Apple’s iPhone 3GS has been pretty interesting recently – the reports below are the latest scoop:
179$ BOM
iSuppli has torn down an iPhone 3GS, and came to the following conclusion – hit their web site for a detailed list of components:
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“The entry-level, 16Gbyte version of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 3G S carries a BOM cost of $172.46 and a manufacturing expense of $6.50, for a total of $178.96,”…
“This is slightly higher than iSuppli’s estimate of $174.33 for the original 8Gbyte iPhone 3G
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iFixit teardown
The folks at iFixit have performed a very thorough teardown of the device – hit the link above for the full scoop!
RapidRepair teardown
Whenever iFixit tears something down, RapidRepair usually follows suite. Their CEO, Aaron Vronko, has performed a teardown of his own – hit the link, you know the story.
PhoneWreck analysis
Finally, PhoneWreck has a very thorough analysis of the device’s planar and circuitry…
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