While it is not a secret that Apple is working on own-brand TV-set, the progress of the development is completely unclear. If some analysts expected the first Apple televisions to hit the market in late 2012, the company continues to test various designs of the forthcoming products, according to a new report.

Apple is working with “component suppliers”, presumably with Foxconn Technology Group, to test several designs for television sets, people familiar with the situation told the Wall Street Journal. Foxconn has been collaborating with Sharp Corp. on the design of the new television for a number of months, something which may mean that the TV-set from Apple will utilize screens based on IGZO technology.

"It is not a formal project yet. It is still in the early stage of testing," one of the sources is reported to have said...