The S25 Ultra is more expensive to make than the S24 Ultra, and it’s thanks to this part

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• A new report reveals that the Galaxy S25 Ultra costs a little more to make than the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
• Samsung reportedly spent an estimated 21% more on the phone’s processor.
• The report also found that camera, casing, and RF costs were lower than last year’s phone.

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The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra launched way back in January, and it maintains the same $1,299 price tag as last year’s phone. However, a report suggests that the latest Ultra phone costs more to make.

Counterpoint Research (h/t: SammyGuru) analyzed the production cost of the 512GB Galaxy S25 Ultra. It found that the S25 Ultra’s bill-of-materials (BoM) was an estimated 3.4% higher than that of the Galaxy S24 Ultra.



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