The True Cost of the iPhone 

Thank you for “your” excellent video!

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Really ? Come on, everything you said not even close...why smartphone keep raising, because of tech, more techs, need more resource which cost more money to make. Second is also hardware, the base model changing every years, from 8gb to 16 then 32 and now 64...also ram , first 512mb, then 1gb, 2gb , 3gb, 4gb...what next, battery, camera, display, and last but not least cpu...technology making lithium ion are increased because the tax had raise in china... so battery keep getting expensive and every smartphone trying to scramp it into a phone as much as possible, this also require technic which have money involve, second is camera, not like from 2014, camera now being one of the most importance parts that all smartphone trying to push more effort on it, so it keep being more expensive each years, display, samsung sold the oled display on ipX for ~499 each...that also the reason why the price jumping too much. And last is cpu, when you shrink down a cpu that is as small as a nano shell, each inch cost tons of money for machine and equipment, and now they all use 7nm which is way expensive than a cpu are on 16nm. Last is marketing ưhich you are not wrong, they did charge quite a lot but they did give you much more custmer service if you compare to huawei, xiaomi or oppo...they are cheaper, like 1/3 cheaper but you have to use a lcd display, old stereo speaker, they may set a backdoor without you relieving and they cut down in all service and build quality, a android from chinese brand live only around 1.5 to 2 years...if your phone being broken down the road, there is no warranty support nor replacement parts. ....if you think computer innovations isn’t worth the money then just buy older tech...set it done. I f4ckng hate those guys who want best,newest but don’t want to pay “innovation’s price”....stop this bullshit or just waiting for those newest tech become more relevant so the budget phone can have it ... jesus

3:48 UwU

But my earbuds cost more than airport and I plan on getting the S10+!

do colab please

Yes do a collab (polymatter+techaltar+curious elephant=Awsome analysis)

The combination of animation and stock videos just complement the entire meaning of the video. Great job!

Hello

5:45 The most satisfying and intelligent slide transition in the history of slide transition

Yeees

Elfa Seccioria we have 3 of the same BRAND store in the same short block! DID YOU HEAR ME!! Isn’t that ridiculous 😄

Stupidity and retardation.....

Whatever the bloodsucking automatons think they can squeeze out of you.

lol

Cost:40$

cost to manufacture is.... probably 5 bucks

I would be surprised if It costed more than 1 dollar to make it

@@Artemi22 well metal aint cheap so maybe 10 bucks or more

LMAO

Koen Johnson 6s user here, not upgrading till this dies/becomes horribly obsolete tbh

Iphone 5C user here 😂

My teacher has the SE

i still use an iPhone 5 rn lol

iPhone 5S user checking in!! :)

I didn't even notice it was an ad!

RIGHT?

Video: *transitions* Me: oohoho, you sly dog you!

i always skip sponsor ads part but this one got me watching the whole thing without even realizing!

There is no class for that on Skillshare yet? How disappointing.

About 350$ is only the materials. Plus the software and the future updatws i think is over 400-450$

Merci beaucoup monsieur

dihorul vesel Update should NOT cost money it’s like paying for a unlocked dlc

its less than net/net ex works 100 USD in China (parts and labor costs).

@@evulescumihai7804 the materials are literally under 10 bucks my friend

malvaceae samsung does the same thing

@@aqwdecade190221 *no*

I don't use any stupid case which makes my phone thicker and looks awful

Rafeeq Zickry when u get a new phone, they come with a phone case

My phone back is glass 💀 I need a cazee

Congrats mate!

Appreciate It mate 👍

oh my😂😂

Nice

Respect

Then you my man, need to watch Linus tech tips

Watch linus tech tips

Yeah, better than LTT

One might say, a Brilliant transition

i was about to comment the same thing untill i seen this haha

That's why they don't want to make it. Component cost was too high for Apple's taste. The XR that replaces it has cheaper build with cheaper materials. Apple likes to make cheap phones with high profit margins. Good for them but a total rip to the consumer. People are slaves to iOS. Its so bad that many feel they can't imagine understanding or ever using another OS. Its hilarious hearing that from college educated people.

