0 iPhone 5 (16GB) available online in India, at a staggering Rs. 74,000

The iPhone 5 was revealed (officially at least) to the world on September 12, and the first batch of the new phone from the fruity company starts shipping on September 21. However, following the existing trend of rolling out devices to various countries, India is definitely not on the list of countries to get it first.

The second phase of iPhone 5 rollout, which begins on September 28, includes the following 22 countries - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Officially, Indian fanboys will have to wait till the third phase of the roll-out, which we hope would be around Diwali.

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0 Teardown analysis reveals Apple's iPhone 5 costs just $208 to make

iSuppli has done a virtual teardown of the iPhone 5 to estimate its cost of production and the cost for the Bill of Materials (BOM) starts at $200.

The low end 16GB variant of the iPhone 5 costs $207 ($199 according to a preliminary virtual teardown + $8 manufacturing cost) to make, whereas the mid-range 32GB variant costs $217 to manufacture ($209 BOM + $8 manufacturing cost), and the high end 64GB variant of the iPhone costs $238 to make ($230 BOM + $8 manufacturing cost).

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