iPhone 15 Pro Max comes with a manufacturing cost 12% higher than its predecessor.

Estimates suggest that Apple will have to pay $558 for manufacturing each iPhone 15 Pro Max unit, marking a 12% increase compared to iPhone 14 Pro Max.

According to the latest report from

, the production cost of iPhone 15 Pro Max surpasses that of its predecessor by a significant margin. The material cost of iPhone 15 Pro Max is $558 (~13.6 million VND), constituting 47% of the total selling price. Therefore, this cost is 12% higher than the previous model.

The display of iPhone 15 Pro Max is priced over 10% higher than iPhone 14, while the titanium frame pushes costs up by 47% and the A17 chip comes with a 27% higher price tag compared to the A16 Bionic. The telephoto camera and lens system of the device are also significantly more expensive, costing 3.8 times more than iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Other models within the iPhone 15 lineup follow a similar pricing trend, with Apple having to pay $523 to manufacture iPhone 15 Pro, an 8% increase from last year. iPhone 15 Pro Max costs $442 to produce, which is around 10% higher than iPhone 14 Plus. Finally, iPhone 15 is considered to have the highest price change, with a total cost of $423, which is 16% higher than iPhone 14.

Previously, reports indicated that iPhone 14 Pro Max was only 3.7% more expensive than iPhone 13 Pro Max.