If these numbers are true apple's margin's on this must be astronomical. The street price is irrelevant, what with it being so heavily subsidised (initially at least). The real price networks pay must be in the region of £400-500- and considering it costs £90 to make....

I guess this explains somewhat apple's decision to stick with the bare minium specs,no upgraded camera, screen or storage etc more $$$ for them... the fanboys will buy no matter what, more fool them.

Phone companies like AT&T and Orange are expected to pay Apple anywhere from $300 - 450 per phone in additional subsidies. Basically, Apple will make $20 + $300-$450 per phone * 10 mil = $3.20 - 4.7 Billion, if sales are 10 Mil. 

Estimates are for 30 mil+ phones next year. You tell me how much profit Apple is expected to make on iPhone. You are CLUELESS.

at $7 for a 2MP camera, I'm struggling to understand why they didn't choose to upgrade it in the new version. What was a 3.2MP going to cost, another $2.

As anyone who has ever BOM'd a design would know, those numbers are estimates - i.e. their best GUESS at what Apple is paying for the parts. The actual prices are heavily dependent on volume discounts, and on how well Apple can turn the screws on their suppliers.

Jim

Those are retail priices, I dont think apple goes down to maplins digikey to buy their stuff. (if it was radio shack it would be $700)

meke numbers, you are getting a profit of 26u$ per phone PLUS the money you are taking from mobile operators per phone, be conservative and assume a 50u$ profit per phone sold.
Now at this range price, i predict the iphone being the number one phone sold in the world, maybe 10.000.000 phones till year end?
multiply this number by the profit, and you have half a billion dollars, and a increasing fanbase of mac products.
WIN WIN situation, for everyone. i dont like it to use as a phone, but would be a good mp3 player for my car and google search everywere. I will absolutely buy one. (i don't like mac products AT ALL, they are way too gay for me)

From ~$250 last year to $173 today. So, on the black market somewhere in Asia it will go actually probably for $75. Poor competitors, even though iPhone is not a VGA.

Whats wrong with your Data-Server, none of the Picures are shown correctly? On the 4850 Test and on this one... maybe worth a look.

[Server hiccough! Pix fixed now.. PH.. And not my fault Mr Drashek]