Apple iPad hardware components cost less than other tablet manufacturers

According to foreign media reports, reports from IHS iSuppli stated that the Apple iPad is the best in the industry in the cost control of hardware components and equipment. According to Wayne Lam, a senior analyst at the research firm, the vertical integration of iOS software and iPad hardware can minimize the hardware cost per device.

Compared with other tablet computers that use third-party software, such as the Android platform, Apple can fine-tune the software according to the iPad's performance. All they need to do is invest in usability and optimize the software based on the hardware. In this way, Apple has a great advantage over other competitors in terms of design efficiency and production costs. Other brands of tablets will always win users by improving hardware performance.

With the development of the tablet computer market in the future, Lam is confident that other manufacturers will follow Apple's production and development model, shift their attention from hardware performance, and pay more attention to efficiency and user interface. Therefore, in the future, major manufacturers will compete to reduce costs.

In addition, Lam said that Samsung will rely on its flash memory business to develop a unique platform that will reduce the cost of memory chips in tablet PCs.