Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/23/wintek_touchscreen_defect/
Display defect may crimp iPhone 5 shipments
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Posted in Mobile, 23rd September 2011 16:21 GMT
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The iPhone 5 rumor mill continues to churn, with today's tidbit being a report that a flaw in Wintek-produced touchscreen displays will put a crimp in shipments of the not-yet-acknowledged Cupertinian superphone.
According to the sometimes spot-on, sometimes "Say what?" market-watchers at DigiTimes [1], one of the manufacturer's of iPhone 5's touchscreen, Wintek [2], is having problems with a display defect known as a "delayed bubble" – and no, EVE Online [3] fans, this problem has nothing to do with the delayed bubble [4] gambit you've used to destroy decloaking baddies.
If you're pining for a next-generation iPhone, however, don't worry yourself silly – Wintek is far from being the major supplier of iPhone touchscreens. According to DigiTimes's sources, the delayed-bubble sufferers manufacture only between 20 and 25 per cent of the touchscreens used in the iPhone 5. TPK Holding [5] supplies 60 to 65 per cent of the displays, and Chimei Innolux [6] takes care of the remainder.
DigiTimes's sources also noted that Apple plans to move 25 to 26 million iPhone 5s in the fourth quarter of this year – a not-unreasonable goal, seeing as how 20.34 million iPhones were sold in the company's most recent quarter. ®