Probleme Mise A Jour Samsung S8

The Galaxy S8 is expensive for Samsung too

The Samsung Milky way S8 is a slap-up phone, but information technology'southward a pricey one too. To get that premium Android feel, with that wraparound 'infinity' display, Exynos 8895 processor and quality camera smarts, you're looking at a price tag of £689 / $750 / AU$1,199.

But, in Samsung'due south defense, that high cost is at least in some part justified. Co-ordinate to IHS Markit annotator estimates, all those components don't come up cheaply for Samsung either.

The report estimates that Samsung is paying $301.60 in parts for the Galaxy S8. Add $v.90 in basic manufacturing costs, and you've a cost (before marketing is factored in) of $307.50 for the new Android flagship.

Bill of materials

That makes information technology an estimated $43.34 more expensive than Samsung'south Galaxy S7, and essentially more costly than rivals the Apple iPhone 7 (with an estimated build price of $224.80) and Google Pixel Forty ($285.fourscore).

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Arms race

"The higher full [bill of materials] costs for the Galaxy S8 seem to be part of a trend that reflects something of an arms race in features amid Apple, Samsung and other phone manufacturers, as they all try to add new and distinguishing hardware features," said Andrew Rassweiler, senior director of cost benchmarking services for IHS Markit.

"While there are new non-hardware features in the Milky way S8, such every bit a virtual assistant called Bixby, from a teardown perspective the hardware in the Galaxy S8 and that of the forthcoming new iPhone is expected to be very similar."

Will Apple'south iPhone 8 buck this pricey trend? We'll proceed you lot posted on how this year's smartphone arms race pans out.

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Gerald is Editor-in-Chief of iMore.com. Previously he was the Executive Editor for TechRadar, taking care of the site'due south home movie theatre, gaming, smart dwelling, entertainment and audio output. He loves gaming, but don't expect him to play with y'all unless your panel is hooked upward to a 4K HDR screen and a seven.one surround organisation. Before TechRadar, Gerald was Editor of Gizmodo United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. He is besides the author of 'Get Technology: Upgrade Your Future', published by Aurum Press.