T-Mobile G1 Android handset has US$143.89 bill-of-material
The T-Mobile G1 smartphone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google Android mobile operating system, carries a bill-of-materials (BOM) cost of US$143.89, according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli.
The most costly segment of the G1 is the baseband, at US$28.49, or 19.8% of the G1’s total BOM. Similar to other recent handsets from various brands examined by iSuppli, the baseband employs a combination of an ARM11 microprocessor for multimedia applications and an ARM7 core for modem functions. The next most costly section of the G1 is the display, at US$19.67, or 13.7% of the BOM. The G1’s display is a 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with HVGA resolution, at 320480 pixels. The display uses projective touch-screen technology. The camera represents the next most expensive segment, at US$12.13, or 8.4% of total BOM costs. The camera has a 3-megapixel resolution and an autofocus feature.
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