I know right, I just hate the fact that Apple makes things explicitly overpriced when it was cheaper for them to build those things

@@NuclearBoi2nd the key is IOS and always has been and it was Steve's jobs brilliant idea because it's vertically integrated into the hardware and there's only one piece of hardware that will work it like I said people are slaves to iOS and will pay any price to use it.

You're an idiot if you think that's their profit margin.

I really doubt that Apple spends that much money on an iphone.

Mm

Good one

Thanos: am I a joke to you?

Ur profile pick is very irritating 😂

for a sec i thought ur pfp was a hair on my screen XD

Perfect

Darryl R 😂😂😂😂damn

Oh yes.

Mr. Krabs is awesome so thats a compliment

Mr krabs lmfao 😂😂😂😂

How could it be the first time when poly matter ‘always’ talks about apple...

@@Merculos he meant Apple knows about it or using internet for the first time.

Radian, do you even pay attention to his uploads? He talks about Apple all the time. That just ruins the joke.

@@_egg_2933 Ik it does im here for exposure lol

You posted more than two comments what a madlad!

Kinda, Not Sure...

That's for pretty sure.... When 10X will come what you will you sell ...??? Heart or Eye....??? M

Chaitanya Singh just trade in your kidney

Chaitanya Singh ur kidney is not worth 1k usd idiot droid fankid

@@kdk856 woooosh

Go to a Apple Store and ask to have your battery changed it will cost between 60 to 150 dollars.

@@icarofilho6524 is still pretty expensive for a job that should only be a pop open, replace, pop closed.

@@icarofilho6524 the problem is most Android phones do that too, so in most cases your phone becomes basically e-waste. Thanks, Apple.

**Laughts in Librem5**

@Headhunter_FRANK No. :( puri.sm/posts/massive-progress-exact-cpu-selected-minor-shipping-adjustment/

Got'em!

Laughs with removable battery in hand

Please watch iFixits video before laughing...

What’s the add about tho? He doesn’t work for apple right?

@@anthonyradilaleh8739 the ad was to promote *"Brilliant"* not sure what he ment by 13min advertisment but I think its about the seamless transition to the ad

Ben's Boring Videos 11:30 is when I saw your comment

@@thebearguy5850 It weirdly always happens like that, doesn't it? The exact same thing happens to me on other youtube videos where I'll scroll down at the exact moment I read the same thing that I hear being quoted.

@@scene6289 lol, yep, TOTALLY seamless :-)

Lol facts. I have to admit I only bought the iPhone 12 because it’s an apple. 😅😅😅

@@demonkillers5708 it’s still an amazing phone tho

@@CRXL lol apple stan

@@demonkillers5708 why u literally could have got a Samsung which have way better phones

@@xd0895 That person is just saying it's amazing.

Lmao

Lmao

Lmfao

Pyrojin me too!

It would cost 999 dollars

The OnePlus 1 is around $100-120 in second hand market.

the math he used to find the value of a product is so flawed I would be flunked from math class if I ever brought that equation to my teacher.

I have the Oneplus One and not selling it. It is still a great phone, running on Android 9 (lineage).

Yeah you're right, seems like it's selling for more like $75 now. See my comment below: "I see a lot of sold Ebay listings ~$75 and it sold for $349 originally (64GB), meaning it has lost ~78% of its value. Not a huge difference and I don't think it changes the argument of the video, but thanks for pointing that out. I wonder if the source extrapolated their number from a few months or something maybe?"

Yes, he was straight up spittin lies pretty much throu all vid:D

I know right, fucking bitch

I’m high as fuck watching this and this guys chatting bareeee

11Exclusive he told you the ownership cost of iPhone for a consumer. Not production cost. You can estimate production cost because of iOS development cost and software development cost.

ikr

11Exclusive lmao! Seriously! He starts up with saying something like “so how much does it really cost?” and goes off track..

