The Apple Watch Only Costs How Much to Make? The smartwatch has the lowest hardware cost to price of any of the tech company's devices.
By Reuters
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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 percent of the suggested retail price compared with 29-38 percent 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.
(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey)
