Interesting new tablet gossip from DigiTimes today. The Taiwanese paper says its manufacturer sources believe there will now be two tablet models: a 9.7-incher with OLED screen made by LG, plus the 10.6-inch version we’ve already heard about.

Nothing is confirmed, of course, but there’s been talk for a while now that Apple and LG had signed a five-year US$500 million panel supply agreement.

DigiTimes says that 9.7-inch OLED panels are priced at about $500 bucks today, and the screen would account for about 30 percent of the device’s $1500 to $1700 cost when it arrives in the second quarter of next year. OLED prices are expected to fall over the next couple of years, though. As for the 10.6-incher, that’s still said to be in the $800 to $1000 ballpark.

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