Rumor: Apple will push Toshiba to make more iPhone LCDs

with this kind of help that European operators dream of: according to Reuters, a Japanese newspaper report Nikkei indicates that Toshiba is ready to invest almost $ 1.2 billion in the construction of a small LCD screen factory in Ishikawa, and part of that investment will come from Apple coffers. Why that? To supply the assembly lines of iPhones.

IPhone 4 screen

Once built, the new plant will double Toshiba's monthly panel output, which currently stands at 8.55 million units. Apple's participation in the investment will certainly help to reduce the intensity of one of the biggest iPhone problems on the market: the offer.

(via MacRumors)