It’s almost a right of passage that a new smartphone get broken down to its individual hardware components and analyzed for manufacturing costs, known as the BOM (Bill Of Materials). The T-Mobile G1 has already been dissected for all to see, so it was only a matter of time before the G1’s BOM was made public.
iSuppli, using their Mobile Handset Cost Model to determine BOM, has concluded that each T-Mobile G1 costs $143.89 in component expenses. The baseband, touchscreen display, and camera unit are the three most-expensive components within the G1’s body – costing $28.49, $19.67, and $12.13, respectively.
The T-Mobile G1 BOM makes the handset cheaper, in terms of parts costs, than the iPhone 3G, which is manufactured from $175 worth of parts. The T-Mobile G1 could be netting HTC a higher profit-margin than the iPhone 3G does for Apple.
[Via: Cellphonesmarket]