iPad Components Cost $259

If you bought an iPad earlier this week, you should probably avoid reading this article unless you want a bad case of buyer’s remorse. Everyone else...feel free to laugh.

The lowest-priced iPad, which includes 16 GB of memory, constitute 52% of its $499 retail price, on par with other Apple products including the iPhone 3GS. A midpriced 32 GB version of the iPad that sells for $599 contains $289.10 worth of materials. A high-end 64 GB version, which retails for $699, contains components that cost $348.10, according to iSuppli.

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