Counterpoint has made public its breakdown regarding the manufacturing costs which has the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Despite being a device quite similar to last year’s model, manufacturing the base model has come to cost 3.7% more. Despite the fact that the 48-megapixel camera has been raised as one of the great improvements this year, it is still a component that barely accounts for 11% of the total.
$474. 444 euros at the current exchange rate. This is the manufacturing price of an iPhone 14 Pro Max in its 128 GB version, according to the breakdown of Counterpoint. This represents an increase of 3.7% compared to last year’s model, and having this year four key points that justify the increase.
Processor, screen and camera. The iPhone 14 Pro Max arrives with the A16 Bionic, Apple’s first 4-nanometer processor for a mobile phone. According to the source, this component has gone from accounting for 18% of the total cost of the phone that we saw in the iPhone 13 Pro Max, to 20%. The panel, supplied by Samsung Display, has gone from assuming 19% to another 20%.
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Regarding the new camera sensor, now 48 megapixels, it comes from Sony. The cost increase has been $6.30 per primary sensor. With this small adjustment, the camera now accounts for 11% of the final cost of the product, compared to 10% last year.
Imagen: Counterpoint Research.
Small savings on connectivity. Getting the iPhone to connect to a 5G network is now cheaper. The total costs of the cellular section fell by 13%, due to the fall in the prices of the components related to 5G. Here Qualcomm, Skyworks and Broadcomm are the main distributors for Apple, waiting for the mother company of the iPhone to end up developing its own modems sooner rather than later.
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Towards full hardware control. In addition to wanting to control its connectivity section and working as a distributor of microLED panels to stop depending on Samsung, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is a small step towards independence from Apple in terms of components.
The iPhone 14 Pro Max, in addition to mounting its own processor, the components designed by Apple (circuits and wiring, audio chips, etc.) account for 22% of the total cost of the iPhone. Apple seeks to reduce dependence on its distributors, putting an extra gear to control the hardware of its devices to a greater extent.
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by Ricardo Aguilar.
