3 Million iPad 3 Displays to be Shipped to Apple by End of Month?

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It was only yesterday that we found out that Apple has reportedly reduced iPad 2 display orders for the remainder of the year in order to start bulking up on iPad 3 components and now we hear that by the end of the year Apple could be sitting on an impressive number of displays for its third-generation tablet.

The news comes from Asia where DigiTimes has found out that Samsung, LG and Sharp will have shipped 3 million iPad 3 displays by the end of November:

Samsung Electronics, LG Display and Sharp reportedly shipped a total of one million units of high-resolution flat panels for next-generation iPads to Apple in October and will ramp up shipments to two million units in November, according to industry sources.

The report also suggests that Apple is expected to start producing new iPads in January of next year. Earlier today we read a different report that claimed Apple may announce the new iPad 3 models as early as January and launch it at some point in March.

These are 9.7-inch displays apparently although DigiTimes reminds us that AU Optronics and LG Display have also sent 7.85-inch display samples that Apple could use for a smaller iPad.

The publication doesn’t tell us anything about the quality of the iPad 3 displays, so we have no idea whether Apple is going forward with Retina Display plans for the iPad 3, as previously rumored, or whether it’s sticking with the same iPad and iPad 2 resolution. We’ll remind you that the iPad 2 was also rumored to sport a Retina Display, but that turned out to be just wishful thinking.

Of course when we talk about increasing the number of pixels the tablet will have to offer we also have to take into account what that really means: better processor, increased graphics power and more RAM in order for the device to actually be able to offer the Retina Display performance Apple craves.

We’ll be back with more iPad 3 rumors and reports once we have them, so stick around for more iPad news in the coming weeks.