My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.
£699 iphone7, BUT how much does it cost to make?
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That's a lie. They cost at least £100+ to make
Here you go: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7329016.html
Here you go: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7329016.html
A quick Google shows they cost around £174 to make but that only allows for the actual manufacture of the phone. You then have distribution, design, R&D, admin, marketing, profit for Apple/profit for retailer as well of plenty of other costs to add on to get a true figure.
Originally Posted by alan1302:
“A quick Google shows they cost around £174 to make but that only allows for the actual manufacture of the phone. You then have distribution, design, R&D, admin, marketing, profit for Apple/profit for retailer as well of plenty of other costs to add on to get a true figure.”
“A quick Google shows they cost around £174 to make but that only allows for the actual manufacture of the phone. You then have distribution, design, R&D, admin, marketing, profit for Apple/profit for retailer as well of plenty of other costs to add on to get a true figure.”
Don't other companies that make mobiles with just as good or better specs, but sell cheaper than Apple have those costs as well?
Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt:
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
We had a thread on this. They aren't cheap to make at all.
The problem is that no one knows the economy of scale discount that Apple gets. The raw parts for 1 woukd come much higher than what Apple actually pays to make it.
It will be cheap as the margins are massive. That is known, but then it's a company that makes most of its money from its brand name.
It will be cheap as the margins are massive. That is known, but then it's a company that makes most of its money from its brand name.
I had a look at the iPhone 7 in an Apple store. I really dislike the new 'fake' vibratey home button. Feels much cheaper than the real button on the 6/6s.
Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt:
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
It really doesn't matter how much they cost to make. People demand and pay for them (£600+ or not), Apple supply them, and everyone's happy.
Good luck to 'em I say - if people will pay what they ask, and they rake in the profits, that's good business.
Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt:
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
Tell your friend he's a bit of an idiot for not knowing how to use google...
Originally Posted by ShaunIOW:
“Don't other companies that make mobiles with just as good or better specs, but sell cheaper than Apple have those costs as well?”
“Don't other companies that make mobiles with just as good or better specs, but sell cheaper than Apple have those costs as well?”
No! There are rather FEW mobiles with "equal or better specs"..... and they all cost just as much!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Ed3925:
“I had a look at the iPhone 7 in an Apple store. I really dislike the new 'fake' vibratey home button. Feels much cheaper than the real button on the 6/6s.”
“I had a look at the iPhone 7 in an Apple store. I really dislike the new 'fake' vibratey home button. Feels much cheaper than the real button on the 6/6s.”
I've had an iPhone 7 for over a month now I can tell you that the 'button' is fantastic and the heptic engine 3d touch is the future and is much nicer than the old vibrate tech used in all other now inferior phones!
The one thing that is annoying me is no headphone jack as my new car has an aux port but no Bluetooth so I can either listen to my music or charge the phone but not both and the apple supplied earpods are crap.
Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt:
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
“My friend reckons they can make them for £30 in their Chinese factory...
Which is probably why Apple make billions of dollars.”
if he only had a multi million dollar factory he could be knocking em out at £50 a go and making a fortune undercutting apple
Originally Posted by Jimmy_Carter:
“The one thing that is annoying me is no headphone jack as my new car has an aux port but no Bluetooth so I can either listen to my music or charge the phone but not both and the apple supplied earpods are crap.”
“The one thing that is annoying me is no headphone jack as my new car has an aux port but no Bluetooth so I can either listen to my music or charge the phone but not both and the apple supplied earpods are crap.”
has no-one brought out an adapter for that yet?! Can you charge the phone if it's plugged into an aux socket to play music, but your car stereo has bluetooth?
It's unnecessarily confusing....anyhow, I drive a Mini and there's no support at all for anything other than (older) iPhones, so as I have an android phone, I have to copy my music to a usb stick for long journeys
How long does your iPhone 7 battery last, and how fast does it recharge anyhow?
Originally Posted by Jimmy_Carter:
“The one thing that is annoying me is no headphone jack as my new car has an aux port but no Bluetooth so I can either listen to my music or charge the phone but not both and the apple supplied earpods are crap.”
“The one thing that is annoying me is no headphone jack as my new car has an aux port but no Bluetooth so I can either listen to my music or charge the phone but not both and the apple supplied earpods are crap.”
You have a headphone adaptor in the box; just use a 3.5mm jack cable!
Originally Posted by Stig:
“You have a headphone adaptor in the box; just use a 3.5mm jack cable!”
“You have a headphone adaptor in the box; just use a 3.5mm jack cable!”
The point being made was that with what's in the box you have to chose between charging and using a headphone jack.
You need to buy a third-party accessory if you want to charge the device and use the headphone jack at the same time.
Originally Posted by Roush:
“The point being made was that with what's in the box you have to chose between charging and using a headphone jack.
You need to buy a third-party accessory if you want to charge the device and use the headphone jack at the same time.”
“The point being made was that with what's in the box you have to chose between charging and using a headphone jack.
You need to buy a third-party accessory if you want to charge the device and use the headphone jack at the same time.”
And the 3rd party accessory costs... £10? And of course you always need to charge and listen?
Same old bullshit.
Originally Posted by heidtheba:
“£174? For manufacturing and not including IoS?
Lol.
£60 tops.”
“£174? For manufacturing and not including IoS?
Lol.
£60 tops.”
I've shown my facts - now show me yours.
Originally Posted by d123:
“Tell your friend he's a bit of an idiot for not knowing how to use google...”
“Tell your friend he's a bit of an idiot for not knowing how to use google...”
Completely agree. Have people lost all sense. Making a post off some random bullshit their friend told them. And then people post bullshit of the same level back! I mean the guy who thinks £60 tops...
They are apparently the most profitable phone on the planet. I posted some figures on this only the other week in the Pixel thread. Apple makes around £184 clear profit on each phone whereas Samsung makes around £36.
Originally Posted by Stig:
“And the 3rd party accessory costs... £10? And of course you always need to charge and listen?
Same old bullshit.”
“And the 3rd party accessory costs... £10? And of course you always need to charge and listen?
Same old bullshit.”
When using satnav it drains the battery so needs to be plugged in. You can't get away from the fact that it is very inconvenient.
Is there an adaptor that allows charging and using the headphone jack simultaneously?
Originally Posted by Jimmy_Carter:
“Is there an adaptor that allows charging and using the headphone jack simultaneously?”
“Is there an adaptor that allows charging and using the headphone jack simultaneously?”
Amazon has lots of adaptors for less than £10. That was easy wasn't it?
No doubt all those iPhone7 purchasers will be delighted to know that they are helping to maintain Apple's record of 104% of the entire industry's profit on smart phones (the rest combined make a loss).
http://fortune.com/2016/11/04/apple-smartphone-profits/
http://fortune.com/2016/11/04/apple-smartphone-profits/
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