Retina display supplier Samsung, others settle price fixing suit for $1.12B
Apple’s key components provider Samsung which supplies, among other items, Retina panels for the new iPad, agreed along with other defendants to settle a price fixing class-action lawsuit for a...
View ArticleAU Optronics seen boosting output of iPad mini screens ahead of next week’s...
Having solved yield issues, Taiwan’s maker of flat panel displays AU Optronics (AUO) is said to be boosting its output of displays for the iPad mini, with Apple being so confident in AUO’s ability to...
View ArticleLG Display beats Samsung handily for Apple display orders
According to a new supply chain report, LG Display beat its arch-rival Samsung for display panel orders and has now become the primary supplier of screens that Apple uses to build virtually all of its...
View ArticleRumor: the next iPad mini will have Retina display
Moving to blunt criticism over the iPad mini display, a rumor out of China asserts that AU Optronics (AUO) is working on building a crisper Retina screen for the next iPad mini with the same 326ppi...
View ArticleThe majority of iPad mini screens are made by LG Display, not Samsung
The vast majority of iPad mini units incorporate a 7.9-inch screen manufactured by LG Display, a report out of Asia claims. AU Optronics, another Apple supplier, is said to be responsible for a much...
View ArticleLoss of Samsung screens apparently hurting iPad mini production
Questions of whether Apple can supply enough iPad minis to meet demand continue to linger. After cutting ties with Samsung for its displays, one of the two alternative suppliers reportedly face...
View ArticleAU Optronics reportedly started mass producing iPad mini 2 Retina panels
Two days ago, sources reported AU Optronics, which alongside LG Display supplies Apple with 1,024-by-768 display panels for the iPad mini, recently began work on new screens for the next-generation...
View ArticleApple reportedly cuts back on iPad mini screens ahead of next-gen model
The hit-and-miss DigiTimes, a Taiwanese trade publication, Friday reported that Apple is expected to cut back on iPad mini display orders in the third quarter of 2013 as it gears up to manufacture a...
View ArticleAU Optronics is Making New Nexus 7 Display Panels, Sources Say
The upcoming Nexus 7 2 tablet is once again in the news and we’ve yet to see a launch date or leaked picture of the device. Google I/O went by and nothing was unveiled, but today we may have some intel...
View ArticleOngoing challenges forcing Apple to buy Retina iPad mini screens from Samsung?
Run for years by the then op-chief Tim Cook, Apple’s supply chain has become the stuff of the legend. Would-be watchers naively believe deciphering Apple’s next move is as easy as keeping tabs on the...
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