That's one way of looking at it. How much do you think it costs to take a laptop system and shrink it down to iPhone-sized?
replyI don't know. How do you know the cost of shrinking it is higher than the cost of extra material I mentioned? Also higher cost of shipping? There's so many variables that I think it's safe to assume Apple has similar markup on both of these devices.
replyPS. Wonder why they didn't use A19 in this? Imagine they thought "yeah, that A18 will do for an entry-level laptop", but the entry-level iPhone 17e with A19 needed more kick? What for, our social media apps and mobile websites? This is soooo absurd!
replyYou have to be able to get enough of the things made, too. A19 and A18 Pro are made on different TSMC processes, and most likely it's easier to get production capacity on the older N3E process.