Vista Residence : iPad 2 hardware disassembly, significant costs deter domestic cottage business
Yesterday, the hardware price of an Apple iPad2 coverage analysis reviews, advisory bodies dismantling of 32GB3G Edition iPad2 iSuppli, stated AT & T Internet version costs $ 326.60, while the model iPad2 retail cost of $ 729. However,
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iPad2 hardware price exposure
according to iSuppli's research reviews, and all the tablet PC, like, iPad2 hardware expenses, In addition, iPad2 the A5 processor designed by Apple, Samsung, costs 14 dollars. Adopted a number of body parts iPad generation, including ST gyroscope and accelerometer, touch screen driver Texas Instruments chip,
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storage components side, iPad2 of NAND flash memory manufactured by Samsung (Toshiba is also stated to provide some flash memory for Apple); DRAM memory from Elpida (ELPIDA) available. According to ISuppli estimates, all storage devices for the $ 65.70 price.
As for the difference of two standard versions, iSuppli stated is, Verizon version of the built-in GPS function using Qualcomm chips, and AT & T version uses Broadcom chips, a GPS chip to be extra Therefore, an increase in the price $ 1.50.
practitioners in the country the eyes of a number of tablet PCs, iSuppli's cost analysis of components of the authenticity of the iPad2 high, because in addition to Apple's own A5 processor, most of the other components are not new products,
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cottage cost of product performance be forced
Although iSuppli's report did not consider Apple in the manufacturing, software development, packaging, transport, channel sales and other aspects of cost, but at the value of the model iPad2729 dollars, gross margin reached 55% or more. However, this does not allow domestic manufacturers of tablet PCs cottage excited.