Our cost analysis is meant to focus on those costs incurred in the manufacture of the core device and exceptionally in some circumstances the packaging and literature as well.īased on markings, the unit was assembled in China. Not included in this analysis are costs above and beyond the material manufacture of the core device itself - cost of intellectual property, royalties and licensing fees (those not already included into the per component price), software, software loading and test, shipping, logistics marketing and other channel costs including not only EMS provider and the OEM's margin, but that of other resellers. The total materials and manufacturing costs reported in this analysis reflect ONLY the direct materials cost (from component vendors and assorted EMS providers), AND manufacturing with basic test. What Is Not Included in our Cost Analysis Synaptics - Touchscreen Assembly Value Line Item - 3.7', Film Over Glass, Capacitive, w/ Integrated Flex PCB Hynix - H5MS1G62MFP-J3M - SDRAM - Mobile DDR, 1Gb, 64M x 16bit, 1.8V (Qty:2)Ĭhunghwa Pictures Tube Ltd - CLAA035JA01CW - Secondary Display Module Value Line Item - 3.5' Diagonal, TBD Color TFT, 480 x 144 pixels, 86.4mm x 26.0mm Viewable Area Samsung Semiconductor - S3C6410XH-53 - Microprocessor - 32-bit ARM11 RISC Core, 32-Channel DMA, 4-Channel Timer, 12-Bit ADC, USB2.0 OTG, 65nm Low-Power ProcessīNRB1530 - Battery - Li-Ion Polymer, 3.7V, 1530mAh PVI - ED060SC4(LF) - Primary Display Module Value Line Item - 6' Diagonal, Electrophoretic (EPD), 4-Bit 16-Level Greyscale, 600 x 800 pixels, 153um x 151um Pixel Size, 122.3mm x 90.5mm Viewable Area Sierra Wireless - MC8777V - Cellular Wireless Mini-PCIe Express Modem - Quad-Band GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, 3.6Mbps HSDPA

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