Iphone 4 costs just $187.51 to make,Rest is Fanboy Tax

Apple's Iphone 4 smartphone, for which it's charging at least $600 at retail, is built of parts that cost $187.51, according to market research firm Isuppli.(Isuppli's cost estimate doesn't include labour, shipping, advertising, software development or patent licensing).

The most expensive part of the Iphone 4 is the 3.5-inch LCD screen which costs $28.50.

Apple A4 processor is made by Samsung Electronics for $10.75 per chip.

 

 

Geneva-based STMicroelectronics supplied the gyroscope chip at an estimated cost of $2.60, as well as an accelerometer chip used in previous Iphone versions, which has an estimated cost of 65 cents.

 

 Other component suppliers named by Isuppli include Skyworks, a wireless chipmaker and TriQuint Semiconductor.

 

Of course this means that Apple's gross margin on the hardware in Iphones is extremely high.Morever apple earns $200 million every month or 2.4 billion every year by just selling apps from appstore.

11 Things I Hate About Iphone/Iphone 4

1) When I'm texting laying down and my keyboard turns sideways.

2) Battery life

3) Once you upgrade to the newest model, there are already rumors of the next model

4) Bluetooth connectivity/issues

5) Autocorrect(although it can be turned off from settings menu:P)

6) Fact that i like orange more then apple.lol

7) Lack of ring tone availavilty

8 ) No flash player

9) Volume not loud enough

10) Not being able to sync between multiple computers

11) Insanely overpiced:-Apple's iphone 4, for which it's charging at least $600 at retail, is built of parts that cost only $187.51

Read More:- Apple's iphone 4 costs just $187.51 to make,Rest is fanboy tax

Most costliest phone/iphone in the world

With a price Tag of  $3-$3.2 million dollar,gold striker iphone 3gs supreme is probably the costliest phone in the world.The phone was created in liverpool for a Australian buisnessman and is outfitted with 22k gold and 136 diamonds

  

The navigation button on the Goldstriker iPhone 3GS Supreme is a rare 7.1 carat diamond. It took 10 months to make this incredible mobile phone, and it was packaged in a 7 kg granite box lined in nubuck leather.

Fake Apple Stores Found In China..!!!!

Recently an american blogger found three fake apple stores operating in kunming,china.Though apple refused to comment on this issue,it was found that official apple stores in china are in beijing and shanghai.According to the blogger,the store looked so well crafted that even the employers working there didnt knew about it being fake.For instance, it has a winding staircase, upstairs seating area and employees wearing blue T-shirts and chunky ID lanyards.

 What was also unclear was where the fake store had got the Apple products on sale - whether they had come from an Apple distributor or a grey market source.

Also"Apple never writes 'Apple Store' on its signs - it just puts up the glowing, iconic fruit," .

Some quotes from BBC AND Birdabroad(the blogger who found this)..!!!!