Nikkei Asia dismantled the iPhone 14 model and found that Apple bears more production costs on this model and sacrifices a certain profit margin for it. But Apple has not increased its price in the United States and other markets, but has increased its pricing in key markets such as the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.
According to Nikkei Asia, the iPhone 14 is expected to have an additional production cost of about 20% among the three iPhone 14 models, a record high. Among them, the cost of the iPhone 14 Pro Max has increased by more than $60, and the cost of the components is as high as $501, while the cost of the iPhone Pro Max model is usually between $400 and $450.
It is reported that the A16 chips of iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are priced at $110, which is more than twice the A15. In addition, the iPhone 14 Pro series is equipped with a new camera sensor made by Sony , and these costs have increased by about 50%.
In addition, 32.4% of the iPhone 14's parts come from US suppliers (about 10% increase over iPhone 13), increasing costs. The number of parts in South Korea fell by 5 percentage points to 24.8%. The number of parts in China fell by 0.7 percentage points to 3.8%.