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Cost is under 16-GB model, Tablet PC, Apple iPad, estimated the company iSuppli, is 259,6 dollars at a retail price of 499 dollars, the magazine writes Electronista. This amount does not include the costs to develop and promote the device.

The most expensive component of the iPad - 9,7-inch multi-touch display worth about $ 95. It is produced with the participation of companies LG Display, Epson and Samsung.

Flash memory made by Samsung costs Apple about 29,5 dollar. Memory for the 32-gigabyte model costs $ 59, but for a flagship 64-GB - 118 dollars. Price processor Apple A4 is 26.8 dollars. It is more expensive than the expected $ 17, as equipped with an integrated memory Samsung.

Combo Module Bluetooth / Wi-Fi manufacture Broadcom is 8,05 dollar. Two sensor controller comprising the iPad, estimated at 3.7 dollars. Cirrus Logic Audio system costs only 1.2 dollar, and one of the sensory components of Texas Instruments - 1,8 dollars.

Thus, although the 64-gigabyte model at retail for 200 dollars more expensive 16-gigabyte, the cost of production varies by less than one hundred dollars. However, the exact value of the tablet in the light of non-productive expenditure Apple is not known.

Valuation experts iPad iSuppli - not the only one. In late February, when the device has not yet appeared in a sale, analysts BroadPoint AmTech estimated cost iPad to 270.5 dollars, indicating that the warranty costs increase this amount to $ 20.

IPad tablet was announced on Jan. 27, 2010. Sales in the United States began on April 3. During the first day, Apple sold 300,000 units, with over one million customers have downloaded the application and hundreds of thousands of books.