Apple will launch a new 10in iPad this summer, with an indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) panel that will enable the tablet to be thinner and have a longer battery life.
That’s according to a DigiTimes report, which points to Chinese website Apple Daily’s claim that shipments of the fourth generation iPad will ramp up in September. The report suggests that Sharp will take over the panel supply from Samsung for the device.
However, even DigiTimes highlights that the claims are unlikely to be true, because the third-generation iPad is still only three months old. The conclusion that Sharp will be supplying the panels for the next iPad could have been reached following recent investments in the company from Apple’s main supply partner, Foxconn.
There is also speculation that Apple will unveil a 7in iPad ‘mini’ later this this year, perhaps alongside the iPhone 5.
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grumpygiraffe said on Mon, 02 Jul 2012
I'm still hoping for an iPad Pro at some point.
The 3rd Generation iPad is a very nice piece of kit, but, it is essentially just an iPad 2 with a little more RAM and an enhanced graphics chip to drive the the extra pixels on screen.
I'd love that extra RAM and graphics umph alongside a quad core processor (A6?) and larger storage capacity. The extra battery life would also be a very important element and I'd take all that over the quest to make it as thin as humanly possible.
I'd slap money down for that right now.
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