Reuters: Technology News: Sharp to start shipping iPhone screens to Apple this month

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Sharp to start shipping iPhone screens to Apple this month Aug 2nd 2012, 10:16 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Apple, Samsung launch salvos as smartphone trial heats up Tue, Jul 31 2012 Apple, Samsung patent trial starts with jury selection Mon, Jul 30 2012 Apple buys mobile security firm AuthenTec for $356 million Fri, Jul 27 2012 Apple, Samsung take patent fight to crucial California trial Fri, Jul 27 2012 Smartphones power record Samsung profit of $5.9 billion during Apple lull Fri, Jul 27 2012 Analysis & Opinion Counterparties: Low tech Chinese IP awareness, sown by West, bruises Apple Sharp Corp's President Takashi Okuda attends a news conference in Tokyo August 2, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Issei Kato TOKYO | Thu Aug 2, 2012 6:16am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp. said it will start shipping screens destined for a new Apple iPhone that is widely expected to be released in October ahead of the pre-Christmas shopping season. "Shipments will start in August," Sharp's new president, Takashi Okuda, said at a press briefing in Tokyo on Thursday after the company released its latest quarterly earnings. He declined to give a more specific date for shipments beyond this month. Apple is planning a major product launch on Sept 12, stoking speculation that the world's most valuable technology company will announce the sale of its redesigned iPhone. Sharp, identified as a supplier by Apple last year, is one of three companies expected to build the screens for the latest Apple offering. The other two suppliers of the panels are LG Display Co Ltd and Japan Display Inc. Apple is equipping the next iPhone with a larger screen after Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphone with a 4.8-inch touch-screen. Sources earlier told Reuters that the panels will be 4 inches corner to corner -- 30 percent bigger than current iPhones. Samsung last month posted a record operating profit of $5.9 billion for the quarter ended June, helped by sales of its latest handset. The iPhone screens will also be thinner than their previous incarnations with the use of so-called in-cell panels. The new technology embeds touch sensors into the liquid crystal display, eliminating the touch-screen layer found in current iPhones. Samsung and Apple on Tuesday faced off at the start of a high-stakes patent trial, where Apple has accused Samsung of stealing iPhone features like scrolling and multi-touch. (Reporting by Tim Kelly; Editing by Ryan Woo) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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