Rumors: Apple iTV in trial production stage.

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Rumors: Apple iTV in trial production stage.



Foxconn “has received orders for the Apple TV, and is currently in trial production stage,” reports China Business News (via Business Insider). 


The unconfirmed data comes just over two weeks after Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou was reportedly mistranslated as saying that his company, as well as Japanese partner Sharp, had begun “making preparations” for the production of an iTV. No additional information on date of release has yet been put forth.

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2012: Samsung and LG unlikely to sell Apple OLED panel TVs. iTV delayed, waiting to Sharp.

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The chance is low for Apple to launch so-called iTV products in the second quarter of 2012 as there are no signs indicating that Sharp is ready to ship IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) panels to Apple.

Apple reportedly has sought to source IGZO panels from Sharp for the production of iTVs as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which unveiled their 55-inch Super OLED and AMOLED TV models, respectively, at CES, both have regarded OLED TVs are their killer products for 2012, and therefore the two Korea-based companies are unlikely to share OLED panel production capacities with Apple.

Although Sharp's 8G lines are able to produce panels in 32- 46- and even 55-inch sizes, the Japan-based panel maker seems unready to start shipping the IGZO panels needed for the production of iTV sets.

 Additionally, yield rates of Sharp's IGZO panels are also a major concern.