Nexus 7: production cost of about $ 184

The Nexus 7 will arrive in Europe in September at a price of 249 € 16GB version. In America will be available in about 10 days in 8GB version to $ 199, a figure very interesting and below the psychological threshold of 200 €. From the site  TechInsights  that has the disassembly of the tablet, emerge those that could be in all probability, the production costs of the Nexus 7.

 

Key Component Listing

• NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Quad-core mobile processor applications
• Hynix H5TC2G83CFR - 2GB DDR3 SDRAM
• KE44B026BN/8GB Kingston - 8GB Memory Module
• Realtek (RMC) ALC5642 - Audio CODEC + Headphone Amplifier
• Maxim MAX77612A - Power Management IC
• Texas Instruments TPS63020 - Buck-Boost Converter
• Fairchild FDMC6675BZ - P-Channel Power MOSFET
• Texas Instruments SN75LVDS83B - Display LVDS SERDES
• ELAN Microelectronics eKTF3624BWS - Controller for Resistive Touchscreen
• ELAN Microelectronics eKTH1036BWS - Controller for the Resistive Touchscreen
• Broadcom BCM4751 - Monolithic Integrated GPS Receiver
• InvenSense MPU-6050 - Six-Axis (Gyro + Accelerometer) MEMS Device
• AzureWave AW-NH665 - 802.11n WiFi / Bluetooth / FM Radio Module
• NXP Semiconductor PN65 - NFC Secure Module 

All these parts hardware would raise the production cost to about $ 184, extremely close to the price of sale in America. So far a tight margin for Google and Asus have created a really interesting product filing to a minimum gain. Obviously these figures are "generic" and it is then difficult to assess the costs of storage, customs clearance and design that still affect the final price of a product. Nexus 7 we therefore say that a tablet is sold at cost price.  by