What a comment 😂😂

A. F. Alhaz normie

Lol why would it shock ypu

@@connerwine8257 because literally every other country in the world has a higher rate of yearly foreign travel per capita than the US

@@jitteryloki5819 maybe becasue fuck Canada

@@connerwine8257 you're properly uneducated and a bigot if you hate another country for literally no reason, please go somewhere else with your hate. Your "because fuck Canada" comment has been reported for review for harassment and bullying.

@@jitteryloki5819 every other RICH country. Lol I’m from a poor country and having a password is luxury here too

you mean never?

FutureNow kinda funny coming from someone named future now

@@Black-Liquid Unfortunately the future is not yet here on this one.

FutureNow I’ve got a 6s+ High five

i had the 6s and didnt want to give up my headphone jack so i bought a s9+ instead. 6s is still an amazing phone tho

Burn It it practically impossible to buy a google pixel for 82% off from the launched price after a year. I have no idea where he got his number because it is heavily bias.

Seems like he really didn't do his research either.

He's an apple fan of course.

Averages

Burn you must’ve sold it to a bloody idiot lmao

Me And i got it for my birthday

Me

Apple did the iphoneSE beacuse its slowing down

@@user-zw8vd6qy3c lucky

Literally everyone reading this comment

Okay here we go..!. 7:20

Factory cost is how much money it cost Apple to make it one of it's factories. Not sure where he got the competitor numbers but that is intrinsic value

Exactly... what you find at 7:20 is NOT the factory cost...

@@dylanchesterton5153 i know.. just a speculation

@@matukiodaimatv but you didn't know that's why you called him stupid, so I guess you're the stupid one

@@senorVAC1 you cant even buy a 1+1 now for 24 bucks 5 years later. But somehow in 2015 people apperently where giving them away for less then 30? Something doesn't add up here..

Androids are shit bro

@@senorVAC1 the OPO didn't lose 94% of it's value in 1 year.

@@broup9137 you are shit bro

On unrelated note, I still keep my One Plus One and it still works :D

We need to move to holograms now

Mobile technology isnt even close to its peak, maybe for apple, but for phones in general? Far from it. You've got Samsung's folding phones, and while it may have it's own issues, it's still an incredible leap into the future, you've got Asus' insanely powerful gaming phones, you've got all the innovations from all the other companies like Xiaomi and Huawei. You cant also forget oppo, who are making a phone with a roll-able display. Phones are definitely not even close to their peak.

@@mr.animegod_yt LG Rollable Too.

If only you can update to ios 13

@@mr.animegod_yt now we just need to wait for the transparent phone in the future where everyone can see what you are doing.

Components have a cost. Especially phone displays and processors and the camera stacks up real fast. People use their phones so much nopwadays because they are so capable, and phones are starting to be capable of replacing computers. Honestly $1000 for a small premium on something you use as much as a phone is actually not that bad if you have the money.

And Apple like to take people's money. Buy a good phone

@@asnaeb2 You can't replace a computer with a phone. You either don't use your computer or you use it. There is no in-between. A phone shouldn't cost more than 500 to 600 $/€. They are making phones unnecessarily flashy and capable just so they can rise up the price. On a pc you can do a lot more because it is designed to do so(programming, editing etc.). On a phone that is supposed to offer you the possibility to communicate all around the world, to do a bit of multitasking, watch videos, listen to music, take some notes, play some simple games and last you 2 years before being able to change the battery... There isn't any reason for a phone to do more. I mean, the concept of a phone starts to stray away further every year. All phones should be affordable. I agree that parts cost and you have to pay for manufacturing, but the price will rise because people are ok with buying OVERPRICED items. Apple just needs to reduce the price on all of it's products by at least 35% and they will see how much profit will get and cover all their losses. Not quarreling or anything, just wanted to express a point of view.

