All components in the iPhone 14 Pro Max cost $500, while the retail price of the smartphone is $1100

Fomalhaut Techno Solutions and Nikkei have taken apart the iPhone 14 Pro Max flagship smartphone in order to determine the cost of all the components of Apple's recent innovation.
What is known
Apple's manufacturing costs increased by $60 at once compared to the iPhone 13 Pro Max. Thus, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has become the most expensive smartphone in the history of the series. At the same time, the Nikkei edition notes that since 2018, the cost of components for premium models has fluctuated in the range of $400-450.
The most expensive component in the iPhone 14 Pro Max was the Apple A16 Bionic processor. It costs $110. Compared to the A15 Bionic, the cost of a single-chip system has more than doubled. The image sensors of the main camera have risen in price by one and a half times.
Almost a third (32.4%) of the components are supplied by American companies, while in the iPhone 13 Pro Max their share was less than a quarter (22.6%). The top three includes South Korean (24.8%) and Japanese (10.9%) components. Although compared to the iPhone 13 Pro Max, their shares decreased by 5.6% and 3.6%, respectively.
Source: Nikkei
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