When the iPhoneX went on the market, there were good people who pulled out their hardware costs one by one. By the time the Samsung S9 was released, it could not have escaped such fate. Recently, the market research organization TechInsights gave a data: The material cost of the Samsung S9+ is 379 US dollars (about 2391 yuan). Although the cost of the Galaxy S9+ is $10 more than the Note 9, it is $36 more than the S8+, but it is still less than the $389.5 of the Apple iPhone X. The S9 starts at $5,799. The starting price of the S9+ is 6,699 yuan. It is estimated that the Samsung S9+ has a gross profit margin of approximately 58%, which is equivalent to 61% of the iPhone X.
Samsung S9+ mobile phone costs
In the cost structure of S9+, the cost of 379 US dollars is only hardware and manufacturing costs, but it does not calculate R&D, promotion, sales, and taxation costs. The Exynos 9810 processor is worth US$68 and the Super AMOLED panel is US$72.5. From the table Look, the most expensive part of the material cost is still the screen, the cost is up to 72.5 US dollars. However, the cost of speaking, the S9 Plus's screen is still cheaper than the S8's 76.5 US dollars and Note 8's 82 US dollars.
The cost of the Samsung S9+ camera module is about $48, which is much higher than the $32 of the S8+. It's a big catch-up to the processor and the screen. Of course, the material cost is only a fraction of the total cost of a mobile phone product. It does not reflect the mobile phone manufacturer's R & D, design, marketing, and other aspects of investment.
Looking back at the Samsung S9 hardware, the screen and the processor needless to say, look at the main board. As shown, the yellow box is AVAGO AFEM-9096 KM1746. The green box is the Qualcomm Aqstic WCD9341 audio codec; The Maxim MAX77705F PMIC is in the box. The blue box is the Qualcomm QET4100 envelope tracker; the purple box is the Maxim MAX98512 audio amplifier.
Samsung S9 mobile motherboard
On the other side of the motherboard, the red box is the Murata KM7N16048 (probably Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module); the orange box is the NXP 80T17 (possibly the NFC controller); the yellow box is the Qualcomm PM845 (possibly PMIC); green box is Qualcomm SDR845 101 (possibly modem); cyan box is Skyyworks 78160-11 15575.1 1748MX. Blue box is Qualcomm PM8005 PMIC. And their cost price is also one to one, at a glance .
Samsung S9 mobile motherboard
