LG Dominates Tablet Display Market

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LG has become the prominent supplier of displays for tablets. Large volume contracts with Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble enabled the company to ship 51 percent of tablet display panels in the second quarter of 2011, market research firm IHS estimates.

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[batkerson]

I thought Sharp was supplying Apple iPhone 4s and the new iPad3 displays? Didn't I read it on Tom's?

 

[waylander]

[citation][nom]batkerson[/nom]I thought Sharp was supplying Apple iPhone 4s and the new iPad3 displays? Didn't I read it on Tom's?[/citation]

Apple has multiple suppliers for everything, companies have learned in the past that you don't want to "put all your apples in one basket" the hard way. Look at the hdd supply issues we're having now.

 

[ikyung]

Well, both the Korean tech giants have been investing ridiculous amount of money in display technology and manufacturing lines in the past decade. The only competition they have remaining is Chinese companies, but then again, who isn't Chinese companies in competition with? They make everything.

 

[falchard]

Hey guys you won't believe this, but Samsung and LG make the most display panels. Does it really come as a surprise that LG or Samsung dominate a single aspect of display panels? Is Samsung only shipping 48% of tablet display panels this quarter?