The iPad Air debuted last week to glowing reviews. Thankfully, and in stark contrast to the iPhone 5s, iPad Air supply was reportedly plentiful throughout the weekend.
With Apple's most recent and incredibly thin tablet now out in the wild, the research firm IHS decided to pry one open and take a closer look at the components that make up Apple's flagship iPad.
AllThingsD was able to obtain a copy of IHS' report and relays that the iPad Air, on the whole, is comprised of cheaper components than the third-gen iPad (the most recent iPad model IHS conducted a teardown analysis on).
Specifically, the bill of materials on the base model iPad Air ch
