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iPad 3 Display (Retina) Posing Production Difficulties?

Apple appears to be going after the new display benchmark with the iPad 3.  Seeing how they would love to pack a retina display in the tablet, manufacturers may be strained according to an anonymous source.
Retina display is named so because of the correlation between pixels and detail versus what the human eye can distinguish from.  Your iPhone 4S has 326 PPI in a 3.5 inch screen running at a resolution of 960×640.  So what about the plans for the iPad 3?
Still looking to Samsung and LG for the production of the display for Apple’s latest tablet, the likely resolution will be running at 2048×1536 and hitting a mark of 264 PPI.  Broken down further, the current iPad 2 is sitting at 132 PPI; so this would be a drastic leap forward and something that would propel Apple with a major selling point once more.
Begging for an answer is how much is rumor and how much is fact: that Apple will be able to produce such a screen for the iPad 3 within time constraints and production difficulties that the manufacturers could run into.  That is a serious display right there, and it would have to be produced in massive quantities along with an attractive price for Apple to keep their margins intact.
Referring to Samsung and LG the source said “They have production plans for 2048×1536 displays starting in November, but those are only plans at this point.”  Let’s hope that these plans can solidify and each manufacturer is able to produce the units in the quantities that Apple needs before deciding to scrap the plan altogether and await a future refresh.
If Apple can’t work out bugs for the manufacturers to be able to bring forth enough displays at this resolution to meet demand then they will likely have to revert to the lower 1600×200.  Taking it a step above the proposed 2048×1536 is 3200×4200 which would yield a massive 412 PPI, but the average human eye can’t see differences past 300 PPI anyway; especially at the optimal viewing distance for a tablet.  Unless you enjoy hurting your eyes and staring at the screen from 3 inches away; but hey who am I to judge.
It’s pretty certain that regardless – Apple will have the first look at this vivid display into their devices which should set them up for another tablet that will remain at the top of the charts.  Adding to the increase in resolution and pixel density would also be a brightness level of 550nits which is extremely bright.  This display is really starting to sound amazing!
The iPad 2 is running at roughly 389 nits if you wanted a benchmark to go off of.  More white nits equal more display brightness and adding in the increased retina display resolution and pixel density is really going to make the iPad 3 display stunning.  Who else has retina display at the top of their iPad 3 wanted specs list now?