iPhone 5 Bill of Materials Estimated at $167.50

UBM TechInsights has released an early Bill of Materials estimate for the new iPhone 5. This does not include the cost of hardware design, software, production, etc. But still quite interesting:

The company puts components at the following prices:

• Display: $18
• Touchscreen: $7.50
• Battery: $3
• Camera: $10
• Wi-Fi/BT/GPS: $4
• NAND: $9
• SDRAM: $4
• Processor: $28
• BB+XCR: $25
• Non-Electronic: $17
• Other: $38
• Supporting Materials: $4

The total comes to $167.50 for the 16GB iPhone 5, which is $35 more comparing to iPhone 4S. Apple is going to sell iPhone 5 for $649 in the U.S.