The Pixel 9 Pro is much cheaper to make than the iPhone 16 Pro

05 November 2024
The phones are priced the same, however.

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Anonymous, 09 Nov 2024Awe the apple fany boy got his feelings. You shills think e... morei literally praised Google for having better hardware.

If pixel fans had a brain the world would've been a better place.

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    • 09 Nov 2024

    jiyen235, 06 Nov 2024although i agree with you, i just wonder how Google is doin... moreAwe the apple fany boy got his feelings. You shills think everyone gets their phones because of minute differences in hardware. People care about practical difference and not everyone wants to be locked into a caged ecosystem.

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      • 07 Nov 2024

      The dude laughing, 07 Nov 2024No, don’t tell people that. Don’t you know that big bad app... morePeople like iPhones here. You likely live in the US, so you're used to seeing everyone use one. They're only 30% market share worldwide, or a little less

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        • 07 Nov 2024

        Buying a pixel phone is only a good choice if you flash graphene os on it. Assuming graphene os is actually safe and private. And with samsung getting worse and worse, maybe a pixel 9 pro is actually better than a vanilla s24.

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          • 07 Nov 2024

          No, don’t tell people that. Don’t you know that big bad apple makes the worst and by far the cheapest phones and then sells them for more money than anyone else? Didn’t you get the memo that apple and only apple is the worst thing this side of 20th century dictators?

          How are people here supposed to cope with information that another phone is cheaper to make than iPhone? You’re ruining people’s whole worldview…

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            • Anonymous
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            • 07 Nov 2024

            and it sell more expensive than 16p

              Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024How is $406 11% cheaper than $568? No wonder people are sc... moreI'm going by what was posted in the article.

                Cheaper to make, but harder to sell.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 06 Nov 2024

                  Mid range SoC selling at premium flagship price. Well, you know when the pigeon crap on you when you buy Pixel 9 phone. Ohh wait, Trump is the new (two times) USA President. Things getting interesting 🤭🤭

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                    • 06 Nov 2024

                    The iPhone's chipset is estimated to cost $135, The Pixel's SoC is $80.

                    Paying for what you get Benchmarks, Camera EVERYTHING is the same ratio Apple 135 to Google 80.
                    If I had to purchase myself a second phone, even though I am 100% Android I would buy an Apple iPhone any day over a Google Pixel. that is how far short the pixel is from being a "Flagship" comparable to the Android flagships I am dedicated to



                      RaviSS, 06 Nov 2024It has definitely learnt and matured enough to get basic fa... morethings aren't the same in all industries.....

                        jiyen235, 06 Nov 2024you're acting like an AI has enough context about the ... moreIt has definitely learnt and matured enough to get basic fact checks done, especially concepts like economies of scale, price discrimination and market power, which have been documented well enough.

                          RaviSS, 06 Nov 2024You don't have to believe me, and I won't try to ... moreyou're acting like an AI has enough context about the smartphone market to have proper conclusions.

                            jiyen235, 06 Nov 2024they aren't mutually exclusive. And no, Apple can&#... moreYou don't have to believe me, and I won't try to make you. You can simply put in my responses and yours in any AI tool and assess the degree of correctness of the statements. Or you can ask anyone who has had management training and they will tell you.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 06 Nov 2024

                              Hardware of iphone 16 pro is more than retail price of realme gt7 pro.
                              People here deny that using too many domestic components can decrease price of chinese phones.

                                RaviSS, 06 Nov 2024'Economies of scale' is applied in context of pro... morethey aren't mutually exclusive.

                                And no, Apple can't afford to do that, they have too much demand comparatively to have that power.

                                  jiyen235, 06 Nov 2024Google has a small demand, so they have less places to go t... more'Economies of scale' is applied in context of production efficiency from the manufacturer's perspective, i.e. the per unit cost of an item goes down as the number of units produced goes up (primarily because of the fixed costs getting distributed over larger number of units).

                                  What you seem to be alluding to is referred to 'second degree price discrimination' in management parlance, or simply 'bulk discount'. That is, bigger orders are usually cheaper.

                                  And in context of sourcing from multiple suppliers, you have it exactly the opposite way. Sourcing from multiple suppliers gives more market power to the consumer (Apple in this case), as they can easily change the order size or change suppliers entirely, and therefore can use this leverage to negotiate better prices from the suppliers.

                                  Thus, both the factors, i.e. larger order size as well as diverse supplier base works in favour of Apple to reduce prices. Ceteris Paribus, Apple should be able to source the same panel at cheaper rate compared to Google from a third-party supplier.

                                    JakoDel, 06 Nov 2024lmao imagine judging the quality of a panel by their resolu... moreYou missed the point. I am questioning the methodology of estimating this $110 number itself. Another analyst has the cost of display panel of iPhone 16 Pro Max as $80 only. Now the question is, which one is correct?

                                      Wait a minute... the Pixel has a much lower BoM than the iPhone, yet they both cost the same? I can only assume that Google spends a lot on marketing. For such BoM, I'd say it should be about $799.

                                        Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024Front cam in 9 pro/pro xl and ultrawide and telephoto camer... morenot sure about the front camera but you're wrong about the Tele and the UW cams.

                                        Those cams use a Samsung GM5. 0.7 microns, 1/2.55" 48 MP. The 858 is a 50 MP 1/2.51" sensor. Wekihome did a teardown, watch the vid.

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