“Apple’s new iPhone, which is expected to be released in the third quarter of 2012, is likely to adopt in-cell touch panels rolled out by Sharp and Toshiba Mobile Display (TMD), according to sources in Apple’s supply chain,” Siu Han and Steve Shen report for DigiTimes.
“Sharp will produce the in-cell panels at its 5.5G lines, while TMD will utilize its 6G lines for production, indicated the sources, adding that the two makers will begin to ramp up in-cell panel production in the second quarter of 2012,” Han and Shen report.
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Brooke Crothers reports for CNET, “In-cell multitouch technology integrates touch into the thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD manufacturing process, obviating the need for additional sensors and glass. This reduces the weight of the device, among other benefits.”
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Brooke Crothers??/ Crooke Brothers.
I prefer to spell his name: “l-i-n-k-b-a-i-t-e-r”.
I want a phone made out of pink slime. The iMeat.
“This reduces the weight of the device…”
This is important news. I’ve been sooooo pissed at the enormous weight of this brick-like 4S I have to lug around.
This is great news for my hands. They are exhuasted from the weight of the iPhone4S