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HTC Thunderbolt Teardown Reveals Highest Ever Highest Ever Bill of Materials | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
A teardown of the HTC Thunderbolt reveals one of the highest bill of materials (BOM) ever seen on a cell phone: $262.
Components for the popular 4G LTE smartphone cost $262, the highest seen in a smartphone disassembled by folks at IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. It is significantly higher than the $171.35 cost of Verizon iPhone elements and comparable to media tablets, IHS said in a post.
The most expensive element of the Thunderbolt was its 4G LTE wireless standard, which made up $39.75 of the tab. Most of this expense come from a first-generation LTE baseband chip, Qualcomm MDM9600.
HTC Thunderbolt Teardown Reveals Highest Ever Highest Ever Bill of Materials | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
A teardown of the HTC Thunderbolt reveals one of the highest bill of materials (BOM) ever seen on a cell phone: $262.
Components for the popular 4G LTE smartphone cost $262, the highest seen in a smartphone disassembled by folks at IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. It is significantly higher than the $171.35 cost of Verizon iPhone elements and comparable to media tablets, IHS said in a post.
The most expensive element of the Thunderbolt was its 4G LTE wireless standard, which made up $39.75 of the tab. Most of this expense come from a first-generation LTE baseband chip, Qualcomm MDM9600.
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