iSuppli: Nokia N8 packs $187 in parts

By on Oct 13, 2010 at 7:28 AM
General October 13, 2010

According to market intelligence firm iSuppli, Nokia’s N8 handset is stuffed with exactly $187.47 worth of components. The Finnish handset manufacture’s Symbian^3 device sells for €529 and $549 in Finland and in the U.S. respectively. iSuppli notes that the most expensive component is the device’s 3.5-inch Samsung AMOLED display and touchscreen panel, which carry a price tag of $39.25. Other high end components in the device include 16 GB of mass storage ($37.12), a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens ($31.08), and a $22 chipset the houses components from both Texas Instrument and Broadcom. Nokia is aiming to sell 50 million Symbian^3 devices; Nokia’s second Symbian^3 device, the C7, was just recently released.

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  • Jarrett

    Sell it for two hundred off contract and they will have people waiting for weeks to get them.

  • AT33

    I think you got the price wrong.. it’s selling for €335

    • Andrew Munchbach

      It’s 529-euro on the Finnish site… updated to clarify. Thanks :)

  • Vaughan

    I guess to be fair we have to add in marketing, shipping, inventory, assembly labor, and R&D. I wish I knew actual cost for Nokia on parts, since they are buying in large bulk quantities, is the screen actually cheaper.

  • Wobbly

    Compared to an unlocked iPhone4 (I say unlocked to keep this apples to apples), the N8 looks like a pretty good deal. Especially here in the states, where N8 can be used freely on ATT or Tmobile’s 3G network.

    I love the design of the N8, but I wish they used a more modern SoC. I suppose Symbian was designed to run on ARM11, but I bet it would speed on a newer chip (even from the same supplier – TI).

    • Deaconclgi

      Why would the N8 need a more “modern SoC”? The Broadcom GPU is modern and more powerful than most mobile GPUs and the Symbian^3 OS/UI is GPU accelerated. With that said, it doesn’t matter that the CPU is an ARM11 as much as it would if the Symbian^3 OS/UI WASN”T GPU accelerated. If Symbian^3 was designed withought GPU acceleration, THEN Nokia would have to use 1Ghz SoCs like other mobile OSes and then their bottom line (the cost of parts) would be higher than the current $187. Smart design saves money, no matter what common opinion is.

      • csb

        By SoC, he means put the CPU, modem, and GPU all on one chip. Here, these components are separated over multiple chips.

        This consumes more power and more space than placing all on the parts onto one chip. The industry has been following this trend for the past decade.

      • GSMr6

        You say its smart design, however its just money grubbing. Its not the matter of whether or not it runs efficiently on given hardware, Nokia just refuses to put out competitive hardware, they’re even more stingy on this aspect than apple. At least when you purchase an apple product you’re getting competitive hardware, but you pay an arm and a leg for it. Where as with Nokia you’re paying an arm and a leg and you’re getting ARM 11 based cpu. Sure we don’t need 1GHz snapdragons or 1GHz hummingbird, but having them for the price is a great deal. Nokia just refuses to compete competitively, they just rely too much on their name.

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