According to foreign media reports, sources said Thursday, because apple is increasing the number of component suppliers, the company has already absorbing sharp as its next generation iPad tablet computer screen supplier.
The sources said apple plans to release the next generation iPad next year. It is reported, sharp in central Japan guishan 2 for apple iPad production factory will touch screen. The news says, apple will be located in Japan to sharp panel production factory for investment, but revealed no investment amount. With more than a accessories manufacturers to cooperation, show that apple want to ensure that get enough spare parts, to the production of the iPad and iPhone popular mobile phone. The headquarters is located in the Japanese city of Osaka sharp production liquid crystal display panels, is mainly used in the tablet computer, smart phones and liquid crystal TV.
It is reported, sharp to the apple iPhone already provide LCD screen. In addition, sharp also will be the next generation of apple iPhone to provide mobile phone screen. The personage inside course is expected to present, apple will be in the next year when the next generation iPhone launched a mobile phone. Usually, apple won’t foreign revealed the component suppliers.
Although apple a quarter’s performance does not reach market expectations, but the iPhone and iPad selling or improve the company’s profits. Apple said last month, the company of September 24, in the fourth quarter of 11.1 million sales a iPad, far more than in the same period in the 4.2 million. Season, apple net profit up 54%, to $6.6 billion; Revenue up 39% to $28.27 billion.
Start for iPad supply panel, when sharp LCD panel of itself to business, and increase the smartphone and tablet computer in the small size panel products, alternative for television’s large size panel. Red ear Investors Securities (Mizuho Investors Securities) Nobuo Kurahashi analysts said, “with apple’s transaction to be let sharp products sales more stable, let its technology to get more attention.”
Apple decided to adopt in the iPad in the sharp LCD panel, when the company launched a series of patents and samsung electronics the war. Samsung electronics is now one of the biggest parts suppliers apple, provide memory chip and LCD panel, etc. To the iPhone and iPad in at the same time provide fittings, samsung electronics is also in smart phones and apple tablet PC market is one of the biggest competitor.
Samsung electronics chief operating officer and chairman Lee in rong (Lee Jae-yong) in October this year, have said that although and apple appear between many contradictions, but before the end of 2012, samsung electronics will still provide fittings to apple.