“Someone is subsidizing that price.... it costs a minimum of $220 to produce.”
I’m not arguing, but where are you getting that $220 number?
I know nothing of the Armada chipset, but if it is a complete SoC with only memory required, I can see how you’d make a tiny profit on something like this. Keep in mind that what Marvell would charge itself for its own SoC is next to nothing.
I wouldn’t expect the iPad’s resolution or refresh rate, but you can drive the cost of LCDs down if you reduce their max. frame rate. Most video is acceptable at 30FPS.
I just don’t understand where you are getting your $220 number, that’s all :-)!
It is an amount based on the cost of components of the iPad, reduced to take into account cheaper parts for this product. It’s an HD screen, and that is expensive no matter what else is included. It has some features that the iPad does not, so it might not even be cheaper to produce.