Apple Reportedly Planning to Launch iMac With OLED Display

[Jackson Lawton]

I could see Apple creating a more pro-ish style iMac, but I doubt it will come with a bigger screen size or at least that which is much bigger in size that what it is today. Maybe 25.6” isn’t that out of the realm of possibility, but that would probably be the max as they want people to flock to the new Studio Displays. If they don’t increase the size and just switch to OLED for the higher end iMac, that would need to at least include the M5 Pro chip inside to make it at all worth it — not just an M5 with an optional upgrade to an M5 Pro. They would also need to rework the internals to make it handle more intensive workloads.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

It's mind-boggling it takes Apple 3-4 years to incorporate into a new iMac, what is a common display technology in the industry everywhere BUT Apple.

They can't make you delay purchasing another companies display if they don't drag this out.

 

[JohnRckr]

I just don’t get this..
Apple is always years late to the party, OLED display by 2030?

 

[capamac]

OLEDs don't last. They get burn-in. They get color shifts so you can't rely on them for accurate color work as time goes on. They're a poor technology.

 

[123]

For 2030+ Apple has already asked suppliers for an OLED version of a horse carriage.

 

[macjaffa]

It's mind-boggling

not really. Unless you were born yesterday?

 

[macjaffa]

OLEDs don't last. They get burn-in. They get color shifts so you can't rely on them for accurate color work as time goes on. They're a poor technology.

Nonsense. Cite anything to back up your claims.

 

[123]

27"+ or nothing.

You mean 32".

 

[Tyler O'Bannon]

Dang why is the brightness so low? And why not use the mini-LED tech they already have? This is kinda confusing

 

[uczcret]

OLEDs don't last. They get burn-in. They get color shifts so you can't rely on them for accurate color work as time goes on. They're a poor technology.

That's why Apple is using tandem OLEDs.

 

[capamac]

Nonsense. Cite anything to back up your claims.

Large-scale simulated 10-year OLED monitor torture tests confirm burn-in haunts all models — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone

RTINGS.com continues its legendary endurance tests for TVs and monitors, and competiting panels are dropping like flies

www.tomshardware.com

"All three panels are now clearly showing signs of burn-in at the bottom row of the screen, where the CNN news ticker typically rests. Samsung's Odyssey OLED monitor has the CNN logo specifically burned into its bottom right corner. The LG panel is especially rough, also exhibiting clear evidence of the outline of a talking head in the center of the screen, and displaying colors with significantly less accuracy than either of the other two monitors. The burn-in becomes much starker when viewed in tandem with a look at the three monitors a few months into the test process."

 

[123]

4K at 24 inches is not retina resolution, Apple is obviously going to aim for retina resolution

I know Retina is Apple's biggest fetish, but there's nothing obvious about that. You could as well say "Apple is obviously going to aim for what people want", and this is bigger displays. Not necessarily Retina. Just like all other displays.

 

[goodcow]

OLED in the iMac, but not the Studio Display or Studio Display XDR? Really?

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

OLEDs don't last. They get burn-in. They get color shifts so you can't rely on them for accurate color work as time goes on. They're a poor technology.

It's a 24" iMac for consumers, not a Studio display used by professionals. Do you think all those iMac fun colors are meant for professionals doing color accurate work? I know I wouldn't be even using a 24" display if I were doing serious work.

 

[macjaffa]

Large-scale simulated 10-year OLED monitor torture tests confirm burn-in haunts all models — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone

RTINGS.com continues its legendary endurance tests for TVs and monitors, and competiting panels are dropping like flies

www.tomshardware.com

"All three panels are now clearly showing signs of burn-in at the bottom row of the screen, where the CNN news ticker typically rests. Samsung's Odyssey OLED monitor has the CNN logo specifically burned into its bottom right corner. The LG panel is especially rough, also exhibiting clear evidence of the outline of a talking head in the center of the screen, and displaying colors with significantly less accuracy than either of the other two monitors. The burn-in becomes much starker when viewed in tandem with a look at the three monitors a few months into the test process."

Not sure youve read that article. You omitted a whole bunch of context. But if you want to play that game how about this from rtings:

RTINGS is back with an update on its ongoing longevity test, where they torture—test 102 TVs to see which lasts the longest. This tradition started three years ago, and the good news is that most TVs are fine for the first 10,000 hours of use, but 20 still died during the test, while 24 suffered partial damage. The data also shows that OLED burn-in is not a real issue unless you go especially hard on your TV

 

[switz]

Enjoyed the top model 27" iMac Pro back in the day and gave it to one of my kids. Last year, I gave a new BTO M4 iMac to a granddaughter as she had little space for anything larger in her new home.

My two first generation nano screen 27" Studio Displays are each attached to a M4 Pro mini with 64GB of memory and 10Gb ethernet. One has a 2TB SSD to function as a file server and the other as a standalone computer in the mountains with 8TB SSD. Once built, no really easy changes are possible for the specs due to Apple's solder world.

