TPK Holdings to supply bulk of touch panels for next-gen Apple iPhone

By on Jul 26, 2011 at 7:00 AM
mobile July 26, 2011

Taiwan-based TPK Holdings Ltd. has been awarded a contract from Apple to supply between 70% and 80% of the touch panels for its upcoming fifth-generation iPhone, Taiwan Economic News reports. Referring to the next-generation smartphone as the “iPhone 4S,” the publication cites unnamed industry insiders with the report. TPK holdings is currently the world’s largest touch panel maker by volume, and is said to be the only manufacturer able to meet Apple’s steep quantity demands while maintaining consistent quality. TPK Holdings is already Apple’s top touch panel supplier and the unparalleled quality of Apple’s current touch experience makes the retention of its current No. 1 supplier a logical move. The Taiwan-based component manufacturer also supplies touch panels to HTC, Amazon and Barnes & Noble, among others. Apple is expected to launch its fifth-generation iPhone handset this fall.

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  • Anonymous

    It better be a 4.3in panel.

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

      Not everyone wants to hold a brick to their head.

    • Anonymous

      It better not be 4.3 inches.

  • Flintchesthair

     ”unparalleled quality of Apple’s current touch experience”
    Dear God, what have you done.

    • Yup

      Spoken (written) the truth. Get over it.

    • Biggreenapple

      More like , who have you done ,or, who have done you

  • Anonymous

    What about BGR’s “proven source” that just yesterday said the iPhone 5 would be released this fall.  Now its a 4S again…crazy!

  • BadBreaking

    If its 4 inches or larger, it’ll be a day one purchase for me.

    • KCRic

      Interesting, those are the same requirements your mom had too…

      • Anonymous

        This is why I come to BGR. Not many other tech sites have shit lipped trolls scattered about. GOOD JOB!

  • Anonymous

    Haha. Screw samsung. Don’t give em any of your business. Death to the copycats. Samsung will be gone in two years.  true story™©®

    • Anonymous

      After they acquire apple and go bankrupt because of the shitty products apple sells, yeah they will be gone. true story™©®

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    Will someone hurry up and leak a prototype or something so we can see what this thing looks like lol jk

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  • Roflmao

    Wait wait wait. “… TPK has just been awarded the contract…”
    Just been awarded?! That means they haven’t even started production! Great. Now the launch date moves back even further…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DIJC7QCUMXJPENMCV3FSL7JP6I Jana Guerrero

    I just paid $22.87 for an iPad2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $675 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, MetaCent. com

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