Analyst: Apple iPad mini costs $195 and up to build, may retail for $299 and higher
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Breaking down the cost to produce the Apple iPad mini |
The Apple iPad mini's screen is the most expensive part of the tablet, costing $56.50 for each one. Adding Gorilla Glass 2 to each screen runs the tab up $7 per device. A new technology called GF DITO allows the device to be made 18% thinner than the full sized model. The actual numbers are 7.6 mm for the iPad mini and 9.3mm for the third generation of the iPad. The mini's logic board costs $54 for the Wi-Fi version and $80 for the 4G LTE model. The processor, which costs $15 each, is a 32nm process Apple A5X with 512MB of RAM. Some other interesting costs include the $16.50 5MP camera, $4 front-facing shooter, $33 casing, $12 battery and $7 labor costs.
Amazon breaks even on its tablet sales and profits from content, app and cloud space to Amazon Kindle Fire owners. If Apple does price the iPad mini at $299 and up, will that $100 gap between the low priced 7 inch Android crowd and the Apple iPad mini be too much for even Apple to overcome? On the other hand, there are some who expect Apple to start the Pad mini as low as $249, a more reasonable price which would make it more competitive. We should know on Tuesday when two years of speculation comes to an end.
source: AppleInsider
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31 Comments
1. Bozzor posted on 20 Oct 2012, 21:05 1 1
The cost breakdown does not include final unit logistics or marketing, but what it does do is give too high a cost for each of the components. Those are the unit prices that a 'normal' manufacturer would pay, not Apple, which is justifiably known for some of the toughest hardball negotiators out there. Easily, 5-15% off each component there to get a better idea of Apples true costs.
26. CellularNinja posted on 21 Oct 2012, 06:34 0 0
Whatever you think it's gonna be, just add about another $100 to that. Because Apple over prices everything. But unfortunately it's smart because they know people will buy it anyway.
2. TROLL posted on 20 Oct 2012, 21:05 2 4
Feel and quality and materials are better than all other's.
But hugely let down by restricted OS, no Flash and low Ram, otherwise. Not a bad price.™®©
12. PAPINYC (limited) posted on 20 Oct 2012, 22:40 2 4
I don't care if they sell it for $9.99, I can get a better feel with a papaya!
(and, I don't need iWiFi)!
Bon Nuit Tous le monde.
16. TheDarkKnight (banned) posted on 20 Oct 2012, 23:39 1 3
Low ram? All i devices now have a gig of ram. Flash isn't there on android either and the OS is not that restricted.
21. kartik4u98 posted on 21 Oct 2012, 01:39 1 0
How can you state that the OS isn't restricted?????
22. TheDarkKnight (banned) posted on 21 Oct 2012, 01:55 0 2
Closed source is not bad at all
23. kartik4u98 posted on 21 Oct 2012, 02:43 1 0
Open-source is the future man..!
aND BTW, i ASKED U THAT how can u say that iOs isn't restricted??
3. protozeloz posted on 20 Oct 2012, 21:23 3 0
I have yo say 7" is a nice size, easy to handle light and easy to play games. Finally my nexus 7 arrived on the mail and I'm quite happy with its size, soft keyboard buttons are much easy to read plus it doesn't tire my hands so much when holding it for hours last light I spent around 3-4 hours reading on my bed without getting tired, something I couldn't do with the iPad so yeah 7" is really nice for me now :D
4. rusticguy posted on 20 Oct 2012, 21:23 4 0
But isn't NEXUS going to cost less soon? 32 GB at price of 16GB.?
6. FAW-Q posted on 20 Oct 2012, 21:38 3 0
I want to know what kind of crack these anal-lists are smoking. Would you really think Apple will sell a mini iPad for the same price as a iPod touch?
7. Berzerk000 posted on 20 Oct 2012, 21:55 3 0
I would rather take a 32 GB Nexus 7 for $250. Also, why would Apple make the iPad mini cost the same as an iPod Touch?
10. Nafiz posted on 20 Oct 2012, 22:14 1 0
I agree with you, even the network same wi-fi.. :)
apple in my country just for rich people
Hahahhaha.. *lolli.. lolli.. lolli..*
28. phones522 posted on 21 Oct 2012, 10:24 0 0
That was the first thing I thought of it wouldn't cost the same it probably be $350-400
9. prakesh posted on 20 Oct 2012, 22:09 0 1
same specs as the new ipad. except the size.
the price is so cheap? goodbye the ipad:-)
11. marceldy posted on 20 Oct 2012, 22:23 2 0
IMO Apple will keep the same prices as iPad, use a marketing campaign " thinner smaller , can be used with one hand and east to carry " and keep their huge margin of profit, and iSheps will still buy it, while owning iPad iPod iPhone and loosing their iSoul.