@@ARV971 Except phones are slowly becoming more like handheld computers, whether you like it or not (or want to admit it) You can edit photos on it, you can play games...hell you can play some good games now with PUBG, or apparently Ace Combat 7. Dex Station with the recent Samsung flagships? Boom your phone is now a pseudo desktop.

@@JH-dh2ws I agree. But do we really need this? I mean, If you don't use a pc at all, yes. But on a pc you cand do your work. IT, programming for work, web design, hardcore editing videos, creating programs, games, maps, playing real games... There are countless possibilities on a pc. They should make a different device called "all in one". But keep the phone a phone and make a different thing a portable pc. I might not want to admit it, as you said because I can't afford a new premium phone. Still being a student and not being able to work makes it hard. But even so, I'd rather buy a 2k laptop than a 1.5k apple phone. Yes, you're giving me 10gb of ram on a phone, as a pc. Cool so.... Why do I need so much just to do the basics? You're also right but there should be a different product for that, not transforming the phone and make it unaffordable.

I heard you now can't do fixes on the new iPhone X because of the glass design?

Well battery replacements are easier on the X series iPhone so idk tf you saying

@@lmfao7224 its soldered to the board you can't

Loads of bullshit in here. It is not more difficult to replace the battery, nor is it soldered to the board. It has been pretty much the same since the iPhone 6S. Fairly easy, especially compared to the Android competition. Its something all of us could do. So stop spreading nonsense.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2GfBOlJEW10.html Like I literally searched, "how to remove iPhone x battery" and it came up. It's not even hard to find. You guys are a bunch of dumbasses honestly

Julian GameZ Samsung is becoming apple

@@dadominos1078 No its not lol

@@dadominos1078 not really

@@dadominos1078 Samsung's A50 is half the price of the iPhone 11 and is much better I have the A50

@@juliangaming9713 i have the a70 bruv i feel u

Ikr

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Gabriel Griksas He was talking about cost of ownership. You can’t estimate production cost because software development cost is not disclosed.

$20 parts, $1 assembly labor, $20 shipping and other expenses. = $41

I don't believe in the "bill of material" cost that they claim for the iPhones, which tend to be above $200 for these newer phone. In reality, manufacturers have parts in bulk amount, and everything is streamline, the true cost for all the parts is probably significantly cheaper than that. You're paying more for other aspects like research, marketing, patent and royalty cost, warranty, etc.

John Kent thank you this is what we came for

^^^

I really was lol. Apple is so pathetic now, Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave.

They are expensive because they aren't made anymore ans its old.

I mean it is the most valued tech company on the planet. Sorry, was.

Charles the French?

Imagine Being A Trillionare & All Of A Sudden People Hated You So Much They Stole Almost Half A Trillion $$$ From Your Bank Account.

I'm a Charliean.Are you?

@@ratandanush lets get him to 10 million subs!

I think I get what you’re saying...

No, it was just a good segue. He does that with every video. It's just that when people aren't interested in the main topic they mischaracterize that.

Omer Ginawi Thanos : am I a joke to you?

@@olutomioladokun5376 Thanks???? Wtf? You mean Thanos?

Just Some Panda With Internet Access 🤦🏾‍♂️it was obviously a typo😂. Ofc that’s what I meant.

They called me a mad man

Anmol Kamoji they kind of are, when you see a gucci product people look at you differently, same as if your carrying around a brand new iphone and wearing airpods

gucci is shit, apple is shit, just go to primark, and get an Honor phone

When they already is xD

Apple gang

Gucci? More like Hermes and soon you have to be super VIP to purchase an Iphone. =D

Only if you want to look stupid.

Mr Guest yea lol

Only if you just wanna say "sorry, i can't hear you! "

😂

His thinking outside the box

Yes.

Absolutely

Yep lol

Nice expensive house? SUV of the year? Small business or bigger? Mid life crisis? There's more, but i'm not in the mood to put it here.

Got it! 😂😂

Develop please?

