Apple Switched to Samsung Displays as a Result of iPad Light Leak Issue

You know that leaking backlight issue on iPad 2? It looks like LG Electronics is to blame. As a result, Apple has switched to Samsung for its supply of touchscreen panels.

LG only shipped 3.2 million units in the quarter, as there was a light leakage problem with panels produced at the company’s sixth-generation production lines. Sources told the Taiwanese publication that LG has addressed issues with light leakage, and “shipment momentum” is expected to return to the company in the second quarter.

This shift in suppliers is likely a contributor to Apple’s “mother of all backlogs” as they struggled to keep up with insatiable iPad demand. Apple shipped only 4.69 million iPads last quarter, a big drop from the 7.33 million shipped during the previous 2010 holiday quarter.

via AppleInsider

James Britton

James first bit into Apple when his mom and dad bought an Apple IIe in 1986. He switched to Wintel in the mid 90s when Apple was in a tailspin and back again to an iBook in 2005 when things were looking brighter. Hopefully there is no turning back to the dark side now.