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iPhone 6 Plus - iconDesigned by Apple in CaliforniaAssembled in china. Two inscriptions, two stories. At first glance, nothing interesting for the customer, just the text on the back of the iPhone, which just gets in the way and the average customer will just think that everything is made in China these days, even the "famous" ones iPhone. And actually he is right, because China is something for all companies that makes them earn so much and for Apple that applies 5 times more.

Sign Assembled in china when iPhone The 6 Plus hides the amount of $242. Yes, that's right, some 5 CZK. In the case of a smaller iPhone 6, the production price is set at $227, or about 5520 CZK. You might think that these amounts are really ridiculous and that Apple is only trying to collect as much money as possible, but it is very important to realize what the second inscription hides.

iPhone 6 Plus teardown
Designed by Apple in California is much more involved in the price of Apple phones. It contains huge costs for research into the latest technologies, the idea, largely design, investment in patents, costs for financial, payroll, personnel and other departments, transport, largely also marketing and of course margins. All this costs a lot of money and in the case of European prices it is important to also add additional transport, tax, customs and other fees. That is why in Europe iPhone It's easily a few thousand crowns more expensive, and in the case of the Czech Republic, the weak crown also plays a role in everything.

But we can still have AppI don't blame you. Bigger iPhone The 6 Plus costs $100 more than iPhone 6, which in our country is even 3200 CZK. But why, when the production costs are only 364 CZK higher than for the smaller brother and all the costs listed above are also exactly the same? Because the trend of a $100 more expensive little brother has been established in the technological world from the past by large Android phones, so why should it Apple do otherwise. And even if he wasn't Apple would introduce it. It doesn't make sense for iPhone 6 cost $749 and iPhone 6 Plus $764. Most people would go for the larger iPhone 6 Plus, which would make a big difference to the iPhone 6. You might think that almost everyone would choose based on how big the display is, but the iPhone 6 Plus's better price for longer battery life and a better camera would make a big difference, and smaller iPhone would suffer.

Anyway, the article wasn't really supposed to teach us why iPhone 6 Plus is $100 more expensive, but rather just to inform about the approximate manufacturing cost of both iPhones. I used the term “approximate” quite deliberately, because Tim Cook announced in the first quarter of this year that he had never seen accurate estimates of the production cost of any Apple product, including the latest ones Apple Watch.

iPhone 6 Plus price

*source: startup
*source (image): iFixit

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