of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 3G S carries a BOM cost of $172.46 and a manufacturing expense of $6.50, for a total of $178.96," said Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal analyst, teardown services, for iSuppli. "This is slightly higher than iSuppli’s...

touch-screen module. "Apple products always seem to push the envelope in terms of space savings, and therefore we often first see the newest, most-compact components in Apple products," said Andrew Rassweiler, an analyst at iSuppli. Apple, however, is not departing...

The addition of 3G wireless capability represents an evolutionary design step for the iPhone, not a revolutionary one," said Andrew Rassweiler, teardown services manager and principal analyst at iSuppli. "iSuppli believes Apple aimed for a more cost-effective...

the transition of iPod family to touch screen-based controls and flash-based storage. "We expect the click-wheel versions of the iPod to wane in favor of touch-screen-based models," said iSuppli’s Andrew Rassweiler. Of course, this transition will not happen...