Believe me even EA is better than Apple

ITS IN THE GAME

@@toliskipkay1296 Yep, even though that is saying a lot lol.

nah China isn't often the boogeyman in polymatter's videos

@@jinjunliu2401 china's the guy you call to kill the fucking boogeyman

@@navinkamphues5992 BabaYaga

@@prasuntiwari4291, after this phrase whole movie can be viewed much less seriously. So, they called him this the entire time en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga

7:20

Also metaphorical cost to Apple's business model, but mainly cost with regard to resale

thats always the case

He talked so long, he put me to sleep.

Lol who is that guy in ur pic it's all over RU-vid

No he just provided background and the lead it into a broader point. It wasn't fluff.

@@IronicHavoc Absolutely fluff. Like it matters that the iPhone is a status symbol, that people are keeping their phones longer, that Google pays $9 Billion to be default search engine, etc. etc. etc. All fluff.

@@pickclawraider4206 Did you already know those things?

@@andersburgess6444 No, but what does that matter? I clicked on a video to learn what the iPhone actually costs to make. That's what I was interested in, but I had to watch 9 minutes of random trivia to get to that point. The other stuff, while somewhat interesting was fluff. I wanted a video that the title claimed to explain, not 200 other random facts about life to get to the actual thing I wanted to learn about.

Because technically he's a "politician of advertising".

Yea this video requires an #add, apple logo is all over of the freaking video and other brands

*Commenting incase someone answers*

@@johannes10038 same lol

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And why is that?

@@kithekat1223 Okay.

@@esserlamp he should have compared it to the on plus 5 or 5t no the one plus one because those phones came out the same year as the iPhone

@@esserlamp weird question but ok

@@riffle7311 they have more than only the OnePlus 1, about 8

R/iam14andthisisdeep It's a Facebook deep post subredit look it up

I can hold 9 inch tablet like I would smartphone with comfort so phones can get way larger and it will be ok.

It should have been thin

@@TR2000LT I mean the the width of the phone not the screen size of it

*PhOnE bAd*

Okay...

Yea i only realiced it happened when i read this comment

I still skipped it though

*has blurry profile picture *

@@glock1inthetop45 Yeah, it was taken with an iPhone, that's why its shit.

you misspelled android

Billbob maybe iPhone 3g

@@preluderacer88 you mean taken with a weak ass android pile of ass? Yeah we all knew that

MicSTAMAN same😂 I was dozing off and then I just all these maths symbols and then had a better look at it

MicSTAMAN wtf lol so what’s the cost

Because the real value is that. The rest is just hype.

That’s about a fair price for an iPhone 5 in 2019. There’s not much demand for it.

Imagine thinking an IPhone 5 is worth way way way more than $3

Eli Raine if it’s 16 GB then understandable and it released in 2012... But if not , I would say it should be atleast $50

That’s less then my alarm clock

TL;DR: he didn't say how much they are worth making, but maybe 300 dollars worth of hardware is a close, approximate cost. As for the software, well you got me there fam.

Gamith that's the beauty of a polymatter video

What RU-vidr doesn’t use click bait?

@@ticktockbam iPhone X costs 255$ to make. So, Apple made 75% profit on hardware alone. Outside US, iPhone X costs 1350$ so already +1000$ profit per phone

Lol...

Seemless too. 👍

literally

😆

no, in short, he explained why iphones are cool

Real cost ≠ manufacturing expenses... Simply due to them receiving all the work that devs do over the 6 years of having said device completely 'free'.

He didn’t meant “manufacture cost” by “true cost”, but the “true cost” for the consumer. Which is 300$, or 26$ / month. 6:40

@@cheezeburger4338 I agree, but that's really what the video was trying to say

@@Danquebec01 but that's not really the cost, but value [loss] over time or resell value. He even has to relativize it because he knows calling it cost, is a far stretch. What the true cost for consumer is, is obvious; It's on the price tag. Everyone can go onto ebay and look for "the cost" themselves and the current situation is only that - current. So it's really an advertisement for how valuable the iphones are, even calling it the best, when we know its not. However you spin it, it is plain clickbait

And you know this for sure? How about free classes for users at the Apple Store, world-leading customer service and employees that get decent pay. He just schooled you by taking the points I made still the value of the iPhone doesn’t depreciate as much, can sell for over 60% of what it cost, including the charger that can get you the extra 50 dollars you’re bitching about!

