{"id":853542,"date":"2026-08-11T00:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/853542\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:32:14","slug":"iphone-18-pro-bom-cost-estimated-to-be-up-by-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/853542\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro BOM cost estimated to be up by 40%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve already seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/shortage_of_dram_could_limit_iphone_18_pro_availability_at_launch-news-74061.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumors<\/a> that iPhone 18 Pro availability may be limited at launch due to the ongoing global memory chip shortage and a new TrendForce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendforce.com\/presscenter\/news\/20260810-13172.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">report<\/a> now gives an estimate of how much more expensive the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro might end up being.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786408333_972_gsmarena_002.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone 18 Pro BOM cost estimated to be up by 40%   \"\/><\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 18 Pro\u2019s bill of materials (BOM) is expected to rise by up to 38% compared to its predecessor. This is for the 256GB storage version. As TrendForce puts it, higher retail prices for the iPhone 18 Pro are \u201cunavoidable\u201d at this point. Previous estimates suggest the baseline 256GB iPhone 18 Pro will cost as much as $1,399.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786408334_709_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone 18 Pro BOM cost estimated to be up by 40%   \"\/><\/p>\n<p>As per the new report, the 18 Pro\u2019s memory \u2013 RAM and storage will take up to 34% of its total BOM bill. And things are not looking great, as the figure is expected to balloon up to 42% by the first half of 2027. A year ago, the same components accounted for a mere 10% of the iPhone 17 Pro BOM costs.<\/p>\n<p>The one positive outlook is that TrendForce believes Apple will absorb part of the higher costs by reducing its profit margins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve already seen rumors that iPhone 18 Pro availability may be limited at launch due to the ongoing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-853542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}