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Sharp cutting iPad screen production to a minimum as iPad mini sales take over

Sharp cutting iPad screen production to a minimum as iPad mini sales take over

Posted: 18 Jan 2013, 04:18, by Daniel P.

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Sharp cutting iPad screen production to a minimum as iPad mini sales take over

Sharp has cut the screen production for the full size iPad screen in its Kameyama plant to the minimal levels needed to keep the conveyor belts running, Reuters sources have indicated.

This has been allegedly based on Apple forecasting weaker demand, as more and more people are shifting to buy the cheaper iPad mini with the smaller, less resolute screen.

Officials from Sharp and Apple didn't reply to the report with comments, and Macquarie Research analsyts have estimated iPad shipments to fall nearly 40 percent to about 8 million, but the overall Apple tablet number to break a record thanks to the added boost from the iPad mini.

source: Reuters

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1. darthinvader posted on 18 Jan 2013, 05:22 11 0

iPad Mini u CANNIBAL.. :P

2. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 18 Jan 2013, 05:33 6 3

tomorrow - apple says ipad screen production reduction story as fake and that the ipad mini is not cannibalizing ipad sales

3. reyenrique posted on 18 Jan 2013, 07:23 0 0

read the news lol

4. fanboy1974 posted on 18 Jan 2013, 08:08 3 0

This is why I doubt that Apple will release a retina iPad mini with A6 processor at $329 this spring. Who is going to pony up $500 for the 9.7" when the mini is more popular? A retina mini could even hurt their iPhone business.

5. roscuthiii posted on 18 Jan 2013, 10:04 0 0

Ludicrous!!! People don't want small, cheap tablets! I know this for a fact, some guy said so one time.

7. rusticguy posted on 18 Jan 2013, 15:15 0 0

Gone are his theories with him .. all of which have proved to be irrelevant :)

6. xtremesv posted on 18 Jan 2013, 11:27 1 0

Sorry Apple but you have just sinned, you should have upheld Steve Jobs' commandment: "you shall not make a smaller iPad".

8. darac posted on 18 Jan 2013, 16:16 0 0

Add A6X, seriously revamped IOS 7, 1600x 1100 screen on the iPad mini and you got one great device. So what if it kills the large iPad, if Apple sells it in record numbers?

9. phljcnth posted on 18 Jan 2013, 23:20 0 0

And then they're saying "iPad mini's not cannibalizing iPad sales, it's making another market."

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