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They could delete the camera and related sensors and it would not appreciably affect the price of the tablet. The camera is probably something like 5 bucks in
by rootusrootus 7y ago
They could delete the camera and related sensors and it would not appreciably affect the price of the tablet. The camera is probably something like 5 bucks in quantity, and I doubt the "LIDAR" sensor is particularly expensive either.
- oefrha 7y agoCost of something isn’t just the parts, you forgot all the R&D, labor, and premium. iPhone 11 and 11 Pro differ by $300 and the better camera is one of the two (?) major selling points; not to mention the iPhone 11 has a pretty good camera too.
- crazygringo 7y agoActually that's not true -- some quick searching reveals iPhone cameras cost $30-50, generally about 10% of the total BOM. Which means that for a ~$1,000 tablet, it would be ~$900 if it didn't have cameras. So it's not doubling it or anything... but it's not nothing. (On the other hand, the vastly lower-quality webcam cameras built into Macbooks are probably closer to the $5 you're suggesting.)
- snazz 7y agoThe iPad cameras in this article are significantly lower-quality than iPhone cameras, other than the LiDAR sensor. So it's definitely cheaper than the larger sensors and optics in new iPhones.