Supply Chain Chatter and Many Minor Updates - MOSK: 02.14.2023

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🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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- Counterpoint Research Estimates BoM on iPhone 14 Pro Max at $464 - Finnish iPhone Component Supplier Growing Presence in India - Apple Issues Many Minor OS Updates - iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Updates Fix Actively Exploited Security Issue - Reports: iOS and iPadOS Updates Crashing Google Photos Apps - Microsoft Working on ChatGPT Integration for Mobile Apps - Looking for The Mac Observer's Daily Observations Podcast? Put this link in your podcatcher of choice: https://www.macobserver.com/rss/dailyobservations_mp3.xml - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:07.0	What Apple's most expensive phones cost Apple?
0:12.0	An Apple supplier plans expansion in India. And Apple issues many
0:16.4	minor OS updates. It is Tuesday, the 14th of February, 2023. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Macco West Ken, brought to you
0:29.2	by yours truly and supported by people like you patrons through Patreon.
0:36.5	Find out more and at your support at Patreon.com slash Maco-Sken
0:46.0	In phrase of Apple's business acumen
0:49.0	Counterpoint research is published an estimated bill of materials for iPhone 14 Pro Macs.
0:55.0	You will no doubt be surprised to find,
0:57.0	Making one costs Apple significantly less than buying one cost you.
1:03.0	Cultive Mac has written up the counterpoint findings.
1:06.0	According to that, pieces and parts for a 128 gigabyte iPhone 14 pro max cost Apple about $464.
1:16.1	That is about 3.5% more than a comparable 13 Pro Max
1:19.8	from the last cycle, but way lower than the $1,099 the device would run the average, John or Jane.
1:28.5	Running down parts and pieces.
1:30.6	The most expensive bit are the A16 processor and the 6.1 inch always on display.
1:37.0	Each of those account for about 20% of the total bill of materials.
1:42.0	Prices for cellular connectivity account for 13%, the
1:45.8	camera accounts for 11%, then there is the other category making up 36%.
1:54.7	Cult it max says that category includes the casing,
1:57.6	the battery, the storage, the Taptic Engine,
2:00.5	and, well, other stuff. So what? The rest is gravy for Apple? No of course
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