According to iSuppli guies storm costs $203 while iPhone costs $30 less at $173 per set. Both iPhone and Storm are touchbased phone while Storm has more business oriented features like push mail, document composer etc, iPhone is more of style phone.

The report said that the Storm’s total per-unit cost includes all parts and manufacturing, but excludes intellectual property (IP), royalties, licensing fees, software, shipping, logistics marketing, and other channel costs. The Storm’s exact $202.89 total consists of $186 for components and other materials, and $16.07 for manufacturing. The total is $27 more expensive than what it costs RIM to manufacture each BlackBerry Bold, for purposes of comparison, according to iSuppli.