iFixit has begun Apple iPad 3 disassembly, secrets lie ahead

15 March, 2012
The 4G iPad with 16GB of memory is undergoing its inevitable tear down and already there's spicy info.

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  • 15 Mar 2012

Alex, 15 Mar 2012If it's a Samsung display, I'll never buy itPresently displays, processors, DRAM, NAND flash chips and similar components are all supplied to Apple from Samsung. Based on a conversation had at the end of last year between Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and Samsung Electronics’ Chief Operating Officer Lee Jay-yong, the Korean company will be a key supplier of Apple until the end of 2014.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/apple-could-rack-up-an-11-billion-bill-with-samsung-before-2012-is-out/

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    • AnonD-46645
    • nuA
    • 15 Mar 2012

    ha ha ha...... display made by samsung? Shame apple!

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      • Neil
      • ms0
      • 15 Mar 2012

      every large company is hand in hand witch the other one , and all of them together are under the i..uminat1 control , the sue etch other only to give a false impression . their main target is to control and know everything that you do , ios and android , windows , linux and other sutch as , are made for your control .

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        • Anonymous
        • NUw
        • 15 Mar 2012

        lol i see a sighn inside that says we will sue samsung again lol

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          • AnonD-4345
          • IB%
          • 15 Mar 2012

          Who makes it should not be cared about ...who Designed it is all what you may want to know and its Apple. We all know that...Apple is know for its best Designs now matter if its Software or Hardware. Manufacturing / Labor and all that Crap is not an end user's business ...not sure why people just relate one to the other...

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            • AnonD-7973
            • Lax
            • 15 Mar 2012

            Alex, 15 Mar 2012If it's a Samsung display, I'll never buy itit is funny. for the producers is strictly bussiness, for buyers, hate and total war. lol.

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              • euro
              • LHf
              • 15 Mar 2012

              Alex, 15 Mar 2012If it's a Samsung display, I'll never buy iti'm not defending samsung, but you dont buy a product because of brand, its the model! so yea samsung does have some bad products buy sgs2 is far better than iphone 4s

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                • 15 Mar 2012

                Alex, 15 Mar 2012If it's a Samsung display, I'll never buy itapple is not going to wind up if you are not buying

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                  • Anonymous
                  • DMa
                  • 15 Mar 2012

                  Alex, 15 Mar 2012If it's a Samsung display, I'll never buy itsamsung will never lose if you didn't bought it
                  so i ask you to buy the iPad3 please...


                  -_- whatever

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                    • 15 Mar 2012

                    @claudX, samsung was chosen because it had the only screen that is up to the task/performance for the iPad. Neither sharp nor LG could've passed all the requirements

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 15 Mar 2012

                      Shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody that Apple use a Samsung LCD. Apple is not a component manufacturer and will source any component from best & most economical supplier.

                      As for whether to battery is 42.5 WH or 43 it doesn't really matter as this will only be the nominal capacity when new. Makes very little difference (tiny) to operating time.

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                        • HEk
                        • 15 Mar 2012

                        43Whr battery, instead of the 42.5Whr Apple has disclosed. And if you are more of a mAh person, the capacity of the iPad 3 battery is 11,560mAh.

                        This is not true. MacBook Pro Has 7500mAh

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                          • Mufti
                          • J9S
                          • 15 Mar 2012

                          Apple listed it's supplier list.

                          http://images.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/pdf/Apple_Supplier_List_2011.pdf

                          it is showing 'Samsung' is one of their supplier.

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                            • Lxd
                            • 15 Mar 2012

                            Anonymous, 15 Mar 2012simple question: why samsung didn't use this lcd panel for ... moreIt's business... They can't do something patented by other company... Apple invented it, then looked for the best average between labor price and quality to make it real... this time Samsung Won that price/quality fight over others... but remember That LG won the iPhone 4 same fight a couple of years ago. They have the tech, but someone patented it first. So they must invent something different to compete... that's when Samsung Super Amoled come to life.

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                              • 15 Mar 2012

                              Anonymous, 15 Mar 2012simple question: why samsung didn't use this lcd panel for ... moreif samsung manufacure a android tablet it can sell 10 pieces of it.
                              But same place apple can sell around 200 ipads so by selling screen is more profit
                              i think so

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                                • Alex
                                • LaC
                                • 15 Mar 2012

                                If it's a Samsung display, I'll never buy it

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                                  • AnonD-19360
                                  • Lxd
                                  • 15 Mar 2012

                                  Why the surprise of samsung doing the screen?? This means that Samsung is the best option of the cheap labor/quality sector... nothing more... If samsung is winning the "cost per screen done" its ok... Remember when iPhone 4 appeared, LG won that place. Not surprise at all... it's business...

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                                    • mby
                                    • 15 Mar 2012

                                    Lol people paying a lot for this ipad.......euhm i mean samipad....whahahah.

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                                      • Lh@
                                      • 15 Mar 2012

                                      Anonymous, 15 Mar 2012it has a 9.7 inch screen, so it's not that mesmerizinglaptops have 17 screen with 6000-8000mah.....

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0Cb
                                        • 15 Mar 2012

                                        simple question: why samsung didn't use this lcd panel for their tablet, before ipad 3? if they are capable to do such thing, why didn't use it for samsung products? the net profit obtained by samsung selling this panel in an apple tablet is bigger than selling in a samsung tablet?? i do not understand.