Thread: What iPhones cost to make
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Old 09-10-2012, 03:29 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn View Post
What then would be the operator's margin on selling those phones? £50 for the 16 GB and £75 for the 32 GB?
I suspect that the operator makes most of their margin from the monthly contract tie-in rather than from selling the hardware. The reason that I bought my iPhone SIM-free is that over a 3-year contract term (the time I thought I'd have my iPhone for), buying the phone and then getting a "SIM-only" contract was considerably cheaper than the overall cost of getting an operator-subsidized phone and then paying the monthly contract fees.
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