4:19 AM - Apple's already preparing for the production of the third generation of iPad in October
When HP give up the Tablet PC business, Apple's already preparing for the production of the third generation of iPad.
Previously, news from Taiwan's upstream supply chain said that Apple canceled the second half year's supply plan of iPad 3. But recently the latest news said that Apple intends to pilot iPad 3 from October, to stay ahead of the Tablet PC market competition. It was reported that Apple has adopted an order of the display panels, chips and other major components which iPad 3 use, and it is working with the Asian component suppliers and assemblers, readying to start production of iPad 3 from October. iPad 3's display remains 9.7-inch, it will use display of higher resolution, that is 2048 × 1536 pixels, and will be thinner than iPad 2. It may be Launched early next year. New iPad tip: add fonts to ipad
It was said by an Apple supplier that long before the fourth quarter of last year, Apple has issued an order of about 1.5 million parts iPad 3 required.
Apple's previous generations of iPad has been affected by capacity constraints, and is often in short supply, although Apple usually purchase parts from suppliers in advance. An analyst has said that iPad 3's high resolution panel is mainly supplied by Sharp in Japan, and the price and yield of this touch screen will affect iPad 3's supply plan. So Apple will invest $ 1 billion on the new plant of Sharp in Kameyama, Japan, providing for the iPhone and iPad LCD screen. Currently, iPad is Apple's second-largest source of revenue, in the third quarter Apple has sold a total of 9.25 million iPad, revenues $ 6.046 billion, with an increase of 183%.
In addition, comparing to iPad 3's farther release date, the next-generation of iPhone may be released in the next two months, and many operators of China are also competing for the right to sell, chairman Wang of China Mobile said that by the end of July, China Mobile's network has a total of 7.44 million iPhone users, but Mr. Wang admitted that the introduction of iPhone is no timetable.
According to the U.S. media reports, a vice president of the U.S. mobile operator AT & T said to several employees that iPhone 5 will be launched in early October.
From past experience, this message usually came out before the release of the new iPhone. AT & T employees will always be notified in advance in order to make good preparation, because the new iPhone will certainly stimulate a substantial growth of the market demand.
The insiders generally believe that Apple will release iPhone 5 in this year's product conference at the end of September. There are many analysts believe that Apple iPad 3 's official release time should be in early 2012, rather than the widely rumored before Christmas this year.