The manufacturing costs of the Samsung flexible phone have just been shelled in an estimated manner, which would explain why this high-end device can go to the market at a recommended price of $ 1,800.
During the last weeks, different prices have been rumored for Samsung's flexible phone, which can even shoot its price up to $ 2,500. Now, the Korean research agency, CGS-CIMB Research, has published a report that estimates the list of manufacturing materials that the Samsung Galaxy F will count with, and compares it with the manufacturing costs of the Galaxy S9 + and the iPhone XS Max.
This is the list of materials and the manufacturing cost of each of them from the Samsung flexible phone, and also its comparison with the materials and manufacturing costs of the latest high-end Apple and Samsung:
As you can see, the most expensive element of manufacture is the screen, since this flexible device will have a large 7.3-inch panel that folds almost in half. Also this device will have two batteries, although that will not add much cost to the price.
With all the above, it is estimated that this flexible Samsung device can be sold at $ 1800, a price that would be higher in Europe. Although it seems an excessive sale price, we must take into account that it is an innovative technology and that in principle it will only be focused on a very particular niche market, and not on the general public.
Analysts estimate that 3.5 million units of flexible devices will be sold during the next year, a number that will increase to 24 million by 2022. However, by 2022, these devices could be priced at an average of 1300 dollars per year. reduction of costs in its manufacture.
In any case, flexible devices will not be a standard in the market until well into the next decade, so for now they will simply be terminals available to very few users in the world.