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You, and the parent comment are right. But the main difference in cost between a smartphone and a tablet is miniaturization of hardware.
by barredo 14y ago
You, and the parent comment are right. But the main difference in cost between a smartphone and a tablet is miniaturization of hardware.
- Samuel_Michon 14y agoNot really. iPad and iPhone have the same chips. iPad retina screens are actually more expensive than iPhone retina screens because they're bigger (they're the same panels, just cut to a different size). The same is true for iPad batteries: they're larger than iPhone batteries and hold way more energy. I couldn't find Bill-of-Materials cost analysis for the latest models, but let's compare the iPad 3 Wifi+4G with the iPhone 4S: iPad screen: $127, iPhone screen: $37 iPad battery: $32, iPhone battery: $6 http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/pages/New-iPad-32-GB-4G-Carries-364-35-Bill-of-Materials.aspx http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/pages/New-iPad-32-GB-4... http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/iPhone-4S-Carries-BOM-of-$188,-IHS-iSuppli-Teardown-Analysis-Reveals.aspx http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/iPhone-4S-Carrie...
- barredo 14y agoThanks for the correction then! I'm checking the links, very interesting