The iPhone X will be on sale in early November because of capacity limitations. The phone will be on sale in early November because of the inventory limit. Now, some research organizations have received the iPhone X’s material specifications from the industrial chain and given the phone’s cost estimation. The total cost of the iPhone X is close to CNY 3000.
From the detailed material list of the iPhone X, its BOM cost is 412.75 dollars (approximately CNY 2700). The most expensive material is a 5.8-inch OLED touchscreen from Samsung, which costs 80 dollars. The cost of the dual surface glass and middle frame is 53 dollars. In the meantime, the cost of its all-new A11 processor from TSMC is 26 dollars. The cost of baseband and radio frequency (RF) is 18 dollars, and the suppliers are still Qualcomm and Intel. The cost of the RF antenna is 5 dollars. The cost of the 3D camera is 25 dollars, and the camera is 33 dollars. Its battery cost 9 dollars, and PCB cost 15 dollars. Haptics costs 10 dollars. There are also other material costs. One of the largest costs of the iPhone X’s material is DRAM and NAND 256GB variants provided by Toshiba, Hynix, and Micron, three suppliers. The cost of 256GB DRAM is 24 dollars, and 256GB NAND is 45 dollars.
The iPhone X is expected to popularize wireless charging, dual cameras, front 3D camera, facial recognition, and other technologies.