Marcelo Garcia bitch calm down it’s a joke lmao

Sara bpereira There is a lot of technology crammed in those chargers actually. The cheap Chinese ones don’t compare www.righto.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-quality.html?m=1

@@ZombieLincoln666 There's nothing special about iphone chargers made by apple apart from the fact that they were designed specifically for one phone and brand, whereas 3rd party chargers work on many devices and brands. That means that the charge rate won't be specifically tailored for the iphone and that there can't be any special charging software in the charger. All this in the end means it'll do one of three things: Work fine, charge slower than OEM chargers, or reduce battery life over long periods use.

@@MarceloGarcia9 Yes let's pay 50 dollars for a charger that only works for products from one company instead of buying one charger for 2 dollars which works for many phones from different companies. Yeah let's do that. Apple fans amirite?

Fold it Tim, but he can only bend it.

@@llothar68 THE "rich" PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ATTACK! HIDE!

Donald Republican

Ok poor person

Elizzybeth kitten Samsung after years starts lagg

@@n.m.8802 This actually made me laugh out loud 🤣

dutchie

Ya that is what I'm saying

Last year you could replace the Battery for 29$ at apple

@@magquark2949 what about the iphone X ? bullshit

N727yt N iphone x dont need a battery replacement yet, in 2 years they will

I watched this video in 2x speed and yeah, it's mostly bullshit. I've never heard of a friend replacing a screen or battery by Apple and being satisfied by what they paid/what the end result was. And there was no answer to the true cost of the iPhone, just that its price depreciates slower than other phones. Overall this video was a waste. I could've just watched an iPhone review by MKBHD or LTT and gotten way more info.

Yeah, They Are...

Compared to others yeah

None of these monolithic companies are normal at all. It's their powerful niches that make them so strong

Meh u haven’t seen the worst

They migrated into flagship market one plus was for the people now all they care about is money like apple and Samsung but at least they still try to innovate for their customers

@@uno9331 one reason why I hate it. OnePlus 2 was the last one plus phone I got.

@@sneakycactus8815 You hate every single brand then....

@@Albanez39 pretty much. I like xiaomi, some of Huawei's stuff, Nokia, Motorola, etc. Companies that dont charge you an arm and a leg for a phone

@VACCINATE YOUR KIDS ALREADY! not me. My Oculus go is made by xiaomi and my last phone was a mi mix 2

Did someone say China?

Shut up he gets horny when someone says China

@@PolyMatter stop wearing airpods

manufacturing an iPhone in the US is exponentially more expensive because we dont have the skilled tooling workers that China has.

iPhone X costs 255$ to make. So, Apple made 74.5% profit on hardware alone. Outside US, iPhone X costs 1350$ so already +1000$ profit per phone

then you didn't pay attention. The real cost was the upfront cost minus the resale value. Around $300.

@@cartermize6651 I was thinking more about the total cost of manufacture and materials when I read the title

@@cartermize6651 this video deliberately confuses cost with price. It is shameless clickbait and thus dishonest

@@cartermize6651 it also straight up lies. The software updates don't make your phone faster. They make them slower

Carter Mize No I think it’s around $450, $300 is too cheap even for Apple

300$ lol

they make usually 30-40% pure profit so like 300-450 dollars real cost, and then they up the cost to 500+ dollars. That's why iphones resell at around 300-450 dollars, because people feel that they are comparable to other 300-450$ phones.

VitalNutrients they sell for way more then that, there’s a lot of variables to consider though such as storage size, physical condition, battery condition.etc

The XS Max was 440 usd

Tianjie Lu its broken