Comments on: Cost To Manufacture iPad

By: US Tablet PC Sales Forecast — Tech Crunchies

US Tablet PC Sales Forecast — Tech Crunchies — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:48:48 +0000

[...] a day before the iPad hit the stores, people asked if this was a form factor consumers will really need. To this date, [...]

By: Total Number Of iPad Apps By Category — Tech Crunchies

Total Number Of iPad Apps By Category — Tech Crunchies — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:09:08 +0000

[...] iPad was launched on April 3rd and since then over 600,000 iPads have been sold. Distimo has also noted [...]

By: zomBeej

zomBeej — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:27:26 +0000

Also, you must take into account the R&D costs, marketing costs, distribution, network maintenance (app store), and myriad other things not as visible as the cost of hardware.

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:19:00 +0000

Hi Pascal, as you would find from the list, manufacturing and packaging would cost $10 each. I believe $20 per unit should be a good estimate for manufacturing and shipping related costs. What do you think?

By: Pascal

Pascal — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:52:30 +0000

Where is the price for software, skilled labour, packaging, shipping, etc. ? I think the “cost to manufacture iPad” is slightly higher than ~290$
anyway nice post!