13. dnyalexander posted on 20 Oct 2012, 22:42 2 0
apple will sell the ipad mini at $400 just to verifiy that millions of irobots will buy anything from apple at any price. irobots will stick they middle finger in their ass first and then they'll go to make a line just to show the world their stupidity doen't have limits.
14. CreeDiddy posted on 20 Oct 2012, 23:04 0 0
No question the battle of the 7" tablet market has heated up since the Kindle Fire. Google has done a great job incorporating features of larger/more expensive tablets. However, this is where iPad Air will differ. Regardless of what you say the iPad Air will pack a 5MP camera along with an LTE chip. They have already moved ahead of the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 within the portability challenge and accessing data in the public without requesting to connect to a wifi connection. Keep in mind, people love having the ease of connecting to a 3G/4G network in the open public. However, many people aren't educated to know that most smartphones have mobile hotspot. Although that is not an approach many buyers don't want to take for an internet connection in the public.
I'm a huge proponent of simplicity. The Wifi version provides a lower cost alternative to the more expensive 4G model. Mobile Hotspot has become a great feature to have on a smartphone or tablet. Will the iPad Air succeed. You betcha! It will OUTSELL the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 combined by 1st Quarter 2013. Combined the Fire and 7 sold 10 million. Speculators and analysts project 7-8 million by December. We are talking 2 months to sell that many units, in which took 3-5 months to sell that many for both units.
Will I buy one. No, I prefer the 9.7" model, but it does look appealing.
1024x768, 5MP, LTE (option), A5X processor is plenty to sell over 10 million 1st Quarter of 2013.
15. rusticguy posted on 20 Oct 2012, 23:13 0 0
Currently US tablet market share is at 52:48 in favour of Apple. Lets see which way this moves after all releases are over . :)
17. CreeDiddy posted on 20 Oct 2012, 23:45 0 0
Unfortunately this number is skewed towards Android. It's almost like 30 to 1. 30 Android manufacturer tablets to 1 iPad device. Take out the junk tablets sold on HVC, etc...and let's stick to the big guns, such as Samsung, Moto, etc...Apple is way ahead and its not even close. However, due to Android being open source any manufacturer with a pulse that has a desire to program and distribute Android software along with their hardware they are classified as a positive statistic to Android market share. This is completely the wrong way to show Android market share.
19. Hemlocke posted on 21 Oct 2012, 00:01 0 0
Not only that, but Amazon counts for only slightly more toward Android, as do the B&N offerings, than iOS does. Those forks are real, and they do not use the normal Android ecosystem. Jeff Bezos doesn't care one bit about Google or Android.
30. rusticguy posted on 21 Oct 2012, 18:34 0 0
But that doesn't change the numbers still ... it's for these numbers that bApple is moving into territory which Jobs ridiculed few eyars back. So let numbers do the talking ... what you call JUNK is not so junk for people who use it. Yes it is JUNK whehn it comes to pricing for sure ... :)
20. JunkCreek posted on 21 Oct 2012, 01:18 0 0
well, apple tablet a.k.a iPad is the first of its kind, so no wonder it still hold biggest market share, while android tablet is still a little, but it would make its market shares if nothing happen (e.g sued by something, iThink). not haters, but from what already happen. the design patent is so biased, i remember old days when all vendor copied nokia design but nokia do nothing and people still looking for nokia in the first place and STILL PEOPLE NOT CONFUSED WHICH IS NOKIA AND WHICH IS NOT!
24. Planterz posted on 21 Oct 2012, 03:24 0 0
163PPI? 163 pixels per square inch? That's disappointing as hell. Even 1024x768 7" tablets have higher PPI. I was considering the iPad Mini over a Nexus 7 until saw this. Now there's no effing way I'd buy an iPad Mini. The Nexus 7 with 32GB will be available for nearly $100 less than an 8GB Mini. Who in their right mind would even consider otherwise? Oh, right...iDiots would.
25. JunkCreek posted on 21 Oct 2012, 04:49 0 0
@Planterz
Izzy dude, it is STILL JUST A RUMOUR. Take it izzy.
27. WakaFlakaD posted on 21 Oct 2012, 06:55 0 0
Does Apple need to lower their price to stay competitve? It's hard to try knock the king of the tablet down, even with the super-attractive price point/performance of the Nexus 7. $299 at least for sure
29. InspectorGadget80 posted on 21 Oct 2012, 10:28 0 0
Apple not that cheap they will probably go as high as 399$ like all their expensive products
31. phantom1076 posted on 21 Oct 2012, 19:39 0 0
Sorry for nitpicking but the author is mistaken between Gross Margin and Markup. There's no such thing as more than 100% Gross Margin. Gross Margin is the percentage compared to the revenue, while Markup is the percentage compared to Cost of Goods Sold.
And also the total cost of the touch panel is $56.5 which includes every line item in grey below it (gorrila glass and such).
Very badly written article.
