Analysts: New Apple iPhone will cost $173 to make

June 25, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer The Apple iPhone

(AP) -- The cheapest model of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone, which is about to go on sale for $199 in the U.S., costs about $173 to make, according to an estimate by research firm iSuppli Corp.



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    This information will be very useful for Soviet Union!
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    The estimates are nearly worthless since they haven't actually seen the new iPhone, but are basing everything on guesswork.

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