Sunday, November 4, 2012

What is the cost of production of the iPad Mini?


What is the cost of production of the iPad Mini ? - Apple iPad Mini has been marketed in several countries. Approximately, how much the cost of production of tablet PCs on sale from USD 329's?

IHS also mentioned several iPad component makers Mini. For example, part of the screen that cost about $ 80, made by LG Display and AUO Optronics.

Research firm IHS trying to do research on Mini iPad 16GB Wi Fi is sold USD 329. They dismantle gadgets and estimate the cost of production iPad Mini version is USD 188.

As for the model Mini iPad 32GB and 64GB, the cost of production increases respectively USD 90 and USD 162.

"The problem is that it became the new supplier and they are not able to provide the necessary volume of Apple, so there is only one supplier (LG-ed)," said Richard Shin, an analyst at NPD DisplaySearch which we quoted from Cnet, on Monday (11/5/2012 ).

But Samsung still contribute an important component suspected iPad Mini. Previous research by iFixit mentions maker Samsung is still the A5 processor in the iPad Mini.

This is consistent with reports that Apple does not want to become less dependent on Samsung, which used to be one of the leading suppliers of display components. But the risk of supply shortages Apple iPad Mini.

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