Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoiPhone 16 models cost a little more to make than the iPhone 15appleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down17
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkiPhone 16 models cost a little more to make than the iPhone 15appleinsider.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square5dh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoWhat? Each phone costs them hundreds of dollars to make. The profit margin is still large, but phones are not cheap to make.
minus-squarefourish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoIf they’re not factoring R&D into the prices they’re doing it wrong. Some bumpkins would just calculate what the phone should be because of the cost of the components and not figure anything else into that. It’s Apple. Of course they’re not doing it wrong.
What? Each phone costs them hundreds of dollars to make. The profit margin is still large, but phones are not cheap to make.
If they’re not factoring R&D into the prices they’re doing it wrong.
Some bumpkins would just calculate what the phone should be because of the cost of the components and not figure anything else into that.
It’s Apple. Of course they’re not doing it wrong.