IPAD (IPAD): Apple buys 65 million screens iPad

Next year will (almost certainly) the debut of a new version of Apple iPad not want to risk running out of touch-screen 9.7 inches, since it has already planned to buy ... 65 million! The estimate comes from the usually well-informed DigiTimes, which gives the names of LG, Samsung and Chimei as major suppliers to the Cupertino (to the extent of 35 million for LG screens and 15 million each for the other two factories ), a figure still well above 45 million to 48 million iPad that Apple will be able to place according to analysts.

This discrepancy may mean that Steve Jobs intends to significantly expand the market for its tablet, or who is buying up screens ordering a quantity greater than what is needed.

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