The Pixel 9 Pro is much cheaper to make than the iPhone 16 Pro | Infinium-tech
A new report out of Japan today claims to have revealed the bill of materials (BOM) for both Google’s Pixel 9 Pro and Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro. A bill of materials is essentially an estimate of how much the parts that make up a smartphone cost – obviously these don’t fully include R&D and marketing costs, it’s important to keep in mind.
If this report is accurate (and it isn’t because it’s not publicly available information), it looks like Google’s Pixel 9 Pro is much cheaper to make than the iPhone 16 Pro (when we factor in the cost of parts. Let’s look at). The Pixel’s BOM reaches $406, while the iPhone’s is reportedly $568.
Google Pixel 9 Pro (left) vs iPhone 16 Pro (right) Bill of Materials
Thus the Pixel 9 Pro’s BOM is 11% lower than last year’s Pixel 8 Pro, but that’s a bad comparison because the successor to the Pixel 8 Pro is the Pixel 9 Pro XL. The Pixel 9 Pro is simply smaller, meaning it has a smaller screen and a smaller battery – both of which will likely be cheaper than the larger one, so that’s where the drop in BOM costs may be coming from.
On the other hand, the BOM of the iPhone 16 Pro is 6% higher than last year’s predecessor. It is estimated that the price of the iPhone’s chipset reaches $135, the price of the display $110 and the price of camera components reaches $91. The Pixel’s SoC is $80, the display is $75, and the camera component runs up to $61.
For context, note that both the Pixel 9 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro start at the same price: $999.
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