Apple runs out of new iPads for Friday delivery

11.03.2012

Not until the mid-point of 2011's third quarter did Apple claim iPad 2 supplies had matched demand.

More recently, analysts predicted that Apple would , in large part because suppliers of the new model's higher-resolution screen have had difficulty getting high yields from their lines.

Last week, Richard Shim, a senior analyst with DisplaySearch, said manufacturing the iPad's 2,048-by-1,536 pixel screen was a for Sharp, Samsung and LG Display.

Source: Apple earnings statements