A brand new report from Japan right this moment claims to disclose the invoice of supplies (BOM) for each Google’s Pixel 9 Professional and Apple’s iPhone 16 Professional. The invoice of supplies is basically an estimation of how a lot the elements that make up the smartphones value – clearly these utterly exclude R&D and advertising prices, it is necessary to remember.
If this report is correct (and that is not a given as a result of this is not publicly out there data), then it appears to be like like Google’s Pixel 9 Professional is less expensive to make (after we have a look at the elements’ prices) than the iPhone 16 Professional. The Pixel’s BOM provides as much as $406, whereas the iPhone’s is allegedly $568.
Google Pixel 9 Professional (left) vs iPhone 16 Professional (proper) invoice of supplies
The Pixel 9 Professional’s BOM is thus 11% lower than it was for the Pixel 8 Professional final yr, however this can be a dangerous comparability because the Pixel 8 Professional’s successor is the Pixel 9 Professional XL. The Pixel 9 Professional is solely smaller, which suggests it has a smaller display and a smaller battery – each presumably cheaper than bigger ones could be, in order that’s the place the drop in BOM value could possibly be coming from.
However, the iPhone 16 Professional’s BOM is 6% increased than its predecessor‘s was final yr. The iPhone’s chipset is estimated to value $135, the show $110, and the digital camera elements add as much as $91. The Pixel’s SoC is $80, the show is $75, and the digital camera elements add as much as $61.
For reference, observe that each the Pixel 9 Professional and the iPhone 16 Professional begin on the identical value: $999.
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