Apple will launch iPad 3 and iPhone 5 in 2012, as well as overhaul its iMac and MacBook Air lines, according to a DigiTimes report. The publication, which covers the semiconductor, electronics and computer industries in Taiwan and China, claims to have been informed by "sources in the upstream supply chain" that Apple will finalise order volumes for key components for the next-gen iPad in December.
The company is said to be planning to order enough components to produce two million iPad 3 units by the end of 2011. It has reportedly instructed manufacturers to develop flat panel modules and LED light bars for two prototypes models, codenamed J1 and J2.
DigiTimes added that the iPhone 5 and next-generation iMac are unlikely to be revealed until the second half of next year.