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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 533587" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/gadgets/phones/mobile-phones/images/iPhone_3G_WWDC-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Now that they've opened it up and poked around iSuppli has updated its estimated pricing for Apple's iPhone 3G and it's more expensive than they first predicted, by $1.33.</p><p></p><p>According to iSuppli - whose Bill of Material estimates are always popular - the cost to Apple of making the new 3G iPhone is $174.33 for an 8 Gig version, which equates to £86.78.</p><p></p><p>iSuppli released an earlier estimate of $173 which was then about £88 in the UK, and their prediction has only shifted by a dollar and change.</p><p></p><p><strong>Teardown services</strong></p><p></p><p>"The addition of 3G wireless capability represents an evolutionary design step for the iPhone, not a revolutionary one," said Andrew Rassweiler, who has the grand title of 'teardown services manager' and principal analyst at iSuppli.</p><p></p><p>"iSuppli believes Apple aimed for a more cost-effective design for the 3G iPhone compared to the 2G, in order to lower the retail price-which will allow the company to seed adoption and to capture maximum market share now-while the company still has buzz and a perceived differentiation relative to its competitors."</p><p></p><p>The reduction in price of components is a major factor in making the enhanced 3G phone $50 cheaper to produce than its predecessor.</p><p></p><p>Apple has shifted its business model for the 3G iPhone and makes more from the hardware and less from the contracts, with the suppliers subsidising the cost of the handsets.</p><p></p><p>With over a million sold in the first few days since it was releases this represents a tidy bit of business for Apple, and supply of the device is still some way behind demand at this juncture.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/175e412/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.techradar.com/423540&link=iPhone costs Apple £86 to build" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.techradar.com/423540&link=iPhone costs Apple £86 to build" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/13663645891/f/8513/c/669/s/24503314/a2.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/13663645891/f/8513/c/669/s/24503314/a2.img" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/175e412/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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