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  • iPad 3 Rumor: Apple Has Started Production of a 2048×1536 Display

    iPad 3 Rumor: Apple Has Started Production of a 2048×1536 Display

    A new rumor has began to circulate that Apple is currently producing a high-resolution 2048×1536 display for their next-generation iPad, commonly referred to as the iPad 3. Quite the leap in screen resolution, especially when you consider the iPad 2 is only 1024×768.

    In an interview with CNET, Richard Shim, analyst at DisplaySearch stated:

    “It’s happening–QXGA, 2048×1536. Panel production has started [for the next-generation iPad]. There’s three suppliers … Samsung, Sharp, and LGD.”

    The reason Apple is using three suppliers just highlights to issue of producing a 10-inch QXGA screen in high volume. “I would imagine there would be concerns about [adequate] supply given the resolution of the display but you’ve got three different suppliers at this point. They should have enough to launch the product,” Shim said

    According to MacRumors, Apple has been working on this resolution for some time, as they’ve seen evidence of background images of exactly 2048×1536 being found in early builds of iOS 5.

    The iPad 3 is expected to release sometime during the first half of 2012.

  • iPad 3 Rumor: New LED Back-Light System for Retina Display?

    You know those awesome, super high-resolution retina displays that are said to be coming to the next-generation iPads? Apparently, Apple needs to modify their back-lighting in order to support the new technology.

    According to DigiTimes, LED Back-light unit vendors have given Apple two options on how to power their new devices. According to Taiwanese back-light unit manufacturers, Apple can either abandon the single LED light bar, or add LED chips to the current setup.

    The high-resolution displays are reportedly going to top 2048×1536, and the current single LED light bar can’t quite handle it:

    With the next-generation iPads expected to adopt LCD panels with resolutions higher than 2048 by 1536, the current single LED light bar designed for the iPad 2 has to be modify in order to maintain or strengthen the brightness of the panels, the sources explained.

    One manufacturer has suggested designs that keep the single light bar, but add two LED chips. Another manufacturer suggests that Apple switch over to using dual-LED light bars.

    According to the sources, Apple is likely to go with option B, and insert dual light bars into the upcoming tablet. Apparently, manufacturers have solved problems that were associated with dual light bar designs like heat production and battery depletion.

    Last month, we heard a rumor that manufacturers of the high-resolution retina displays were having problems producing them in mass quantities. The iPad 3’s speculated 2048×1536 display will have a super-high pixel density, almost double that of the iPad 2.

    The manufacturers, of course, can produce one of these screen no problem. The reported issue is producing them in high quantities.