Apple has reportedly placed mass orders for 10-inch displays and strong glass panels and connectors for its new tablet device.
According to reports from the Far East, Foxconn“s panel-making subsidia…
Apple has reportedly placed mass orders for 10-inch displays and strong glass panels and connectors for its new tablet device. According to reports from the Far East, Foxconn“s panel-making subsidiary Innolux will be the main supplier of 10-inch panels for the forthcoming multi-touch device while Wintek – Apple“s main iPhone display panel supplier – will satisfy the majority of the remaining orders. According to the iPhone maker“s component suppliers, reports are that the company has been “seeking solutions to strengthen the glass of the 10-inch panel for the tablets, which contributed in the delay of the device“s launch until the first-quarter of 2010. Foxconn“s optical glass processing subsidiary G-Tech Optoelectronics is expected to supply this glass strengthening process, while Taiwan-based optical film manufacturer Wah Hong Industrial will also provide components. Based on analyses of the shipping schedules of Apple“s upstream component suppliers, it is foreseen that Apple could announce its new tablet device in January 2010, and shipments to take place by March. Another report said that Cheng Uei Precision has added said that the company would probably not start delivering those parts to Apple until the third quarter of 2010. However, reports at the beginning of January said that Apple had recently booked the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for 26 January 2010 for an unknown event.