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Wall Street has been afire with speculation of how a shortage of crucial components from Japan, which provides more than a 10th of global electronics components, might swell costs and constrain supply -- particularly of the marquee iPad 2 launched in March. With Silicon Valley magician Steve Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor, still sidelined indefinitely on medical leave, some analysts warn the Japanese disruption will shave points off Apple's gross margins for the rest of this year. "The earnings are going to be really great. We are looking to see how they address the supply chain issues in Japan," said Wedbush Securities analyst Scott Sutherland. "They are getting the components, but at higher prices." Apple could see its margins decline by 200-300 basis points in the June quarter, Sutherland said, adding the pressure could continue into the September quarter as well. "They do have the margins to absorb it whereas a lot of their competitors don't," he said. Investors are also curious to see whether the faster, thinner iPad 2 can outpace sales of the original, of about 1 million units in 30 days. Analysts expect second-quarter earnings to showcase Apple's domination of the rapidly growing tablet market. The main drivers of growth, apart from the iPad, include the ever-popular iPhone, which was also available on the Verizon network during the past quarter, and the refreshed MacBook Pro computer that began shipping in February. Analysts are estimating sales of about 6 million iPads in the fiscal second quarter, alongside about 16 million iPhones and 3-4 million Macs. But the biggest question for Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook and other executives on Wednesday would be how much Japan would affect sales for the rest of the year. Apple is a voracious consumer of touchscreen displays and flash memory, among other components most heavily affected by the Japanese tsunami. Apple's weak spot in recent months has been gross margin. 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