Touch Screens May Get Pricier Due to Shortage in Supply

[Guest]

Demand and supply of touch screens could be severely out of balance for the remainder of the year as significant new product releases meet a reduced production capacity.

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[Guest]

That's going to hurt Windows 8. That OS depends on touchscreens too much.

 

[chewy1963]

Ha ha Micro$oft, another reason you're going to take a bath from Win 8! :lol:

 

[echondo]

[citation][nom]chewy1963[/nom]Ha ha Micro$oft, another reason you're going to take a bath from Win 8![/citation]
[citation][nom]Forest_GS[/nom]That's going to hurt Windows 8. That OS depends on touchscreens too much.[/citation]

All tablets, albeit Apple, Android and Windows, will ALL take a hit from this if they use the same material film, which 2 of them do as stated in the article.

This doesn't just affect Windows 8, so ignorant.

 

[acerace]

[citation][nom]echondo[/nom]All tablets, albeit Apple, Android and Windows, will ALL take a hit from this if they use the same material film, which 2 of them do as stated in the article.This doesn't just affect Windows 8, so ignorant.[/citation]

No s h i t. Don't get so butthurt, they're the usual trolls.

 

[mad tech]

is it that time of the year again? Where shortage = Us paying the price x99999999999 it's getting old guys try another lame excuse to drive prices up

 

[vaughn2k]

Another excuse to sell products with higher price tag. No wonder it happens every same time of every year.

 

[murzar]

WHAT?! NO WAY! This is daylight robbery!

 

[Onus]

How about "falling demand as people realize they simply don't need [another] one drives touchscreen prices down."

 

[drwho1]

as long as my keyboard and mouse work... why should I care?

 

[xpeh]

So... Samsung ordered so much touch screens from its factory that it exploded? I probably misunderstood the article.

 

[DRosencraft]

So much tin-foil-hat wearing here today...

Anyway, this is the same problem that happens again and again; too few places making something that too many want/need. Not sure if @xpeh is joking or not, but a very similar thing likely is the problem - they had a lot of people making orders, tried to hurry up production, and there was an accident. There are a lot of volatile chemicals used in the manufacturing process for these screens. A messup can easily make a bad situation.

 

[eddieroolz]

Time for another plant in Japan to swoop down and snap up the demand!

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

Touch my screen, you know you want to.

 

[cats_Paw]

Lucky for me, i hate touchscreen.