Manufacturing the Samsung Galaxy S4 requires significantly higher production costs than its predecessor. And this in the case of the two models that will hit the market initially "" one with 3G connectivity and an eight-core processor and the other LTE with a quad-core chip "". Between 244 and 241 dollars (189.3 and 187 euros, at the current exchange rate) is what the South Korean firm must invest in each unit of these smartphones, while the Samsung Galaxy S3, in its 3G version most present in the world, requires of a manufacturing expense 213 dollars (165.2 euros, at the change).
This represents an investment that translates into 17 percent more than what each 16 GB iPhone 5 costs Apple, and this despite the fact that the Samsung Galaxy S4 has 63 percent of components signed by the multinational itself. Asian. Take, for example, the Exynos 5 Octa processor, the HD Super AMOLED panel or the NAND flash memories, among other elements that are part of the technical profile of the terminal. In these cases we are dealing with parts of a device that come to be integrated as no other competing terminal does. Perhaps only the Chinese Huawei comes close to this philosophy, although its capacity to supply the equipment that leaves its factories with its own components does not reach the levels presented by Samsung.
On the other hand, as we know through SamMobile, knowing that just over six out of ten parts of the Samsung Galaxy S4 are the result of self-supply, two are those that fundamentally increase the production costs of the latest flagship of the firm. It's about the screen and the processor. As we say, the chip is a next- generation Exynos 5 Octa unit, an eight-core processor that is made up of two parts that would be understood as two process hearts with quad-core architecture . The screen, for its part, is a panel based on Samsung's native Super AMOLED technologyAlthough it is developing for the first time a resolution FullHD reaching a cast of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. In practice, it is the same resolution as that of a first-class television, although with a higher density, 441 dots per inch in this case, given the size of the screen.
Among the most interesting points of the autonomy in production of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is, of course, the little dependence that the manufacturer establishes in relation to its suppliers. In this way, it exercises more direct control over the development of the stock of its device, something that will be essential in order to meet the high demand that the South Korean firm anticipates for its new reference terminal. So much so that, as we knew in parallel to the presentation of the Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung would have projected, precisely through the agreement with the companies that supply that remaining 37 percent of components, a sales volume for this device that would reach ten million units sold during the first 30 days of trajectory in the market.
