Specialists iSuppli subjected to disassembly and evaluation components of which are assembled the new iPhone 4S. As explained their intrinsic value does not differ from that of the iPhone 4 at the time of its release to the market - the price difference is in the range of $ 0.5. Although the individual components and more expensive, but Apple's managed to keep the overall cost of the set in the same price range. Among the details has risen in price must be attributed to the antenna module with the chipset Qualcomm, which supports GSM and CDMA standards, which costs $ 15 vs. $ 14 chip from the company Infineon, now part of Intel. But the A5 processor costs about the same $ 15. The camera module has been estimated at $ 17.60, but this time raises questions, since accurate information about what his company is a manufacturer, are not available. We only know that the matrix from Sony. Other details are the same as a year ago - the compass of the AKM, the gyro STMicro, audio chip and touch panel from TI, as well as wireless modules Triquint. Its contribution to cost reduction apparatus makes the rejection of a number of systems that are built into the processor. A5 chipset is responsible for noise reduction during the conversation and video decoding. Performance of its two nuclei is considered sufficient for this purpose. The indicated value of 188 dollars to the model with a capacity of 16 GB of internal memory. Models with the same memory from Hynix, but 32 GB and 64 GB will cost $ 207, respectively, and $ 245. Recall that the cost of components and even a determining factor in price formation apparatus for a buyer, but is not the only factor. By its own estimates Apple's gross profit from the units sold in the U.S. is 40%, where the cost of iPhone 4S is 649 dollars for a version with 16 GB of memory.
