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Apple Rumored to Adopt OLED Displays in 'Some' iPad Models Starting Next Year
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Sorry, Oled is better than mini led, there is not much discussion or doubts about it, micro led in the other hand...that's other discussion.
Nah. I'd would be shocked if the iPad Air doesn't get OLED.
In fact, it needs OLED more than than the iPad mini in my humble opinion, although I would not be surprised if both the iPad Air and iPad mini will get OLED. So, here is my expected product line next year:
iPad Pro 12.9" - mini-LED LCD, Face ID
iPad Pro 11" - mini-LED LCD, Face ID
iPad Air - OLED, Touch ID (on side button)
iPad mini - OLED, Touch ID (on side button)
iPad - LCD, Touch ID (on home button)
Also, the MacBook Pros would go mini-LED LCD this summer, and the MacBook Air would remain LCD.
This setup would provide much better product segmentation than what is available currently.
Nothing new here, we’ve been hearing this rumour since before the new iPad Pros came out, but it’s still weird isn’t it? If you bought a blooming mini-LED LCD iPad Pro this year you’d be pissed off if an OLED iPad Pro came out next year. You’d be even more pissed off if the iPad Air had OLED but your top of the range Pro had mini-LED LCD.
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It's a lazy and easy rumour. Seeing as we just got Mini-LED, OLED might might be two generations away.
I could see OLED in the Mini, due to the size of the panel, but at the same time it would be strange to put expensive display technology in the cheaper devices. Putting it in the Air makes no sense either with the 11" Pro using LCD.
That's why I think the 11" will go mini-LED next year, before or around the time when the iPad Air goes OLED.
And while OLED is more expensive than plain LCD, it's not as if it breaks the bank. Remember, all the iPhones are now OLED already, including even the 12 mini, which retails for US$699.
Once the Air has a better display than the getting-no-love 11" Pro, they might as well just dump that model
Uhhhh...... OLED has infinite contrast. It gets totally black. And since it gets totally black, and has infinite contrast, it doesn't need to get as bright to produce a better effect.
Basically everything you said was wrong.
Do these display technologies work about the same for any size screens? Are some better for small screens and others better for 27" or 40" etc?
Higher contrast ratio is true because of the difference between blacks and whites but deeper blacks is not theoretically true because individual pixels cannot shut off. But there is a different issue. I am still not sure about the reflectivity of glass needed in case of an OLED. Galaxy tab s7+ is so reflective that it offers worse blacks in comparison to mini led so deeper blacks are even possible for tablets with OLED or not. We still can't say for sure.
More advantages of mini led,
Higher color accuracy than OLED.
HDR is gorgeous.
OLED also suffers from jelly effect while scrolling especially in portrait mode. The screen moves like jelly instead of being completely straight. It is not that big deal although and may be a Samsung tab issue.
I think color accuracy is one of the biggest reason why Apple is not going for OLED for Ipad pro.
Makes complete sense to put an OLED panel in the next Air. The IPad Air is Apples premium mid range tablet for the masses, so they would want to elevate the viewing experience of all those customers to the same level/quality as the Iphone 12. Its not so much about putting better screen tech in the lower cost device, as the Pro models will obviously have more RAM, Faster M chips, larger storage, Pro-motion, better speakers etc, and the Mini LED display is on par with OLED, and probably better suited for professional use than an OLED. Now if 120 hz Pro-motion comes to the Air, which is going to happen sooner than later, then I would understand why Pro owners would be unhappy.
Why not? The 11” Pro could get a mini-LED in a year from now (spring 2022), then Air could get an OLED in the autumn/fall of 2022, just as rumoured.
Apparently those OLED panels are still quite expensive, depending on the size, so Apple probably decided to go for market expansion with “cheaper” iPad Pro line, instead of increasing the prices to keep the same profit margins. 🤷🏻♂️
We could get an idea by testing Apple’s current largest OLED device - iPhone 12 Pro Max.
If you turn miniLED display brightness down to comparable (lower) maximum brightness expected on an OLED display, would you still see noticeable blooming? If not then blooming is not really a problem for miniLED compared to OLED - and miniLED is advantageous since it gives flexibility of viewing at higher brightness or lower for anti-blooming.
I often prefer higher brightness, e.g. for outside viewing and for movies when >>99% of time higher brightness is preferable even if <<1% of time there may be some transient blooming.
I often prefer higher brightness, e.g. for outside viewing and for movies when >>99% of time higher brightness is preferable even if <<1% of time there may be some transient blooming.
I would like a 120hz square-edged, no bezel iPad mini.
Kuo's predictions seem to eventually come true, so I guess LCD for cheap / kid / school ipads, OLED for mid tier (and hopefully a new iPad mini) and Mini-LED for Pros kind of makes sense if you squint hard enough?
What's the context with LG and their OLEDs? Are they cheaper than LCDs or cheaper enough compared to old OLEDs that mid tier iPads could convert? Maybe?? Are the mid tier iPads that mature that you can upgrade the screen and keep similar price points?
Kuo's predictions seem to eventually come true, so I guess LCD for cheap / kid / school ipads, OLED for mid tier (and hopefully a new iPad mini) and Mini-LED for Pros kind of makes sense if you squint hard enough?
What's the context with LG and their OLEDs? Are they cheaper than LCDs or cheaper enough compared to old OLEDs that mid tier iPads could convert? Maybe?? Are the mid tier iPads that mature that you can upgrade the screen and keep similar price points?