Apple Suppliers Already Working on Second-Generation OLED iPad

[_Spinn_]

I can't wait until we see microLED screens everywhere.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I can't wait until we see microLED screens everywhere.

Thing is, by the time that happens there will be something newer and better that will be coveted.

 

[Maigrais]

I mostly use my iPad outside at work and I don’t think oled will cut it in the sun. LCD barely does

This will be no regular OLED, let me tell you this much.

 

[Neodym]

When the first OLED iPad is released, get the latest previous-gen iPad and weather out the first two generations with new display tech. Easy …

 

[SFjohn]

Instant purchase/upgrade for me!

 

[Tagbert]

Seems odd that they wouldn't be adding OLED to the upcoming iPad Pro's, while working on the 2nd gen. The timeline doesn't make much sense to me, but it's Apple. I have been a huge iPad guy and I am not sure I am ready to invest any longer given the lack of attention to iPadOS. iPhone and MacBook Air seems best for me.

It sounds like they are adding the first gen OLEDs to the iPad pros first. Supposedly Apple has asked for a dual layer OLED to increase brightness and to help offset burn-in. That may be why they aren’t ready to put them into devices this year.

Stage Manager is a pretty big update for iPad OS.

 

[Tagbert]

I was hoping microLED would make progress, so OLED would be skipped altogether for at least iPads.
It‘s not really the greatest if you have to accommodate the more rapid deterioration, and the compromise in pixel subtlety between low and absolute OFF

i would guess that when microLED comes out it will be targeted at smaller screens like the phones at first while they work on the manufacturing processes to support larger screens like the iPads.

 

[Tagbert]

When was the last time or heck even the first time you have heard of an Apple iPhone have a burn in issue? Im very confused here.

OLED on a phone is a very different use case than on a more static display like an iPad. People use phones in short bursts and jump between screens. IPads get used as work devices and often have the same screen displayed for much longer, more similar to a laptop use case. That would make an iPad more susceptible to burn-in.

The rumors I saw said that Apple is planning to use a dual-layer OLED and that lets them do things to reduce burn-in even more and to help compensate for color shifts over time.

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

As long as your OLED display isn’t terrible and has some form of pixel shift such as current TVs then burn in is definitely hard. Here’s some tests that show while it can happen in extreme cases there’s very few “normal” usage issues. And if Apple can develop an OLED panel similar to their iPhone Pro models that get extremely bright then even better.

Real-Life OLED Burn-In Test On 6 TVs

There are concerns about OLED long-term performance due to the possibility of burn-in. We bought 6 LG OLED C7s to play real, non-altered content. It should give you a better idea of what to expect depending on what you watch on your TV.

www.rtings.com

 

[Reason077]

The new Air is more than enough for my needs, and coupled with an iPhone, I can get by just fine. The use cases for iPad as is are dwindling to me.

I think much of the world figured this out about 10 years ago. Between phones getting bigger screens, and MacBooks getting better processors and better battery life, the iPad is just getting squeezed in the middle.

The use-case where the iPad really did shine for me was as a shared family device that could be left in the kitchen or living room and used casually by whoever needed it. But even that is severely limited by Apple's refusal to implement multiple-user support in iPadOS.

 

[svish]

Will be a long time before a 2nd gen OLED iPad launches!!

 

[Neodym]

OLED on a phone is a very different use case than on a more static display like an iPad. People use phones in short bursts and jump between screens. IPads get used as work devices and often have the same screen displayed for much longer, more similar to a laptop use case. That would make an iPad more susceptible to burn-in.

... will be interesting to see how the OLED screens of the upcoming iPhone 14 would fare if the rumored "Always-On" screen functionality would indeed be implemented.

 

[calstanford]

It's years from now. 100 things can change by then. Meanwhile 90% of iPads are still on an old school LCD display.

 

[falainber]

... will be interesting to see how the OLED screens of the upcoming iPhone 14 would fare if the rumored "Always-On" screen functionality would indeed be implemented.

Alway-On displays and OLED tablets have been available on Android devices for years. They work just fine. The reason Apple devices do not have them has nothing to do with burn-in. Just like many other technologies missing from Apple devices.

 

[SFjohn]

I can't wait until we see microLED screens everywhere.

Get yours now, Samsung will happily sell you the kits to create a 75” 4K microLED display for a little over $300,000.00+ UDS (probably more now with exchange rate changes). https://www.tomsguide.com/us/micro-led-faq,review-5282.html

 

[HVDynamo]

Why do people continue to push OLED burn-in fear when they solved this issue years ago?

Because it hasn't actually been solved, just hidden. The methods to "fix it" involve wearing the rest of the display down the the same level of wear as the worst pixel. This effectively shortens the life of the display to keep them all balanced. I really don't want OLED on my computer or tablet at all because of the constant static screens that are on these kinds of devices.

 

[SFjohn]

Because it hasn't actually been solved, just hidden. The methods to "fix it" involve wearing the rest of the display down the the same level of wear as the worst pixel. This effectively shortens the life of the display to keep them all balanced. I really don't want OLED on my computer or tablet at all because of the constant static screens that are on these kinds of devices.

No one has seen the double layer OLED panels Apple is allegedly working on, nor the software that would go with it. It’s a bit early to decide what you’re not going to do several years in the future… but please go ahead and not purchase them. Many of us will.

 

[jenelemond]

I think this is the only comment this thread needs.

You are funny !🤣🤣

 

[DNichter]

After following quite a few of your posts over the past couple of years, that’s quite an indictment of Apple and their lack of awareness. I still use my iPad, but to a lesser extent I no longer try to create workflows for tasks that are just natural in macOS. Given that both David Sparks and Federico Viticci have moved their workflows back to macOS and Apple Silicon, I think Apple is at a real crossroads with the iPad. Hopefully, they’ll get their heads extricated from their orifice and get things back on track. Until then, I’m not spending any more good money on new iPads.

Completely agree. I use mine, but I’ve stopped trying to make it my main machine. It’s a shame, because the answer is staring them right in the face. They just need to admit that sooner than later.

 

[DNichter]

It sounds like they are adding the first gen OLEDs to the iPad pros first. Supposedly Apple has asked for a dual layer OLED to increase brightness and to help offset burn-in. That may be why they aren’t ready to put them into devices this year.

Stage Manager is a pretty big update for iPad OS.

I’ll need to try Stage Manager on iPad, it doesn’t come to mine and I’m not sure I want to upgrade. On my Mac, I found it useless.