The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra bill of materials estimated at $469

31 May 2023
Most of that goes to Qualcomm and Samsung with the Snapdragon chipset and cellular connectivity parts being particularly pricey.

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  • 05 Jun 2023

Anonymous, 01 Jun 2023Not sure how you use your Xiaomi charger for it to last onl... moreThis fairy tale could have been better. But you literally showed your knowledge level. Because lighting port is even worse than micro usb b

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    • 05 Jun 2023

    Anonymous, 01 Jun 2023Thats ironic bcos you are making up bs too. There is no suc... moreObviously that's the magic from Sammy to get the best battery life for a flagship. And optimization in shown while using the UI. Get educated

      Anonymous, 01 Jun 2023Thats ironic bcos you are making up bs too. There is no suc... moreObviously that's the magic from Sammy to get the best battery life for a flagship. And optimization in shown while using the UI. Get informed

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        • 04 Jun 2023

        Still wouldn't buy one new for that price unless it was the 1tb model because of no micro sd. No headphone jack as well

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          • 04 Jun 2023

          So how much does ARM foundries make in each CPU they sell too crapdragon Slowdragon?

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            • 04 Jun 2023

            Ditch crap dragon slowdragon replace it by mighty EXYNOS

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              • 02 Jun 2023

              OMG this is awful!

              While I don't expect phones to cost $500, I sure as hell don't expect them to cost a lot mlre than 2 years ago, while being a lot cheaper to make. That's pure greed!

              I'm really dumbfounded. And we don't even get a crappy headphone jack so I have to use the awkward flimsy dongle instead.

              Unless something changes, my S23 is going to be my last Samsung.

                Vegetaholic, 02 Jun 2023Lol, I mean why Samsung does not sell them for free right? ... moreWhy do you think that the point of BoM is to "explain the retail price"? It's not, and nobody said it was.

                Also, nobody said that Samsung doesn't strive to make as much profit as they can - of course they do, as well as any other commercial organization on the planet. And yes, advertisement is almost always BS. So, we should apply critical thinking, ignore ads and choose wares for their usefulness and at a decent price; and try to encourage others to do the same. I mean, what else can we do, abolish capitalism (would be nice tho)?

                > "it does not cost a penny for them"

                Yeah, of course, how could I forget that software engineers work for free. How do you even live if your brain produces such meaningless takes?

                  S, 02 Jun 2023TAX, CUSTOM DUTY etc are the reason for up and down of pric... moreMan china have litterary no tax.
                  And delivery from factory where is made to china shops is the least expensive
                  Then why US which is 10 000 - 20 000 miles away speaking of California and Florida is the least expensive???

                    Nicolas F, 31 May 2023> "Note that the bill of materials doesn’t include ... moreLol, I mean why Samsung does not sell them for free right? The main goal of seeling phones is to make money, do the 500 dollar price of BMO explains S23 Ultra 1300 dollar retail price, absolutely not, they definitely ripp you off and make very solid profit by charging you 1300 of it, could they still make profit if they would sell for like 899, absolutely. They make millions of them everything is streamlined, you think R&D cost and software support adds to it? Very minimal. They already have built software long ago, the only thing they do is push useless updates to add more useless features which you don't need or just to fix some bugs, it does not cost a penny for them, everything is streamlined. When you see here Mupppets commenting like they know something and saying that's just cost without marketing and R&D and so on it's all BSs. Marketing is separate department with same amount of budget every year, they will spend same amount of money if they sell 1 million S23 ultra or 50 million it all fixed cost. Bottom line Samsung makes healthy profits from Ultras as they overcharge you for every single phone they sell, and will keep doing that as people are stuupid and keep buying them no matter the price, so they will do that as long as people will buy them, simple :)

                      Nicolas F, 31 May 2023> "Note that the bill of materials doesn’t include ... moreLol, I mean why Samsung does not sell them for free right? The main goal of seeling phones is to make money, do the 500 dollar price of BMO explains S23 Ultra 1300 dollar retail price, absolutely not, they definitely rip you off and make very solid profit by charging you 1300 of it, could they still make profit if they would sell for like 899? Absolutely. They make millions of them everything is streamlined, you think R&D cost and software support adds to it? Very minimal. They already have built software long ago, the only thing they do is push useless updates to add more useless features which you don't need or just to fix some bugs, it does not cost a penny for them, everything is streamlined. When you see here Muppets commenting like they know something and saying that's just cost without marketing and R&D and so on it's all BS. Marketing is separate department with same amount of budget every year, they will spend same amount of money if they sell 1 million S23 ultra or 50 million it all fixed cost. Bottom line Samsung makes healthy profits from Ultras as they overcharge you for every single phone they sell, and will keep doing that as people are stuuupid and keep buying them no matter the price, so they will do that as long as people will buy them, simple :)

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                        Anonymous, 01 Jun 2023What a joke man. Even midrangers don't lag. Rocking A52.Midrange phones are good to use as daily driver.
                        Premium phones does not make sense to them who can sustain their daily usage by using midrange phones.

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                          • 02 Jun 2023

                          Cpt.Power, 01 Jun 2023Man well you get a point but not enough valid one. Yes i ... moreTAX, CUSTOM DUTY etc are the reason for up and down of price in different countries.

                            rizki1, 01 Jun 2023Yes, but why are they selling for $280? If the SoC phone ca... moreRead my comment again.

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                              • 01 Jun 2023

                              blue, 01 Jun 2023You don't need several GBs of RAM when the modules use... moreAndroid now is very hungry for memory - so we need more and more memory.

                                IQ200, 01 Jun 2023Are we gonna pretend that India has its own market and it&#... moreMan well you get a point but not enough valid one.
                                Yes i agree India had some kind of special marketing other countries did not have and did not get.
                                My main question is why?

                                So, should we ignore it or put it as an valid argument like you did? What do you think CptPower? :)
                                Why don't you try with some other examples with other countries who are not 3rd world you know?

                                Why these other examples werent anywhere else why only india is so special.

                                Like with Apple brand in USA where is cheapest even its made in china which means China should get cheapest Apple phones.
                                Delivery to US is very costly and take a very long time so why we have to pay less in US and more or much more in Europe, Asia, Africa etc.
                                This really makes no sense.

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                                  • 01 Jun 2023

                                  dazed1, 01 Jun 2023Another blind ximo defender. Do you know how much a team of... moreDespite you trying to sound like you know what you talking about, you are mostly just making assumptions with no proof to back up any of your claims. You accusing others of being blind f*nb*y, yet you sounded exactly like a blind Samsung f*nb*y. You paying money to Samsung and still working for free as keyboard warrior lmao

                                    Anonymous, 31 May 2023You can see why they removed SD card. BOM for 1TB flash... moreCould you provide a source on the BOM of 1TB being $30?

                                    I estimate it takes about $50 to make 1TB of flash based on 1TB SSDs costing about $50.

                                      I'm surprised by the "memory" share. It's 11% of $469, or $52, for just 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, especially since it's coming from Samsung itself. I would've expected it to cost $20 for the RAM and $20 for the storage. I'd really like to see a further breakdown of the costs.

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                                        • 01 Jun 2023

                                        blue, 01 Jun 2023Kirin chipsets were one tier below others. Their top chipse... moreThey didn't overhead as fast as snapdragon SoCs though

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