Samsung is a very important partner of Apple, the Asian company collecting billions of dollars annually for the components it produces for those in Cupertino. The division that produces these components is separated from the mobile vision that steals the design of Apple products, but the legal disputes between Apple and Samsung seem to convince those from Cupertino that a partnership can no longer be sustained. According to sources inside Apple's partner factories, the American company would be reduced the number of iPad screens ordered from Samsung, moving those orders to Sharp and LG Display.
iPad panels are produced using a-Si TFT and oxide TFT technologies currently, and Apple will increase the use of oxide TFT panels shipped by Sharp for the new iPad, the sources indicated. In addition, Apply is decreasing the proportion of total shipments of iPad panels from Samsung Electronics and increasing those from Sharp and LG Display, the sources noted.
It is not known for sure if the change is related to the legal problems between the two companies, but I expect that in the future the professional relations between them will cool down. It is hard to believe that Apple will provide for a long time confidential information about its future products to a company that steals the design of its terminals, and it seems that Apple already has alternatives lined up for the Koreans. No one knows when Apple will give up Samsung, but this should happen sooner or later.
