iSuppli’s Teardown Analysis Service has found what it calls ‘interesting changes’ in the parts used in Apple’s iPhone 3G S.
According to Andrew Rassweiler, principal analyst of the Teardown Service: “The entry level 16Gbyte version … carries a BOM cost of $172.46 and a manufacturing expense of $6.50, for a total of $178.96.”
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