Filed under: iPad
iPad component cost re-estimated
iSuppli: $499 iPad components estimated at $260
The dust has (mostly) settled, and iSuppli's analysis of the cost of the components that make up an iPad reveals that the hardware itself only accounts for about half the retail price of $499. Taken together, iSuppli estimates that the cost of the...
iPhone gross profit margins nearly 60%
Filed under: Apple Financial, iPhone
Bernstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi issued a 13-page report last week in which he estimated that the iPhone's gross profit margins were an astounding 57.8%. Those margins tower above Apple's competitors with RIM estimated to have 43% profit margins, Nokia 33%,...Apple can build a $500 iPad for $240
The mark-up for the mid-range model is more than 150%, according to iSuppli
Silicon Valley's teardown analysts these days don't even wait for the body to arrive before publishing their autopsy reports.
Case in point: the estimated bill-of-materials for Apple's (AAPL) iPad issued Wednesday by iSuppli, an El Segundo, Calif., company that specializes in so-called virtual teardowns.
Retail...
iPhone triggers boom in flash memory
Thanks in large part to Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and the growing ranks of iPhone imitators, worldwide sales of NAND-type flash memory are expected to rise nearly six-fold from 2008 to 2013, according to a report by iSuppli Corp. issued Wednesday.
Global revenue from sales of NAND flash for mobile phones could hit $932.5 million in 2013,...
