced at $199 and $99, respectively, with a two-year carrier contract in the U.S."Once again, Apple has stuck to its old tried-and-true formula of optimizing its iPhone hardware gross margins to attain maximum profitability," said Wayne Lam, a senior analyst at IHS, an El Segundo, Calif.-based research company, in a statement today.IHS, formerly known as iSuppli, regularly disassembles smartphones and tablets to see which component suppliers are on the upswing, which have been dumped by designers and manufacturers, and uses its examinations to estimate a "bill of materials," or BOM, of the dev

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