iPad 2 hardware disassembly, high costs deter dom

Vista Residence : iPad two hardware disassembly, high expenses deter domestic cottage company

Yesterday, the hardware price of an Apple iPad2 exposure evaluation reports, advisory bodies dismantling of 32GB3G Edition iPad2 iSuppli, mentioned AT & T Internet version expenses $ 326.60, while the model iPad2 retail price tag 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 coverage

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, expenses 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 price of these components and the very first generation of iPad.
storage components side, iPad2 of NAND flash memory manufactured by Samsung (Toshiba is also said to provide some flash memory for Apple); DRAM memory from Elpida (ELPIDA) available. According to ISuppli estimates, all storage devices for the $ 65.70 cost.
As for the difference of two standard versions, iSuppli said 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 price analysis of components of the authenticity of the iPad2 great, 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 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 price tag of the model iPad2729 dollars, gross margin reached 55% or more. However, this does not allow domestic manufacturers of tablet PCs cottage excited.