After the release of the iPhone 14 series this year, it caused more controversy than ever before, especially because the same generation of phones actually used two chips, and the standard version was actually equipped with last year’s old A15 chip. A large number of users have questioned Apple. The iPhone 14, which starts at 5,999 yuan, is already priced at the top of the mobile product range, with a much higher starting price than even the high-end Android representative Huawei Mate50.
But after the latest iPhone 14 series cost data was revealed, it dawned on everyone.
According to the latest teardown estimates, the iPhone 14 Pro Max will cost around $501 (about RMB 3,565) to produce this year, more than $60 more than the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
And the A16 chip is the most significant reason for the rise, at a whopping $110 (about RMB 780), it’s already more than 2.4 times the price of the iPhone 13 Pro Series A15 chip.
So converted, the iPhone 14 Pro series is instead priced a bit more conscientiously by Apple, with relatively lower profits. It is important to note that this 2.4x increase in cost has not been matched by an increase in performance, with the A16 ending up with less than 20% improvement over the A15, which is fully reflected in the score results.
The iPhone 14 Pro scored a maximum of 952,000 points, compared to 833,000 points for the iPhone 13 Pro, an improvement of only 14%, according to the AnTuTu rankings for iOS devices in September.
And a big part of that limited score improvement is the upgrade that comes with upgrading the memory from LPDDR4X to LPDDR5.
