Apple Watch has lowest hardware cost to price – IHS
The hardware cost of the Watch was 24 per cent of the suggested retail price
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-05-03 08:09 GMT
Apple Inc's Watch has the lowest ratio of hardware costs to retail price across any Apple phone, according to a preliminary estimate by research firm IHS after a teardown study.
The hardware cost of an Apple Watch Sport model was about 24 per cent of the suggested retail price compared with 29-38 per cent for the iPhone maker's other products, IHS said on Thursday.
The Apple Watch Sport 38 mm costs $349 and the teardown shows a bill of materials of $81.20 with the cost of production rising to $83.70 when $2.50 in manufacturing expense is added, IHS said.