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"&amp;lt;vc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Samsung, LG Display and Sharp have begun shipping high-resolution displays for Apple's next generation iPad as Foxconn prepares to begin assembly in January 2012, a new report claims.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nThe suppliers reportedly shipped a total of one million panels in October and will ship two million more this month, industry sources told &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;DigiTimes&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111117PD213.html\"&amp;gt;on Friday&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.\r\n\r\nSources also said touch module suppliers will begin shipping components in mid-November to December with combined shipments of one million units a month from Wintek and TPK Holding. They claimed Apple manufacturer Foxconn is likely to start assembling the third-generation iPad in January of next year.\r\n\r\nAn earlier report from the publication claimed Apple &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/04/apple_stockpiling_2m_third_gen_ipad_units_by_end_of_2011.html\"&amp;gt;planned to build&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; two million next-generation iPad units by the end of this year.\r\n\r\nThe iPad 3 display has been &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/15/apple_ibooks_app_indicates_ipad_2_will_quadruple_resolution_to_2048x1536.html\"&amp;gt;widely rumored&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to boast a doubled resolution of 2,048 x 1,536 pixels. Retina Display-like pixel density would likely accelerate adoption of Apple's touchscreen tablet in the &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/08/retina_display_for_ipad_3_would_enable_precision_required_for_pilots_doctors/\"&amp;gt;medical and aviation industries&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.\r\n\r\nBut, scattered reports out of Apple's supply chain suggest that producing the displays at a low cost and high volume has &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/19/apple_nears_trial_production_of_high_res_ipad_3_coming_in_early_2012.html\"&amp;gt;proved difficult&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; for the iPad maker's partners. The increased resolution has also reportedly introduced &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/07/apple_leaning_towards_dual_led_light_bars_for_ipad_3s_retina_display.html\"&amp;gt;new technical issues&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, such as whether to add a second LED light bar to the device.\r\n\r\nApple's next-generation iPad is expected to sport a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/17/samsung_to_supply_quad_core_a6_cpu_to_apple_despite_legal_battle_report.html\"&amp;gt;quad-core A6 CPU&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and is rumored to include a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/21/apple_rumored_to_be_building_ipad_3_with_new_smaller_dock_connector.html\"&amp;gt;smaller dock connector&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/06/apple_rumored_to_use_thinner_lighter_safer_battery_for_ipad_3.html\"&amp;gt;thinner, lighter battery&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.  \r\n\r\nFriday's report also noted that suppliers have sent Apple samples of a 7.85-inch iPad panel, but it was unable to verify whether Apple had decided to go with the smaller form factor. Rumors of a forthcoming &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/18/lg_au_optronics_allegedly_supplying_7_85_ipad_screens_to_apple.html\"&amp;gt;7-inch iPad&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; picked up steam &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/12/apple_rumored_to_counter_amazon_kindle_fire_with_ipad_mini_in_2012.html\"&amp;gt;last month&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, despite the fact that late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/18/steve_jobs_squashes_rumors_of_smaller_7_inch_ipad.html\"&amp;gt;disparaged the size&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; as being too small."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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