“It’s the most definitive assurance yet that Apple’s next iPad will include a screen with a near ‘retina display’-quality resolution: DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim has told CNET that ‘production has started’ for 2048×1536, 10-inch-class tablet screens, and three manufacturers — Samsung, Sharp and LGD — are supplying parts to Apple,” Jon Phillips reports for Wired.
“Just three weeks ago, when I directly asked DisplaySearch Senior Vice President Paul Semenza if he thought Apple would be able to deliver an iPad 3 with a 2048×1536 screen resolution by the first quarter of 2012, he told me, ‘We don’t have a forecast on it, no. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t get there. They’re dealing with a lot of new technologies,'” Phillips reports. “Indeed, producing relatively small, ultra-high-resolution displays is still a significant manufacturing challenge.”
Phillips reports, “‘We know there are yield issues. This is certainly a huge step up as far as pixel format, and every time you do that, there will be yield issues. But this is going forward,’ said Rhoda Alexander, director of tablet and monitor research for the research firm iSuppli… Yield issues notwithstanding, industry analysts now seem confident that Apple is moving forward with a super-high-resolution iPad for sale in the new year, and if history tells us anything, the company is willing to pay high manufacturing prices up front for the promise of delivering a high-impact product that no other company is shipping. In fact, says Alexander, Apple has been down this road already with the original iPad.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “GetMeOnTop” for the heads up.]
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