Sam Oliver
The claims stem from a story published by The Korea Herald, highlighted by OLED-Info.com. A source reportedly said the third-generation iPad could launch toward the end of this year.
The report claims that Apple offered Samsung "an advance" for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode displays to guarantee capacity. Currently, the iPad 2 employs an IPS LCD display, the same screen that was used in the first-generation iPad.
The report claims Samsung's Super AMOLED displays offer brighter screens, less sunlight reflection and reduced power consumption. It also claimed that the new screens have a "significant advantage" over existing traditional LCD displays.
The report also said Apple's rumored switch to AMOLED screens from Samsung could spell trouble for LG, which currently provides LCD screens for the iPad 2. Earlier this month, it was claimed that light leaks that occurred with LG-manufactured iPad 2 displays caused Apple to already shift most of its existing touchscreen purchases to Samsung.
Rumors of Apple adopting AMOLED technology are nothing new, and even existed before the iPad was formally announced last year. And last December, it was said that limited supply of AMOLED screens was a "major reason" that Apple overlooked the technology for the iPad 2.
Other rumors suggest that Apple is working on a high-resolution Retina Display for a future iPad model. Apple coined the term Retina Display with the release of the iPhone 4 last year, claiming that the screen's 326 pixels per inch was more than the human eye could discern.
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Current AMOLED and Super AMOLED still leave a lot to be desired in performance against IPS LCD displays. He was more likely to have been visiting to see the new hi-resolution displays utilising Samsung PenTile technology. Although PenTile displays have issues with correct colour reproduction at present, giving strange hues to human skintones etc.
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You'd think Apple would be trying to reduce its reliance on Samsung as much as possible. It seems like Sharp would be a good supplier. Sharp at least can relate to Samsung "borrowing" its patents. Perhaps even Sony would be a good supplier.
You'd think Apple would be trying to reduce its reliance on Samsung as much as possible. It seems like Sharp would be a good supplier. Sharp at least can relate to Samsung "borrowing" its patents. Perhaps even Sony would be a good supplier.
Wondering that also, but the suits have not been real contentious. It seems that sometimes large companies decide to sue each other as a business strategy, to have the court make decisions that they are not able to reconcile.
No! No! No!
The biggest problem with the otherwise excellent current iPad display is how badly it performs in sunlight. The LAST thing we need is a switch to AMOLED -- those things are practically invisible in sunlight -- they make Apple's LCDs look like eInk when it come to sunlight performance.
Please say it isn't true. Get us a LCD Retina display, let the mom's basement dwelling Android users have all the AMOLED they want. In the future work on some sort of dual LCD/eInk type display for great sunlight performance.