Fifth-generation iPad will begin production in July

According to new information, a full-scale production of the fifth-generation iPad will begin in July this year.

Details about the next full-sized iPad appeared in Notes on DigiTimes. As usual, the article cites unnamed sources in the Asian supply chain, information from which, as we know, we should not blindly believe, though sometimes it is confirmed. At this time, these sources claim that the new iPad will be on store shelves in September. It is expected that the device will be more thin protective glass is about 0.2 mm thick, along with touch screen technology GF2. It is also said that changes to the fifth-generation iPad will concern not only the thickness but also the weight - the device will be much easier, dropping as much as 33% by weight relative to the current model. In addition, it was said that in the following will be used iPad only one LED lighting strip instead of two.

The screens for the next iPad, expected to produce LG Display, Samsung Display and Sharp. Among suppliers of components for the new tablet DigiTimes also mentions TPK Holding, Coretronic, Radiant Opto-Electronics and Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology.

Information from DigiTimes practically coincides with voice previously forecasts Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (Ming-Chi Kuo) of KGI Securities, which also reported that the iPad 5 will be a smaller battery and designed in the style of iPad mini.