“A new report claims display makers LG Display and AU Optronics have passed certification tests for LCD panels bound for a rumored ‘iPad mini,'” Josh Ong reports for AppleInsider. “Taiwan’s The Liberty Times (via MacOtakara) reported on Wednesday that the two companies are now preparing shipments of the panels to Apple.”
Ong reports, “The report also claimed Radiant will supply the backlight module and Nissha Printing will provide a thin-film sensor to TPK and Chimei Innolux. The rumor comes on the heels of an earlier report also out of Taiwan that claimed the rumored device would make use of a ‘G/F2’ thin-film touch technology from Nissha.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “GetMeOnTop” for the heads up.]
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