Articles tagged with: Broadcom and GSM

Apples's iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 to Manufacture

With the new iPhone 3G S's Bill of Materials (BOM) and feature set nearly the same as the previous model in the iPhone line, you might think the product's component selection would be virtually unchanged. However, a dissection conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service reveals some interesting changes in the parts­ and suppliers.  more

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Chinese Handset Production Growth Down to Single Figures

China's CCID Consulting has reported that after a period of rapid growth over the past few years, the Chinese mobile handset chips market experienced a conspicuous decline in 2008. The research firm predicts that the scale of Chinese mobile phone chips market is expected to reach RMB 110 billion (US$16 billion), up by 6%, down to single-digit growth for the first time.  more

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