The humble - pricediPad minicould be in poor provision when it pop shipping on November 2 . expect high requirement for the tablet , coupled with shortages on the venire supplying chain , might lead to not enough iPad Minis to satisfy marketplace demand , according to aresearch notefrom Richard Shim , a senior analyst for NPD DisplaySearch , a securities industry inquiry business firm specializing in displays .
Shim wrote : “ As is typical , we gestate the iPads to be provision constrained ab initio , especially the iPad miniskirt with its $ 329 terms . The new down in the mouth monetary value point is expected to invoke to a wider consultation and drive up requirement . However , jury supply chain indications point to an even more than distinctive tightness in the securities industry for the iPad Mini . ”
The$329 iPad minicomes with a 7.9 - inch display with a resolution of 1024 pixels by 768 pixels , a dual core A5 C.P.U. , and twofold television camera .
According to Shim , Apple is inflate its provider base with unexampled partners for the iPad mini in gain to LG Display , who supplies panels to Foxconn for the ruined product . LG shipped 300,000 panels in September , and plans to transport 1 million in October , 2.5 million in November , and 3 million in December .
New numbers
A new Apple display supplier , AUO , will send panels to Pegatron , a companionship that , like LG Display , assembles them for the fetch up tablet .
AUO shipped just over 100,000 unit in September , the analyst count on . Shim said in his enquiry note : “ AUO is having yield issues with the 7.9 - inch panel , which is limit ( its ) supplying . ”
AUO plans to up this act of units to 400,000 units in October , threefold that in November , and plans on 1 million in December . Although these numbers look big , they do not appear to be enough to cover the estimated demand for the miniskirt .
Another point : Samsung has been a central supplier for display for iPad . In old iPad launches , Samsung and LG were the main board suppliers . However , Shim notes : “ Samsung and Apple appear to be winding down their relationshipmost likely due to the effectual fight the two have been embroiled in recently . ” Apple recently won a gamy - profile patent of invention dispute in the U.S. , in which a jury ruled that Samsung smarphones and tablets infringe on Apple patent of invention . For its part , Samsung says its still supply panels to Apple .
