iSupply Touchpad Teardown

[NewsMan]

Industry teardown experts iSuppli have dismantled HP's Touchpad to determine the device's total bill of materials.
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, each 32Gb TouchPad costs HP $318 to build, not including costs inherent to the device's assembly, packaging, support, marketing, transit, or licensing or royalty costs. The seldom-seen entry-level 16Gb TouchPad has a material charge of $296, proving correct the suspicions of many that HP is pushing the higher-margin 32Gb version at every opportunity, such as the recent "Make things right"
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that is valid only for purchases of the 32Gb TouchPad. Of particular note within the detailed report is that the TouchPad's LG-sourced IPS LCD screen is almost the exact same model used in the first and second-generation iPads. Also, the Qualcomm APQ8060 "Snapdragon" dual-core processor found in the TouchPad can be clocked up to 1.5Ghz, which is how HP has been able to offer clockspeed-bumped TouchPad 64Gb and 4G versions so quickly. For comparison purposes,
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revealed that the midrange 32Gb iPad 2 GSM version carries a BOM total of $326.60,
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to the first-generation GSM 32Gb iPad. The closest Android competitor examined by iSuppli, the 32Gb 3G Motorola Xoom,
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, due to its greater assortment of ports, connectors, sensors, and larger LCD.




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