“Apple Inc’s chief operating officer Tim Cook discussed adopting Samsung’s AMOLED display technology for tablet PCs during his recent visit to South Korea, industry sources said,” Kim Ji-hyun reports for The Korea Herald. “‘Apple wants to tap into Samsung’s AMOLED technology for an upgraded version of the iPad 2, considered as many as the iPad 3 that is likely to be launched toward the end of this year,’ a source told The Korea Herald on Wednesday (May 25) on condition of anonymity.”
“During Cook’s trip last week, Apple seems to have offered Samsung an advance for the AMOLED displays, the source said,” Ji-hyun reports. “The California-based company currently uses liquid crystal displays in its iPad lineup, including the iPad2 it launched in March this year.”
Ji-hyun reports, “Reports of Apple’s offer come despite a legal spat between the world’s two most powerful electronics companies over patent infringements.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
So someone tell me how much better this display is compared to the one on my iPad2…
I can’t help but wonder what kind of relationship you have with a company that you are currently suing and/or being sued by.
Do you still get great deals on components? Strange bedfellows, for sure.
Gotta make a profit so you can pay the attorneys.
“Reports of Apple’s offer come despite a legal spat between the world’s two most powerful electronics companies over patent infringements.”
The display guys a Samsung don’t care about Apple suing the phone guys. Different profit center. These guys care only about selling displays.
For now, Apple only uses Samsung’s screens for MacBooks and small iPods — since Samsung does not have license from Hitachi for IPS technology, which is required for iPhone 4, iPad, Apple Cinema displays.
Well Put.
Am I wrong or do AMOLEDs not require backlighting?
Ignorant “tabloid” rumour:
1) AMOLED displays have twice lower two-dimensional resolution than backlit TFT, which Appe goes to use in iPad Retina (IPS rendition);
2) AMOLED displays consume almost three times more showing white than TFT (yes, they consume power less only when the screen is almost black — like many of Android UIs — but not while browsing Internet or even watching videos);
3) AMOLED displays are hard to produce in decent volume.
@derss
Completely agree…will add 4) that existing AMOLED perform materially worse in bright light.
But, to be fair, if you are reading an e-book, via the Kindle app with text set to gray and background set to black…in a dark room…it should be awesome.
That said…it would be cool if these 4 limitation were overcome because AMOLED are thinner which leaves more room for battery without a change to form factor.