“Apple was originally set to launch its iPad 3 in the second half of 2011 with a supply volume of 1.5-2 million units in the third quarter and 5-6 million in the fourth quarter, but Apple’s supply chain partners have recently discovered that the related figures have all already been deleted,” Yenting Chen and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes, citing “sources from the upstream supply chain.”
T”he sources believe that the yield rate of the 9.7-inch panel that feature resolution of 2,048 by 1,536 may be the major reason of the supply delay since such panels are mainly supplied by Japan-based Sharp with a high price and Apple’s other supply partners Samsung Electronics and LG Display are both unable to reach a good yield,” Chen and Tsai report. “Since Apple is unable to control a certain level of supply volume, the iPad 3 is unlikely to be mass produced as scheduled, the sources added.”
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Chen and Tsai report, “Supply of the iPad 2 in the second half will still be maintained at 28-30 million units.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]