iSuppli has posted preliminary estimate for component costs of upcoming Apple iPad. The 16GB model costs as little as $219.35 and the three biggest contributors to the cost are $80 for touchscreen, $29.50 for 16GB flash memory and $17 for A4 processor. The 32GB and 64GB models have same component cost except 32GB memory is $59 and 64GB is $188. According to iSuppli, the most profitable of the six iPads is the 32GB version with 3G-network access as combined materials and manufacturing cost of $287.15 amount to 39.4% of the retail price.
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