For example, buyers of iPads are willing to pay an exorbitant price for the package of plastic and metal that make up an iPad because that package of plastic and metal can do quite amazing things compares to other packaging of plastic and metal.

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Shinko of Nagano and Johnson Matthey Electronics of Minneapolis, Minnesota are selling a rival style of package that replaces pins with balls of metal.

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