Not only did Apple sell 1 million iPhone 3Gs in three days, but the company is making a healthy margin on each one sold. That’s the conclusion of researchers at market research firm iSuppli, who took apart the new device to learn who made what inside, and how much Apple spent on the parts.

The total cost of materials used inside the latest iPhone is $174.33, a dollar and change higher than the preliminary estimate iSuppli made in June,

about two weeks before the phone was actually released. whether the analysis is exact, Apple is spending about $53 less on materials than it did with the first iPhone, which iSuppli says costs $227 to compose.

After accounting for a subsidy from AT&T, iSuppli reckons Apple makes a per-unit gross profit of 55 percent. That’s a fatter margin than other phone manufacturers tend to compose on their own handsets and reflects […]

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