The parts in a new iPhone 6S cost Apple about $245

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Apple charges $749 for an iPhone 6S with 64GB of storage. But how much does it actually cost Apple to build the phone?

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Teardown.com ripped apart a new iPhone to figure out exactly what's inside, and found that the total cost of components is $245, as charted here for us by Statista. The most expensive bits are the processors, followed by the touch screen. This does not mean Apple is making $499 in profit on each phone, though, as it doesn't include costs like manufacturing and shipping.

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Teardown.com via Statista

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