The Pixel 7 Pro bill of materials costs around $413
Last year, Google officially released a new generation of Pixel 7 series smartphones, equipped with the second-generation Tensor chip, Tensor G2. The Tensor G2 is Google’s second semi-custom SoC, developed in partnership with Samsung. Samsung has a huge influence on the supply of components for flagship smartphones, and a recent survey report by a market agency has once again confirmed this from the side.
The bill of materials (BoM) published by Counterpoint Research shows that the cost of producing a Pixel 7 Pro with 128GB of storage is about $413. The model was priced at $899 when it first launched and has since undergone several price cuts. According to statistics, more than half of the components of Pixel 7 Pro come from Samsung, reaching 51%. Among them, the material cost of the screen accounts for about 20%.
Both the Pixel 7 Pro and the Pixel 7 are equipped with the Tensor G2, which is estimated to cost about $10 to manufacture, and with Google’s Titan M2 security chip, the total cost reaches 7% of the Pixel 7 Pro’s cost. The cost of the 6.7-inch LTPO OLED panel is not low, and it is estimated that the proportion of the material cost is about 20%. The screens of the Pixel 7 series are exclusively supplied by Samsung, and there is no second supplier. It can be said that the entire Pixel 7 series is deeply bound to Samsung in terms of R&D and production.
Google is already rumored to be working on the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8, codenamed Husky and Shiba, respectively. It is rumored that it will be equipped with Tensor 3. Google and Samsung will continue their partnership in development and production. The new chip will be manufactured using Samsung’s 3nm GAA process. That means the cost of the new SoC will likely increase, making it more expensive than the $10 Tensor G2.
