The Samsung Galaxy Edge S6 more expensive to produce than the iPhone 6 … – Les Echos

+ VIDEO According to IHS the new Samsung smartphone would cost about 285 dollars to produce, almost $ 50 more than for the iPhone 6 Plus.

Just out, the new top model of the South Korean brand Samasung is husked and compared to its American rival, the iPhone 6 Plus. After being subjected to bending strength test, the Galaxy S6 Edge was boned to know a little more its components and manufacturing cost.

And on this point, s ccording to IHS industry analyst firm, the Samsung smartphone is more expensive to manufacture than Apple. According to IHS indeed, the bill of materials used to manufacture the Galaxy S6 Edge would be $ 284.85 dollars for the model proposing a memory of 64 GB.

By comparison, always according to IHS, the iPhone 6 More of the same capacity would cost 236.04 dollars to produce

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A price cheaper

A difference in cost that is not reflected in the retail price, at least in the United States.

According to IHS, which is based on the prices offered by the US operator Verizon, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is offered at 799.99 dollars while at the same time the iPhone 6 More is sold 849.99 dollars.

In any case, beyond the aspect of “costs”, the first data on sales of the new smartphone from Samsung are more encouraging for the South Korean manufacturer. Launched on April 10, it would be sold 300,000 copies in South Korea and arrived quickly out of stock, according to local industry sources quoted by Yonhap

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