A teardown shows that only 28 components used in Huawei's MatePad Pro, launched last year, are U.S. provided, accounting for only 2 percent, Laoyaoba.com reports.
These U.S. components make up just 4.6 percent of the total cost of the Huawei MatePad Pro.
The estimated total cost of the Wi-Fi version of the Huawei MatePad Pro is $269.18. The total cost of the main control is $115, with the components accounting for approximately 42.7% of the total cost of the machine.
Huawei MatePad Pro has a total of 1,411 components, of which 1,148 are supplied by Japan. accounting for 81.4%. These Japanese components cost 4.6% of the total cost of the MatePad Pro and consist primarily of sensors.
China supplied 225 components, or 15.9% of the total, and accounted for 71%, primarily consisting of host ICs, non-electronic devices, connectors and screens.
The U.S. supplied 28 components, or 2% of the total, with the main region being the power RF auxiliary IC.
South Korea supplied 3 components, or 0.2% of the total, and accounted for 15.7% of the total cost of the MatePad Pro. This includes mainly flash memory chips.
Other countries and regions provide 7 components, accounting for 0.5% of the total and 4.1% of the cost.
The top 5 Huawei MatePad Pro component costs are screen, host chip, flash memory, memory, and camera sensor.
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