I have two first generation Mac Studios with Vesa mounts on the wall above my M1 Ultra Mac Studio (128GB. and 8TB SSD). If I decide that the specs of a M5 generation Mac Studio fall within some sort of reasonable cost (for Apple stuff), I would continue with the existing Studio Displays. The new Mac Studio Displays offer nothing new for my use.

I have Apple Care (or whatever it is called this week) on all the Apple branded gear, so as long as they accept payments for each piece of gear, they are on the hook to fix said piece of gear.

My odometer clicks over to age 81 this week. I understand that no U-Haul will follow my hearse with the Apple stuff in it, so may just enjoy what is in inventory for the duration.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Large-scale simulated 10-year OLED monitor torture tests confirm burn-in haunts all models — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone

RTINGS.com continues its legendary endurance tests for TVs and monitors, and competiting panels are dropping like flies

www.tomshardware.com

"All three panels are now clearly showing signs of burn-in at the bottom row of the screen, where the CNN news ticker typically rests. Samsung's Odyssey OLED monitor has the CNN logo specifically burned into its bottom right corner. The LG panel is especially rough, also exhibiting clear evidence of the outline of a talking head in the center of the screen, and displaying colors with significantly less accuracy than either of the other two monitors. The burn-in becomes much starker when viewed in tandem with a look at the three monitors a few months into the test process."

Terrible example. This test was running CNN for 24-hours a day on a TV. Hardly the use case for a Mac, wouldn't you say?

 

[capamac]

Speaking of RTINGS, here they find burn-in on OLED but "no signs" of burn-in on IPS panels:

"Long periods of static content will cause burn-in on OLED TVs. The red sub-pixel appears to degrade the fastest, followed by green and blue. The effect is cumulative, as even cycled logos do burn-in (but over a longer period). We investigated this further in our Real Life OLED Burn-in Test.

"There are no signs of burn-in on the two LCD TVs (IPS and VA type panels)."

20/7 Burn-In Test: OLED vs LCD VA vs LCD IPS

This was a long-term 24/7 burn-in test on 3 TVs (OLED vs VA vs IPS). We aimed to see how their performance changed over time, especially with some static images like network logos, black bars in movies, or video games with a fixed interface.

www.rtings.com

Apple will probably love OLED-related profits. Imagine all the customers thinking, "Oh, my iMac has so much burn-in. I guess I need to upgrade to a new Mac."

The resale value of used Macs will also drop. Coz it's one thing to buy an old Mac and accept a relatively slow CPU as the main drawback but which as a perfectly fine IPS display, and it's another to buy a used Mac with a slow CPU and a worthless burned-in OLED display.

 

[Trusteft]

?? Anyone with tight funds should buy a Mac Mini or a Studio, plus a third-party display. Buying an Apple AIO would be a terrible decision, because it is so long-term cost ineffective, and also subject to sudden large financial hits when any one component fails or is physically broken.

I rather do what I want.

 

[Trusteft]

Annoying Apple is annoying. 27-inch iMac Studio or gtfo.

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May I have this in orange or chrome orange please?

 

[macjaffa]

Speaking of RTINGS, here they find burn-in on OLED but "no signs" of burn-in on IPS panels:

"Long periods of static content will cause burn-in on OLED TVs. The red sub-pixel appears to degrade the fastest, followed by green and blue. The effect is cumulative, as even cycled logos do burn-in (but over a longer period). We investigated this further in our Real Life OLED Burn-in Test.

"There are no signs of burn-in on the two LCD TVs (IPS and VA type panels)."

20/7 Burn-In Test: OLED vs LCD VA vs LCD IPS

This was a long-term 24/7 burn-in test on 3 TVs (OLED vs VA vs IPS). We aimed to see how their performance changed over time, especially with some static images like network logos, black bars in movies, or video games with a fixed interface.

www.rtings.com

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But backlights and non oleds are more likely to fail in general especially edge lit. Not sure what your point is.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Goodness gracious lets stop with the unjustified paranoia about OLED issues.

(sent from my gorgeous OLED TV that I use as a monitor and LOVE looking at each day, all day)

 

[Yourbigpalal83]

Heres a wild idea...revise the G4 Sunflower design with a touch screen apple pencil enabled OLED screen. Call it the iMac Studio or what ever, designed for drawing and creative work.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

May I have this in orange or chrome orange please?

Consider it done. PTS $1,000 extra.

 

[mlayer]

Samsung Display is expected to respond first, planning to produce 220 PPI samples on its large-format Quantum Dot OLED (QD-OLED) production lines and ship them to Apple in the second half of 2026. This would be a considerable step up from the 160 PPI QD-OLED panels it currently mass-produces for monitors. SEMES announced earlier this month that it had shipped inkjet printing equipment to Samsung capable of supporting the higher pixel density.

This is the big takeaway. Samsung and LG are sending Retina-density samples to Apple as they often do. Only Apple asks for samples with an eye toward seriously scaled ordering. There's no current iMac line to support 27". By deduction, there's little reason to think it's anything other than a 24" OLED iMac.