iPhone Margins Less Than Half Original Estimates

By Paul Kedrosky · Friday, January 26, 2007 ·
I scoffed some time ago at the supposed 50% margins iSuppli suggested for Apple's upcoming iPhone. I now have a fellow scoffer in my corner, DisplaySearch, which is saying today that the cost to Apple of the TFT display probably approaches $60, almost twice what iSuppli pegged it at.

The upshot: DisplaySearch estimates that, all-in, Apple's iPhone margins are going to be closer to the company's typical high-20% range, nowhere near where iSuppli had it.

[DisplaySearch via Eric Savitz]
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