Apple launched the iPhone 13 series smartphones last month and the devices are much in demand, so much that the company has extended the shipment dates for the new orders from the end of September to the last week of October.
The iPhone 13 Pro lineup comes with upgraded specifications and the folks at TechInsights took apart the 256GB internal storage model to take a look inside, which has revealed some interesting information about the device.
The information shared by the phone teardown team reveals that the iPhone 13 Pro comes packed with 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM. This is a bit older as a newer variant for the memory — LPDDR5 is already available.
Also, it has been revealed that the GPU on the iPhone 13 and the iPhone 13 Pro seems to be the same, except for the core count. The standard model reportedly has a 4-core GPU while the Pro model comes with a 5-core GPU.
This is a similar approach that Apple is taking with its new M1-powered Mac devices where the low-cost models have 7-core GPU while the costlier models pack 8-core GPU.
The disassembly also revealed that iPhone 13 features a 1.7µm wide camera, which means it has larger pixels than the iPhone 12 which has 1.4µm pixels. On the other hand, the Pro model boasts a wide camera with 1.9µm pixels, up from its predecessor’s 1.4µm pixels.
The company uses its own chips, including the A15, the Audio Codec, and the Audio Amplifiers. Other components are coming from suppliers like Qualcomm, KIOXIA, NXP, STMicroelectronics, USI, Qorvo, and Broadcom.
The cost for the iPhone 13 Pro’s materials and components comes out to around $570, which is more than $548 that costed Apple to make iPhone 12 Pro. The increased pricing is due to the costlier chip, NAND memory, and display subsystem, as well as the increased cost of the main enclosure. Do note that the pricing isn’t inclusive of other associated costs, such as software, labor, shipping, etc.
Currently, the Apple iPhone 13 Pro 256GB storage model is available for purchase at a price of $1,099. This means that the Cupertino-based tech giant is selling it at 1.9x the phone’s build cost.
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