iPad 3 Rumor Mill

DigiTimes says it’s heard from its redoubtable downstream sources that Apple has scratched the notion of iPad 3 being available this year maybe because Samsung and LG can’t get decent yields on a 2,048x1,536 9.7-inch “retina display” panel and Sharp’s are too expensive. On top of which Apple’s high-resolution demands also mean a larger backlighting source and apparently a single-edge light bar won’t do plus the panel is reportedly having trouble meeting Apple’s physical thinness, rich color and toughness requirements. DigiTimes claims iPad 3 was supposed to launch in the second half “with a supply volume of 1.5–2 million units in the third quarter and 5–6 million in the fourth quarter.”

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