Apple IPad’s Components May Cost $260, ISuppli Says
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Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet computer cost as little as $259.60 to build, according to an analysis by market research firm ISuppli Corp.
Materials for the iPad, which went on sale on April 3, include a touch-screen display that costs $95 and a $26.80 processor designed by Apple and manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co., according to El Segundo, California-based ISuppli.