Here is the production cost of the Samsung Galaxy S5

  If you read iDevice.ro for some time, then you know that although Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), asking $650 minimum for one iPhone, the real production price is approximately 3 times lower. If Samsung Galaxy S5 things are not at all different, the new smartphone from Samsung having a price production of $256, this being slightly higher than that of its predecessor. The screen is the most expensive component, costing $63, followed by the RAM and memory chips with a combined cost of $33.

  If iPhone 5S we are talking about a production price of approximately $200, so $56 less than that of the huge Samsung terminal. Although iPhone 5S and also Samsung Galaxy S5 they do not have close production prices, however the difference of approximately $400/$450 in the case of each terminal covers the costs related to the manufacture and promotion of such a smartphone, the rest representing the profit that remains for the companies. Apple earns more money than Samsung from its own smartphones, but year after year this difference is significantly reduced.