iPad 2 hardware cost is only $ 323

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Brooklyn, New York, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) March 22, 2011 -- iPad 2 hardware as parallel importers as Guangdong, Apple retail stores in the United States "against" iPad 2, another way men are "mopping up" the machine out of this again - to dismemberment. Recently, by the dismantling of Wall Street analysts concerned about the iSuppli report had been published on the website. Unfortunately, due to a number of iPad 2 hardware manufacturers from Japan, so the earthquake in Japan will inevitably make iPad 2 supplier difficulties.

Specifically, iSuppli the dismantling of the model is 32GB 3G + WiFi Edition iPad 2, the retail price of $ 729. According to their estimates, AT & T GSM 3G version of the hardware cost of $ 326.6, while the Verizon CDMA 3G version was $ 323.35. This difference occurs because, AT & T GSM 3G networks more expensive chip, and need to use more chips. For example, in the CDMA version, GPS functionality is integrated into Qualcomm baseband chip manufacturing, and in the GSM version, Apple needs to join a dedicated GPS chip, thus increasing the cost of 1.5 U.S. dollars. In comparison, 16GB of WIFI Edition iPad 2 the retail price to $ 499.

Japan Science and Technology Earthquake Affected Products

iPad 2, PlayStation, LCD TV, the list

U.S. tech blog Mashable has listed the earthquake in Japan, the biggest risk facing the business-related information:

Toshiba: Toshiba's NAND flash memory chips are used in iPhone, iPad and a series of tablet PCs. 32GB NAND flash memory chip prices rose nearly 20% on Monday.

Greatest impact on product: iPad 2 and similar tablet.

Sony: Sony last week, closed six factories, this week closed two. Directly affected by the tsunami, which destroyed a factory. The company produces 10% of global notebook batteries. These plants may continue to be closed within the next two weeks.

Most affected products: Blu-ray DVD, PlayStation and notebooks.

Texas Instruments (TI): Texas Instruments DLP lost both wafer and chip factories. The company spokesman said in July this year to be able to resume production.

Greatest impact on product: DLP TV and video projectors.

Hitachi: There are six factories affected by the earthquake in northern Japan, at present have been shut down and checked.

Most affected products: Plasma TV, LCD TV, cameras and DVD players.

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