Rumor: Production Cost for Smartphones as Low as RMB 400
Legal Evening News, 6/28/12
An informed industry insider has recently revealed that for smartphone vendors purchasing components for 1 mln domestically manufactured smartphones, the phones can be produced for as low as RMB 389.94 each. The three main component parts of smartphones, namely the printed circuit board, display screen, and camera can be priced as low as RMB 105.4, RMB 52.8, and RMB 7.66 respectively, for a total cost of RMB 165.86. In addition, brand marketing, carriers, and distributors also make up for a considerable portion of the retail price.
Data recently released by one domestic smartphone manufacturer reveals that the cost of manufacturing and production for Beijing-based Android smartphone developer Xiaomi's RMB 1,999 phone is RMB 1,200; the cost of manufacturing and production for Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC's RMB 2,120 phone, the HTC G15, is RMB 500; the cost of manufacturing and production for the Samsung S5839 is RMB 600; and the cost of manufacturing and production for the 16G iPhone 4S is RMB 1,200.
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