Yeah, there's no way Apple will ever figure that out and continue producing top shelf products. No. Way. They're done without Samsung....
good grief people are arrogant & ignorant. 28 upvotes for this ^ ridiculous comment as of this writing.
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Samsung to Cease Providing LCD Panels to Apple in 2013
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Yeah, there's no way Apple will ever figure that out and continue producing top shelf products. No. Way. They're done without Samsung....
good grief people are arrogant & ignorant. 28 upvotes for this ^ ridiculous comment as of this writing.Really? So even if they use inferior parts - their products will be the greatest and most innovative? Do you read what you write? Do you follow any sense of logic at all?
They were, without a doubt, but they aren't anymore.
Sharp is beginning to meet that higher demand capacity now, and the problems LG was having have been rectified for the most part.
Samsung is not the only maker of high quality displays, but neither are Sharp/LG/Hitachi/Pioneer/Sony, etc...
The quality of these displays, from just about every manufacturer, is growing by leaps every year that passes. Just compare any modern display to one of just a few years ago and you can see it, nearly regardless of who manufactured it.
5+ year old Pioneer or Fujitsu TVs make Samsung look crappy. Samsung are fair at best.
Until you get some ghosting in your screen or note that your ssd performs like cheap Kingston Value ones. Better than hard disks, way worse than you expected.
On the other hand, I had mixed bad and good experiences with LG and Samsung displays, no preference for one brand or another these days, although LG was worse than Samsung in the CRT era.
None of that is true. Stock can be used as collateral for loans, and one can both put money into their pocket AND keep all of their stock.
And as to my attitude, it is the attitude that made this country great. Only babies and commies think otherwise.
And Sharp panels are better still, problem was until recently Sharp didn't have the volume production Apple needed. That has changed over the past year and their new IGZO technology is way ahead of anyone else's LCDs and capable of much higher desensitise than required for retina displays with much reduced power requirements. I suspect Apple just decided that for displays there was no pressing reason to stay with Samsung any longer.
It's 1 test of 2 specific models, I hope you understand that you can not draw conclusions about all panels that is not samsung from that 1 test.
Really? This is where you want to take conversation. Keep moving the goalpost why don't you
This has nothing to do with Samsung's ads.
I think the Samsung/Apple divorce decision on LCD's came from both parties. Samsung was making almost no money on providing them for Apple, and now that Sharp and others have caught up to Samsung in terms of manufacturing capacity, Apple no longer needed Samsung, either.
If anything, both parties lose on the short term, but beyond that short outlook, it won't hurt either...but Sharp and LG will benefit.
As I've written above, Samsung Display has never been that big of a display supplier for Apple apart from the initial shipment of the iPad 3rd gen Retina screen, which has been moved mainly to LG since. The Retina Macbook Pro has been pretty much the only one area Samsung has been important but if LG can catch up with it - and probably will - I don't see what's such a big deal about it. This is assuming the Korea Times article is legit, which isn't a sure thing either.
But I guess some need to psychologically psych themselves that Apple fans here are all deluded and Apple is always in trouble.
All it takes it that you read the article headline. I kind of expect that of you.
LG is Lucky Goldstar. Ring any bells? They are more in to the business of selling £100 32inch TVs that you find in your supermarket.
Very bad news.
Samsung make far superior panels to any of the crap LG produces.
The 2 main instances off the top of my head are the rMBP having retention issues on the LG panel (as well as severe light bleed in my experience), and the 2011 MacBook Airs, in which the LG panel lacked contrast, and had a dimmer panel compared to the Samsung counterpart.
On the other hand, none of this makes any difference to me, as the crappy glass panels Apple uses cause poor screen uniformity in all of their product lines (and no, just because a lot of people don't have a keen eye to be able to spot it, doesnt mean it doesnt exist).
iMacs, dark bar at the bottom of the screen in addition to varying levels of yellowing to different areas of the screen.
iPhone's, different calibration on every phone, in addition to yellowing issues (not as noticeable due to smaller screen size).
iPad, usual yellowing issues, as well as many units appearing to be "pink" in the 3rd gen iPad.
Retina MacBook, from dead pixels (expected given the amount) to yellowing to pink tinting to image retention, as well as the aforementioned light bleeding.
I could go on and on. It doesnt exist with every sample you'll buy from Apple, but unfortunately given how much of a "cool" company they have become with the kids these days, their products are mass produced on such a scale that good quality is hard to come by.
No doubt I'll still incite a response from the die hard Apple worshippers on here, but you can't argue with facts.
Its a shame really, because these screens are beautiful with the glass removed.
Samsung make far superior panels to any of the crap LG produces.
The 2 main instances off the top of my head are the rMBP having retention issues on the LG panel (as well as severe light bleed in my experience), and the 2011 MacBook Airs, in which the LG panel lacked contrast, and had a dimmer panel compared to the Samsung counterpart.
On the other hand, none of this makes any difference to me, as the crappy glass panels Apple uses cause poor screen uniformity in all of their product lines (and no, just because a lot of people don't have a keen eye to be able to spot it, doesnt mean it doesnt exist).
iMacs, dark bar at the bottom of the screen in addition to varying levels of yellowing to different areas of the screen.
iPhone's, different calibration on every phone, in addition to yellowing issues (not as noticeable due to smaller screen size).
iPad, usual yellowing issues, as well as many units appearing to be "pink" in the 3rd gen iPad.
Retina MacBook, from dead pixels (expected given the amount) to yellowing to pink tinting to image retention, as well as the aforementioned light bleeding.
I could go on and on. It doesnt exist with every sample you'll buy from Apple, but unfortunately given how much of a "cool" company they have become with the kids these days, their products are mass produced on such a scale that good quality is hard to come by.
No doubt I'll still incite a response from the die hard Apple worshippers on here, but you can't argue with facts.
Its a shame really, because these screens are beautiful with the glass removed.
Both LG Display and Samsung Display are struggling with their TV display businesses due to the pricing pressure actually. Samsung Display does make pretty decent money out of their AMOLED because Samsung Electronics' phone business is booming.
Yes, facts like Samsung doesn't make iPhone displays nor have they made any in the past few generations, yet some think they do, or the fact Samsung that makes phones and chips isn't even technically the same company that makes displays. Yet people who dislike "Apple worshippers" will ignore the facts and use their own facts to proclaim how brain washed "Apple worshippers" are. I'm always perplexed by that.
Samsung makes better SMALL LCD's than LG does at the moment. The way you worded this is they make better LCD's of all sizes, which isn't true. At all.
My rMBP has LG and is just fine.. The image retention thing I've seen in-store on Samsung rMBP's... and even on Samsung LCD made for the iPad 3's, or have you forgotten THAT news bit so very conveniently and quickly? They are not immune. It's Physics and Samsung can't get around it.. in-spite of your fear-mongoring. lol
As Apple invests more into LG and Sharp their processes will improve and in the end we will have stronger competitors to Samsung.. THAT is a good thing for consumers, BAD for Samsung.. not very smart on their part really.
This is a good move for Apple.. Can't wait for my iPad Mini!
I'm sure that's the plan. Why financially support and grow a supplier that steals your designs and intellectual property?
LG Philips are a world away from Lucky Goldstar. You may as well say they still make toothpaste...
I suggest using the sarcasm smiley.
Else if you really feel this way, I suggest replacing the "i" in your name with "GetA"
Get over it. Apple is the Ferrari of consumer electronics.
Do you really think that Ferrari owners use Huawei phones? That they buy their tablet computers from behind the counter at Walgreens?
No. They own Apple products.
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And when customers buy them by the tens of millions, it will prove them correct. Sheesh!