While customers are paying from £549 for the new iPhones, they only cost $199 to make.
Research company IHS took apart the new iPhones and worked out how much each component cost.
Apple pays about $191 on the components to build one 16GB iPhone 5s unit.
It then costs another $8 to put them together, bringing the total cost to less than $200 (£125).
Despite the new A7 processor, fingerprint sensor and improved camera, the iPhone 5S costs less than the iPhone 5 - which cost $205.
The controversial new fingerprint sensor - which is being hailed by some as a new beginning for biometrics - costs just $7, according to IHS.
Boosting the storage from 16GB to 64GB only costs Apple $19, but it costs the consumer £200.
Apple's second new iPhone - the iPhone 5C - costs slightly less to make, with Apple paying about $173 to build a 16GB model.
The iPhone 5S's high-speed processor and RAM is the reason behind its higher cost.
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