iPad 5 is to be launched in the fall of this year by the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, and according to new rumors, she would have a screen built using GF2 technology. The implementation of this technology in the tablet screen allows the creation of a thinner, lighter product, with only one LED for lighting, and this change could also improve battery autonomy. LG Display, Sharp and Samsung are going to supply the screens for the future model of the tablet, this information confirming yesterday's rumor that told us that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), intends to give up AU Optronics and use Samsung technologies.
Apple's next-generation 9.7-inch iPad is expected to have a 2,048 by 1,536 resolution and 264ppi, the same as that of the current model, according to industry sources. But the new device will have a slimmer bezel design and use GF2 touch screen technology, which will make it thinner and lighter. The sources added that the touch panel technology is expected to be supplied by TPK and GIS.
Separated from iPad 5, for iPad Mini 2 Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it still considers the use of oxide TFT or LTPS technologies, but the first of them would not substantially reduce the energy consumption of the screen, something that Apple requires from its partners. Considering that Apple has not yet decided which technologies it will use in the Retina Display of the iPad Mini 2, it is clear that the launch is far away, especially since LG DIsplay has not yet reached an agreement with Apple regarding prices, and Samsung does not currently have enough resources to manufacture the number of screens that Apple demands.
Additionally, Apple is reportedly still choosing whether to use oxide TFT or LTPS backplane technology in its next-generation iPad mini. The sources said that Sharp is looking to provide Apple with Oxide TFT technology while LG and Samsung are leaning towards LTPS, as the Korea-based companies believe using oxide TFT does not result in significantly less power consumption. The sources also noted that LG has yet to agree with Apple on the pricing for oxide TFT, while Samsung does not have a significant amount of capacity for oxide TFT.
