Amazon's second iteration of its popular eBook reader, The Kindle, costs only $ 185.49 to build, $ 173.51 less than its retail price, according to
an iSuppli Teardown report (see below).
Amazon's second iteration of its popular e-book reader, Kindle, costs US$ 185.49 to build, $ 173.51 less than its retail price, according to
an iSuppli Teardown report.
Not exact matches
Another part of the initiation of the iPad 2 is its
teardown by
iSuppli, the company that dissects gadgetry and figures out the price of each of its individual components.
According to a
teardown analysis performed by
iSuppli, the iPad and iPad 2 compete and often best other tablets while using only half the memory as their rivals.
According to
iSuppli's
teardown analysis of the original Nexus 7, it costs Google and Asus around $ 170 to manufacture the slate.
Since
iSuppli could not get its hand on an actual Amazon tablet, the numbers are merely estimates and that a more accurate assessment will only be possible when a complete physical
teardown of the Kindle Fire is done after the product begins shipping in mid-November.
The iPad mini, according to a
teardown report by research firm IHS
iSuppli, uses a film - based touch panel, which is thinner and lighter than the glass - based touch panel that the current full - size model uses.