Cost Apple iPad may be lower than expected
Formally, starting at $ 499 price of Apple iPad might seem to someone “attraction incredible generosity,” because until recently all analysts in one voice saying that Apple does not wish to sell your Tablet PC for less than $ 800-1000. When it became clear that the younger model iPad costs in the production of an amount not exceeding $ 300, in the hearts of potential buyers of the warm hope of reducing retail prices.
It turns out that the first forecasts called not the lowest cost Apple iPad. Estimated analytical agency iSuppli, the cheapest version iPad costs in the production of $ 229.35 – it is only 46% of selling price. Note, however, that the above iSuppli estimates do not include the cost of Apple software and licensing fees.
Consider the main cost items on the components of Apple iPad. Touch-sensitive display, produced by IPS technology companies LG or Innolux, costs $ 80. This is the most expensive part of the Tablet PC Apple. The battery pack will cost about $ 17.5, the processor is priced at $ 17, Memory – $ 11.9, wireless module with Bluetooth and WiFi costs $ 8.05. Wireless 3G-modem costs about $ 24.5, still $ 2.6 adds sensor GPS. In any case, the model iPad with the ability to work on 3G costs $ 130 more expensive, so it costs Apple to the last two components are covered repeatedly. The cost of solid-state memory depends on its volume: $ 29.5 for 16 GB, $ 59 for 32 GB and $ 118 for 64 GB.
Option iPad with 32 GB solid state memory costs $ 100 more expensive version with 16 GB of memory, and in the production of the first expensive only $ 29.5. The most profitable option for Apple iPad has 32 GB of memory and 3G-modem: its retail price is $ 729, and the cost – $ 287.15. In the structure of prices 39% of the cost, while 61% was profit. Again, do not forget that we are talking about the production cost of hardware, other costs not included in the calculations. Incidentally, the site Fudzilla suggests that the second generation iPad obzavedetsya desired web camera, a device which connects the present generation only through the docking station.
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