At Sprint AT&T and Verizon anyone wanting the Apple iPhone 5 used to pay out $128 with a contract of two years. This has now come down to $98 for the 16GB version. Anyone looking to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Verizon or AT&T used to have to pay $168 and $148, this has now come down to $138.
The cost of the Apple iPhone 5 came down when Apple launched the iPhone 5S and 5C and said that they would no longer offer the iPhone 5. Anyone considering a new phone may want to take advantage of these bargains, unless they need to have the latest handsets.
Techies have compared the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Apple iPhone 5 a great deal and they have fans and haters. Many people don’t understand tech but they do at least know what they want from a handset.
Those wanting a device that offers smooth performance should consider the Apple iPhone 5, but if it is personalisation that you want it would have to be Android. It has been said that this is the biggest difference between the two devices.
The cost of making the handset should be given some thought because this will affect how much the device goes on the market for.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has gone well for Samsung and it does compete well against the Apple iPhone 5. However the Apple iPhone 5 does have one advantage over the S4 and that is the fact that it costs less to make.
Recently HIS iSuppli said that the difference in the manufacturing costs of the two handsets differed by a substantial amount. It is known that Apple likes to make money and they are in front for pricing competition and innovation.
The 16GB of the Apple iPhone 5 costs $196, the 32GB comes in at $217 and the 64GB version comes in at $328.
Anyone wanting the 16GB version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 can get the 4G version for $244. The materials for the handset cost $236 and manufacturing costs come in at $8.50. The Samsung Galaxy S4 costs $48 more to manufacture than the Apple iPhone. The 16GB LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 costs $3 less to manufacture.
A senior analyst for cost benchmarking over at HIS pointed out that “Although [the S4’s] hardware is not radically different from the Galaxy S III introduced in April of 2012, the Samsung Galaxy S4 includes some critical component updates that enhance its functionality as well as its BOM cost. Among the upgrades are a larger, full high-definition display; a beefed-up Samsung processor; and a wealth of new sensors that set a record high for the number of such devices in a smartphone design.”
