iPhone 12 Pro Reportedly Costs Apple $406 While iPhone 12 Costs $373

A teardown of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by Japanese media giant, Nikkei, in collaboration with Tokyo-based technology analysis firm, Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, seems to have revealed some key details about their cost of components. According to the study, the Beak of Materials (BoM) of the high-terminate iPhone 12 Pro is $406 (~Rs. 30,000), while the toll for the iPhone 12 is $373 (~Rs. 27,500).

With the bigger phone, S Korean components account for 26.viii% of its value, while United states-fabricated parts account for 21.9%. The one-time includes the phone's Samsung-fabricated OLED displays that cost a cool $70, while the latter includes Qualcomm's Snapdragon x55 5G modems that cost $90.

Apple'southward in-house A14 Bionic chipset is said to cost $xl, while some of the other expensive components include the RAM and flash memory, which reportedly costs $12.fourscore and $19.20, respectively. Sony'southward CMOS image sensors aboard the iPhone 12 Pro evidently toll between $7.40 and $vii.90 per unit, while the ones on the standard iPhone 12 are priced at around $5.40 to $7.40 each.

Chinese-made components business relationship for less than 5% of the total toll of the iPhone 12 by value, thanks largely to supply concerns amidst tightening United states sanctions on Chinese tech companies. However, equally pointed out by the report, most iPhones continue to be made in People's republic of china, although, the company is hedging its bets by branching out some of its manufacturing to India and Vietnam in contempo years.

The iPhone 12-serial was unveiled at Apple's 'Hullo, Speed' hardware event in Cupertino last month. The lineup includes four devices, including not only the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, but also the iPhone 12 Mini that is powered by the same A14 Bionic processor, only comes with a much smaller grade-gene aimed at those looking for easy one-handed employ.