Samsung S7 BOM $60 Higher Than Comparable iPhone, IHS Says
In what it called a “ho-hum refresh,” IHS estimated the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone costs about $255 to build. The U.S. version of the S7, with 32 GB memory, has a bill of materials (BOM) of $249.55, or $255.05 with…
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manufacturing cost, IHS said. The phone sells at Verizon for $672. Apple’s 16 GB iPhone, by contrast, has a $187.91 BOM and retails for $649, IHS said. In the refresh, the S7 received “a case of small refinements,” analyst Andrew Rassweiler said. “The Galaxy S7 is the upgrade Samsung had to do, but there’s not a lot of trailblazing happening on the device.”