iPhone 6 Plus: $100 costlier to buy, just $15.50 more to make
Apple (AAPL) stands to profit in a big way from users who step up to its bigger-screen iPhone 6 Plus. A teardown analysis of the new 5.5-inch smartphone reveals that it costs just $15.50 more to make than the 4.7-inch iPhone 6. But Apple charges consumers $100 more to get the bigger handset. That translates to more profit for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company. Like Apple’s marketing slogan for the iPhone 6 family says, “Bigger is bigger.” IHS Technology (IHS) reported late Tuesday that the bill of materials for the iPhone 6 with 16 gigabytes of NAND flash memory amounts to $196.10, according to a preliminary estimate by its mobile handset teardown service. When the $4 manufacturing expense is added in, the production cost rises to $200.10. The bill of materials for the iPhone 6 Plus amounts to $211.10, and rises to $215.60 with the $4.50 manufacturing cost added, IHS said. …