According to some estimates the compact tablet that Apple will present, almost certainly, next October, would have manufacturing costs of less than $190. This opens a door to hope, given that Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire are sold to cost price, which leads Google and Amazon to practically lose money on each sale, and it would not be strange for Apple to play that same trick so as not to give an advantage to its rivals. However, the news that reaches us at the moment they are not so optimistic.
The middle Cult of Mac, specialized in Apple has made an interesting estimate of what would be the manufacturing prices of iPad Mini, collecting the data that are currently known from their components and taking as reference what they cost in iPad 2, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire. The result of the sum leads us to the conclusion that the cost of the device would be around 190 dollars. Without Apple following Amazon or Google's strategy of selling as cheaply as possible, we would surely have iPad Mini on the market at a price of around $ 200.
However, in this same medium they are very skeptical of such a possibility and point out that the price of iPad Mini would rather approach the $299, as has been speculated throughout the summer. If there are doubts about where some companies make the profit, with Apple there is no doubt. If these figures materialize, the apple company would be getting a margin close to 30% profit for each unit sold.
On the other hand, after knowing the strategic lines developed by Nexus 7 and Kindle, to which we still do not know if Microsoft Surface will take advantage or not, it is done tremendously strange assimilate that a manufacturer like iPad, which also participates in the sale of content, may also want to make a cut with the sale of the device. However, it is something that perhaps should not surprise us so much, since until recently, profit was made from the product sold. within logic of things.
What's more, since Apple has a point of distinction With respect to other brands, you can afford a somewhat higher price or even something like that may even be beneficial for the company. For the user, that difference of one hundred euros would be suggesting that they offer something better and, after all, it is part of the fetishism with which Apple tends to dress its products to imply that there is a subtle difference between its consumers and the rest.
