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Apple iPads are made by Apple's contractor, Foxxconn in China
Foxconn is located in Shenzhen, China, where most of its 250,000 workers have traveled to make ~ $14 per day and assemble Apple products.

Battery:
The iPad uses an internal rechargeable lithium-ion polymer (LiPo) battery. The batteries are made in Taiwan by Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology.
Body:
IPAD body made of aluminum. Aluminum comes mostly from an aluminum ore called bauxite. But aluminum is also mined out of the ground in large geological formations found in Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Russia and Surinam.
-lcd screen flash memory chip battery pack a5 processor aluminum back shell final product

LCD screen: which is single most expensive part of an ipad. it is 9.7 inch diagonal. its thin film transistor liquid-crystal display that supports 262,000 colors. The screen of an Ipad is made by LG display, a south Korean company. It is shifted to china once it has been made.
Flash memory chip: which is made out of millions of capacitors and transistors

Battery:
The iPad uses an internal rechargeable lithium-ion polymer (LiPo) battery. the outer case of the battery is made out of a metal. LiPo batteries are usually composed of several identical secondary cells in parallel to increase the discharge current capabilityThe positive electrode is made of Lithium cobalt oxide. The negative electrode is made of carbon. The batteries are made in Taiwan by Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology.
Processor chip:
IPAD has A5 chip that is made out of silicon wafers. these chips are manufactured by Samsung at Austin, Texas factory which has a total of 2400 employees.
Back shell
IPAD body made of aluminum. Aluminum comes mostly from an aluminum ore called bauxite. But aluminum is also mined out of the ground in large geological formations found in Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Russia and Surinam.
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