Apple Likely to Use Samsung's Tandem OLED Displays for Future iPads and Macs

[FranApple]

The reports of blooming on the Mini-LED seemed a little overblown (snort) to my eyes as the screen on the iPad Pro 12.9" looks fantastic to me, but your tastes may vary. That said, I'd love to see the iPad Mini get the screen tech upgrade treatment (Mini or OLED) as it has quickly become my favorite iPad for everyday use.

It's bad enough that it's an issue. I agree that in normal usage it's fine, but it is definitely obvious when in environments with darker lighting. What's curious though is that the new MacBook Pros don't have nearly as much blooming. Wonder if this was a refinement of the technology or just something inherent in laptop displays that prevents blooming. The 120hz on a MacBook also doesn't feel quite as buttery smooth as on an iPad Pro.

 

[topdrawer]

What have the reports on OLED iPhones been on burn in issues? I don’t recall hearing about any big problems with it but was curious to know.
All screen technologies have pluses and minuses though.

people don't keep iPhone screens continuously on as long as they keep TVs and Monitors on.

 

[bobcomer]

Can’t wait for the day Apple stops using OLED any uses anything else that doesn’t suffer from burn in.

I'll take an OLED over anything else currently. I've never seen any burn in...

 

[falainber]

people don't keep iPhone screens continuously on as long as they keep TVs and Monitors on.

And phone OLED screens use completely different tech than TV screens.

 

[Populus]

I have a question for people who know more about this technology: Could this double stacked OLED panels exaggerate the Burn-in effect that most OLED suffer over time? Or could it help mitigate it? Thank you.

 

[coolfactor]

So, if I understand correctly OLED still has superior blacks, but Micro-LEDs (not mini-) will be far superior. The tech is just too expensive right now.

 

[CWallace]

So, if I understand correctly OLED still has superior blacks, but Micro-LEDs (not mini-) will be far superior. The tech is just too expensive right now.

Both OLED and microLED are "emissive" displays so both have superior blacks because only the active pixels are lit (so no backlights are used, like in LCD). The main advantage of microLED is that it has longer pixel life than OLED and is said to not suffer from image retention or burn-in.

 

[VaruLV]

It's bad enough that it's an issue. I agree that in normal usage it's fine, but it is definitely obvious when in environments with darker lighting. What's curious though is that the new MacBook Pros don't have nearly as much blooming. Wonder if this was a refinement of the technology or just something inherent in laptop displays that prevents blooming. The 120hz on a MacBook also doesn't feel quite as buttery smooth as on an iPad Pro.

I dont know, maybe inclusion of additional touch layer in iPads or the fact that eveythings so tightly crammed inside the body of an iPad thus having slightly different approach to screen layers/their compositon/thickness or both?
Or, as you said, improved materials/process.

 

[CWallace]

What's curious though is that the new MacBook Pros don't have nearly as much blooming. Wonder if this was a refinement of the technology or just something inherent in laptop displays that prevents blooming.

The MacBook Pro 16" has a similar number of mini-LEDs and local dimming zones (~10K/2500) as the iPad Pro 12.9, but they are spread over a larger area, so perhaps that helps. Same with the 14", which has ~8K/~2K.

 

[ksec]

I appreciate that, but I do believe that their have been several Android OLED phones that have suffered with burn in on their screens. So I'm not so sure that's the case, either way I am not familiar with the stats on how it affects the iPhone.

That happens when you use your phone for something like Direction in Car Driving and happens sooner with low quality OLED. iPhone would have the same effect. There are different way to migrate the issue but it only helps so much.

 

[pdoherty]

Both OLED and microLED are "emissive" displays so both have superior blacks because only the active pixels are lit (so no backlights are used, like in LCD). The main advantage of microLED is that it has longer pixel life than OLED and is said to not suffer from image retention or burn-in.

And you forgot it can also get far-brighter than OLED so it's better for HDR.

 

[svish]

Maybe for a larger iPad like the Samsung Tab S8 Ultra

 

[pearvsapple]

How far is microLED to get into iPhone,iPad,MAC.

Not in this decade. The display makers are still having issues making them into regular TV size such as 65" and 55". Its future is not very promising.