There’s finally something more to chew on the upcoming Apple tablet, iPad5, or so we’d like to believe.
This time the news is from Macfixit Australia. The siteis carrying photos of the replacement screens that reportedly belong to theyet unannounced Apple iPad 5. Guys at this site were informed by their supplierthat this new iPad5 Screen/Digitizerhas the same display area as theiPad Retina version, and theedges of the frameare narrower akin to theiPad mini. This supposed iPad5 displayimage has also givenaway that it houses 2 connectorsinstead of 1. The connectors themselves have undergonechanges too – from FFC ((Flat FlexibleCable, like the iPad2/3/4) to FPC (Flexible Printed Circuits,like theiPhone 4/5).
If the displayin theabove image indeed belongs to the iPad5, we must say that it has come at an opportune time. An earlier report on the iPad5 had revealed that its productionwas to begin in July-August 2013 period.
A DigiTimes report that cited sources close to Taiwan-based supply chain companies had siad that the productionof the upcoming fifth-generation iPad would begin inthis period. The source, however, said that the "yield rates" forimportant parts of the 9.7-inch tablet, especially thetouch panels, could be "a major concern for smoothproduction."
The sources said the iPad5 will be thinner and lighter thanthe iPad4 and is said to embody a slim bezel, quite like the iPadmini. The device's display is likely to be suppliedby LG Display and Sharp, while the touch panel assembly will reportedly be carried out by TPK, a Taiwanese company. The ITO thin-film will be supplied by Nitto Denko and Teijin.
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