Samsung is the Only Supplier of the iPad Retina Display?

Samsung is reportedly the only supplier of the iPad Retina Display, according to Vinita Jakhanwal, a senior manager at iSuppli.

Bloomberg reports that according to Jakhanwal, LG and Sharp didn't meet Apple's quality requirements for the display.


"The display specifications on the new iPad are very demanding in terms of the very high resolution," Jakhanwal said in an e-mail. "Achieving this high resolution without compromising on the power consumption and brightness and maintaining Apple's quality standards are supposedly proving to be a challenge for LG Display and Sharp."

Notably, this deepens Apple's relationship with Samsung even as the two sue each other around the globe.

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