Apple is negotiating with a major supplier of components for televisions on possible cooperation, said Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray citing an anonymous source within the company. Thus, the expert has once again confirmed the rumors of an upcoming release of a television system iTV.
However, it is believed that the rumors of Apple preparing their own TV are false, because the issue of such a device is not much interest for the company: the market is already occupied by a huge number of manufacturers, and gross profits derived from sales of TV panels, much lower than usual for Apple 30%.
The analyst says that Cupertino corporation contacted potential partners regarding the various possibilities of delivery of components for televisions. According to Munster, «Apple continues to study television production process."
According to analyst Piper Jaffray, the company Steve Jobs will be fully prepared to manufacture its own TV by the end of 2012, however, the timing may well be postponed. It is assumed that the main suppliers of Cupertino in the project for the production of «iTV» South Korea's Samsung and will become Japan's Sharp. They will be responsible for the production of processors and displays. Diagonal will be the last relatively small - within the limits of 32-37 inches (81.3 - 94 cm).
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