iPhone 3G Price

The iPhone 3G price is a very interesting topic, because simply saying "the iPhone 3G is priced at $199" doesn't say much. Obviously, a part of the real cost of the device is being supported by Apple's chosen mobile carriers, but the question is "how much is the iPhone 3G worth to Apple," but we only have rumors for now. Anyway, rumors coming from specialists are always better than nothing, so let's see...

According to a teardown specialist from Austin, Texas, via MacsimumNews, the iPhone 3G could be priced as low as $100, so even if Apple would sell it for $199 without being subsidized, they would still get a very low profit...or not, if we consider additional costs, which have not been taken into account by the specialist mentioned here, I am sure.

The iPhone 3G we're talking about is the 8GB model, and if we look back at the iPhone 8GB, Apple made a remarkable advance, because that phone was estimated to have a value of about $170. Going up to the 16GB model, which is $100 more expensive than the 8GB one, we have an estimation of about $120.

Pretty interesting, don't you think? I would really like to know exactly how much does Apple take from the carriers' profits, but that's a very good guarded secret, I guess...