![]() ![]() ![]() The higher production cost is mainly due to the A16 Bionic chips used in the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models. The company seems to have decided to eat added production costs rather than passing them on to consumers. In the U.S., however, the iPhone 14 Pro Max with the smallest storage capacity sells for $1,099 - unchanged from its corresponding 2018 version, the XS Max. ![]() The cost of the iPhone Pro 14 Max is thus the highest in terms of both total and the margin of increase since 2018. While parts prices for high-end Max models have hovered between $400 and $450 since they debuted in 2018, the latest model represents a steep production cost rise of over $60. Minatake Kashio of Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, a Tokyo-based research company, helped Nikkei Asia examine three models in Apple’s iPhone 14 series and found that production costs have soared about 20% from its previous model to an all-time high.įomalhaut estimates that production of the iPhone 14 Pro Max calculated in terms of parts cost $501 - up more than $60 from that of the iPhone 13 Pro Max that went on sale last year. Apple’s A16 Bionic: The Fastest Chip in a Smartphone The iPhone 14 Pro and flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max exclusively feature Apple’s A16 Bionic chip each of which costs $110, over 2.4 times more than the A15 Bionic used in last year’s iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. ![]()
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