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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I am not sure how reliable these BoM estimates are. The estimates vary wildly depending on the analyst. For example, another analyst has estimated BoM for Iphone 16 Pro Max 256GB at $485.

Looking at the component prices mentioned in the article, I can understand the price difference in SoC, but iPhone and Pixel have very similar camera and display hardware (in fact, Pixel has a very small edge specifications-wise overall), so it is difficult to imagine how these components would be costing 50% higher for iPhone vis-a-vis Pixel.

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    • Anonymous
    • nDy
    • 06 Nov 2024

    Anonymous, 06 Nov 2024Well, you know, money come and go. If you like Android, yea... moreGoogle saamsung and oneplus all drop in price on Amazon all over Europe...so..
    Google has worse UI , worse SoC so why people should pay around the same money for an inferior product

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      • Anonymous
      • 0Uc
      • 06 Nov 2024

      kek, 06 Nov 2024and at that price point, anyone and their mom would get the... moreWell, you know, money come and go. If you like Android, yeah, Pixel is definitely the way to go. Thing is, Pixels usually drop in price after a few months. Not like Samsung, though. I've seen Pixel 9 retail for ~ $ 830 in Europe. It's an OK price, considering we have to pay VAT. Regular iPhone 16 starts at $ 1000. So... quite a bit of difference.

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        • 1989
        • CbI
        • 06 Nov 2024

        Add pixel's r&d of $5, man they sure are profiting!

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          • Anonymous
          • X}T
          • 06 Nov 2024

          kek, 06 Nov 2024and at that price point, anyone and their mom would get the... moreiPhone has less features than Pixel. So iPhone isn't really a replacement for Pixel.

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            • Anonymous
            • rJL
            • 06 Nov 2024

            The Pixel shouldn't be pitted against the iPhones. It's just not that good. The base Pixel at $600 and the Pro at $700 would work much better in its favour. At a thousand dollars category, the competition in android has lots of options so the Pixel Pro wouldn't find a lot of buyers.
            Anyways the Pixel is an overrated phone in the first place. So not worth the flagship title

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              • Anonymous
              • vaS
              • 06 Nov 2024

              Please do not forget their tagline. Not a hardware company.

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                • Shazi
                • UUJ
                • 06 Nov 2024

                That is always expected as the pixel uses older fabrication for the chipset plus the iPhone uses a titanium body
                Pixel wants to squeeze more profit margins they are getting greedy

                  I love Pixel's software, but the hardware is a joke. It's honestly ridiculous to charge as much as an iPhone for it when there are so many viable Android flagships or flagship killers that provide better specs at the same or lower price.

                    So who's greedier? Obviously Google.

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                      • kek
                      • GBh
                      • 06 Nov 2024

                      and at that price point, anyone and their mom would get the iPhone instead.

                      You have to be a hard fanboy of Google to pay that much money for a Pixel, especially considering the iPhone is an option + a lot of other options in Android that are cheaper or better specced.

                      Even software support is moot bc Google always messes something up with Pixels and leaves a bad taste in mouth.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • wrc
                        • 06 Nov 2024

                        But still they're like 5x moe expensive than the world's cheapest 5G phone.

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                          • Whatevs
                          • XS8
                          • 06 Nov 2024

                          then why it's the same price with iPhone? google is fooling us? LOL

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                            • Apolo
                            • PdT
                            • 06 Nov 2024

                            This is just hardware, development costs are not included of course.

                              Still extremely expensive beta phone. Especially because they never leave beta state, even on release.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vjr
                                • 06 Nov 2024

                                Iirc iphone soc is around 60. It is much cheaper as they are the end user.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vxL
                                  • 06 Nov 2024

                                  Crackling Doom, 06 Nov 202411% difference (especially considering the price difference... moreThe cost difference is ~$150 which is 30%

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • mNr
                                    • 06 Nov 2024

                                    Crackling Doom, 06 Nov 202411% difference (especially considering the price difference... moreHow is $406 11% cheaper than $568?
                                    No wonder people are scared about ChatGPT. It can do math!

                                      11% difference (especially considering the price difference here) is not "much cheaper".

                                        And a worst chipset! What a joke the google pixels have become, remember the Nexus days... Capitalism ruins everything in the long term

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