Nexus 7 Tablet manufacturing cost $184

Nexus 7 Tablet manufacturing cost $184

The Nexus 7^[1], this year’s hot Android Tablet from Google and Asus with a very attractive low price of $199. As we’ve informed you^[2], Google’s Andy Rubin said that Google simply makes no profit with the sales of this tablet ! During four months, ASUS engineers worked real hard on finding a way to put all the high-end stuff in a tablet that would retail for only $200.

Now for the interesting fact. How much does it cost to build the Nexus 7? Well, component for manufacturing the 8GB variant cost about $184. That is without covering other costs, like research and development . The 16GB variant requires an extra  NAND chip memory chip that costs 8$. We are not sure why this variant’s price is $50 higher.  And there you have it, when they said no profit they really meant it. You can preorder the device^[3] from the Play Store.

Here’s the list of the key components, in case you are interested:

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

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References

1. ^{^} Nexus 7 (getandroidstuff.com)
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3. ^{^} preorder the device (getandroidstuff.com)
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