Is the manufacturing cost of the iPhone 3G low enough below the first iPhone?

Previously at GIGAZINEThe manufacturing cost of the original iPhone was surprisingly lowWe reported, but according to the survey company will be released from July 11 "IPhone 3GIt is said that it may be less than it.

Details are as follows.
ISuppli Corporation: Applied Market Intelligence

According to this article, the survey company iSuppli calculated the cost of each part from iPhone 3G specifications, and the production cost of the iPhone 3G of the 8 GB model is about 173 dollars (about 18,600 yen) is. This is dramatically lower than when the original iPhone 4GB model was $ 245.83 (about 26,500 yen) and the 8GB model was $ 280.83 (about 30,000 yen).

This is the 8 GB model iPhone 3G manufacturing cost breakdown. The highest 8 GB flash memory is $ 22.8 (about 2457 yen), the touch screen mechanism and the liquid crystal display are $ 20 (about 2155 yen), the application processor is $ 13.5 (about 1455 yen), the HSDPA communication module is 15 It is dollar (about 1616 yen), totaling 173 dollars.


I have not decided the actual iPhone 3G and examined the price of each part, so it is said that it will not go beyond guess to the end, but it seems that there is no doubt that the manufacturing cost is low like the first iPhone anyway .