By: Nicholas Kolakowski, eWeek
Apple’s 16GB iPhone 4S cost $188 to put together, excluding $8 in manufacturing expenses, according to a new teardown by analysis firm IHS. Moreover, while the smartphone greatly resembles the previous iPhone 4 in its exterior details, the inside apparently offers a host of new hardware. Based on the teardown, the bill of materials for the iPhone 4S’ 32GB version totals $207, and the 64GB version $245.
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