iPad BOM component costs estimated at $260 post-teardown

iPad costs are higher than expected. After tearing an iPad apart, iSupplWe says each 16GB iPad costs Apple $260 in components. That's about a 50% profit margin
The iSupplWe teardown suggests the hardware that makes up the cheapest iPad variant costs "as little as $259.60," almost half the retail price. The 32GB, $599 model is similarly cheap to build, with an estimated bill-of-materials cost of