iPad 2 hardware disassembly, high costs deter dom

Vista House : iPad 2 hardware disassembly, substantial costs deter domestic cottage company

Yesterday, the hardware cost of an Apple iPad2 exposure analysis reviews, advisory bodies dismantling of 32GB3G Edition iPad2 iSuppli, said AT & T Internet version costs $ 326.60, while the model iPad2 retail cost of $ 729. However, seemingly in front of more than 50% of the gross margin, the domestic cottage Tablet PC practitioners did not feel

iPad2 hardware cost publicity

according to iSuppli's research studies, 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, AKM electronic compass, a touch interface chip Broadcom, Analog Devices of capacitive touch controllers. The cost of these components and the very first generation of iPad.
storage components side, iPad2 of NAND flash memory manufactured by Samsung (Toshiba is also mentioned 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 mentioned 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 cost $ 1.50.
practitioners in the country the eyes of a number of tablet PCs, iSuppli's cost evaluation of components of the authenticity of the iPad2 increased, because in addition to Apple's own A5 processor, most of the other components are not new products, the market price is very transparent.


cottage price 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 cost of the model iPad2729 dollars, gross margin reached 55% or more. However, this does not allow domestic manufacturers of tablet PCs cottage excited.