Name one device that is using IGZO panels in mass-quanity. Outside of $5k+ larger form factor displays, I don't know of anything.
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Apple to Adopt IGZO Displays for Future iPads and MacBooks?
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Name one device that is using IGZO panels in mass-quanity. Outside of $5k+ larger form factor displays, I don't know of anything.
"allowing for higher resolution displays" hopefully means it will be easier, and therefore cheaper, to produce retina resolution screens across the entire Apple product range sooner than would otherwise be possible (the 31.5" 4K monitor from Asus is IGZO, but is first generation, so still expensive).
Interesting. I don't need a rMBP any time soon (I just wanted one.)
Will watch and wait on this. I'm all for better displays on Apple's laptops.
Will watch and wait on this. I'm all for better displays on Apple's laptops.
True. I suspect that we'll see IGZO for the iPhone 6, but Sharp can only manufacture so many at a time. The iPad 5 is being given priority as it's likely to have a lower capacity battery given how thin it's reported to be. I doubt I'll get one, as my iPad 4 is awesome and should be able to run anything app developers throw at it for at least another 2 years.
on time, quality will be good because it use apple's own display manufacturing process http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...er-system-ready-to-move-to-igzo-displays.html
i really dont get that iPhone battery life issues
- The iPAD battery life is KING, well the new MBA can compete now.
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I doubt these were mass produced.
Say what you want about Android's marketshare, but aside from Samsung, no company is even close to ship/sell as many units of a single phone/tablet model like Apple.
Hasn't every Apple product with a screen supposed to be switching to IGZO panels for the last few years according to analyst rumors?
This could very well be the cause of the delay of the Retina MacBook Pros as I have pointed out a few weeks ago:
So there are some things that do not make any sense. Let me lay them out for you:
First of all, what would be the real reason for Apple to delay the release of the new Pro machines? This is the really interesting question here. The aforementioned reasons can not be the whole story behind this.
I'd like to point out a few additional reasons why Apple delayed the launch. All of the listed features [which were mentioned in the news post] could have been released at WWDC.
1. IGZO displays. These things just faded a little bit in the background rumor-wise - at first glance.
But wait a second: A reason why the release has been delayed is the low supply of display panels (see news post).
Apple has problems with getting the LCD technology which they had time to produce for more than a year now? That simply does not make any sense at all.
What makes considerably more sense is, that Apple will switch to IGZO Displays because they offer superiour quality and incredibly lower power consumption -> providing more battery life and allowing the 13" MBP to become thinner.
The 15.4" displays with IGZO technology are in production by Sharp for just a few weeks. I'd call this a bottleneck right now. It fits very well in the prediction by KGI.
2. Thunderbolt 2: Apple just gave a sneak peak of what they have been working on in terms of Mac Pro. One feature was very apparent: Support for 4K displays.
As of right now, the Retina MacBook Pros only support Thunderbolt 1, which does not offer the throughput which 4K displays require.
Thunderbolt 2 on the other hand will provide just that.
So, let me ask you: What would be the point in introducing a new Mac Pro with support for 4K displays and later on introducing a MacBook Pro without support for this technology? Apple would be foolish not to include this technology [Thunderbolt 2] in the new Retina MacBook Pro!
This is because Apple will very likely introduce a 4K cinema display as soon as the new MacPro goes on sale.
To provide such a display at a sufficient price Apple needs the effect of Economies of Scale.
Therefore they need as many potential customers for such a display as they can. The new Retina MacBook Pro has to incorporate 4K support with Thunderbolt 2 to do so! The downside: Thunderbolt 2 will not be ready until fall but Apple has to incorporate this tech due to the reasons I just mentioned. Before you ask: Yes, the new Retina MacBook Pro GPUs will offer support for 4K displays; in fact, if you bump up the current rMBP to the highest resulution (1920x1080) it already renders nearly 4K resolution (1920x1080 times two in every direction). So GPU-wise it is already possible, but the connector is not ready yet -> delay.
These are my two top reasons for the delay. Hit the like button if you agree. Flame away if you don't.
So there are some things that do not make any sense. Let me lay them out for you:
First of all, what would be the real reason for Apple to delay the release of the new Pro machines? This is the really interesting question here. The aforementioned reasons can not be the whole story behind this.
I'd like to point out a few additional reasons why Apple delayed the launch. All of the listed features [which were mentioned in the news post] could have been released at WWDC.
1. IGZO displays. These things just faded a little bit in the background rumor-wise - at first glance.
But wait a second: A reason why the release has been delayed is the low supply of display panels (see news post).
Apple has problems with getting the LCD technology which they had time to produce for more than a year now? That simply does not make any sense at all.
What makes considerably more sense is, that Apple will switch to IGZO Displays because they offer superiour quality and incredibly lower power consumption -> providing more battery life and allowing the 13" MBP to become thinner.
The 15.4" displays with IGZO technology are in production by Sharp for just a few weeks. I'd call this a bottleneck right now. It fits very well in the prediction by KGI.
2. Thunderbolt 2: Apple just gave a sneak peak of what they have been working on in terms of Mac Pro. One feature was very apparent: Support for 4K displays.
As of right now, the Retina MacBook Pros only support Thunderbolt 1, which does not offer the throughput which 4K displays require.
Thunderbolt 2 on the other hand will provide just that.
So, let me ask you: What would be the point in introducing a new Mac Pro with support for 4K displays and later on introducing a MacBook Pro without support for this technology? Apple would be foolish not to include this technology [Thunderbolt 2] in the new Retina MacBook Pro!
This is because Apple will very likely introduce a 4K cinema display as soon as the new MacPro goes on sale.
To provide such a display at a sufficient price Apple needs the effect of Economies of Scale.
Therefore they need as many potential customers for such a display as they can. The new Retina MacBook Pro has to incorporate 4K support with Thunderbolt 2 to do so! The downside: Thunderbolt 2 will not be ready until fall but Apple has to incorporate this tech due to the reasons I just mentioned. Before you ask: Yes, the new Retina MacBook Pro GPUs will offer support for 4K displays; in fact, if you bump up the current rMBP to the highest resulution (1920x1080) it already renders nearly 4K resolution (1920x1080 times two in every direction). So GPU-wise it is already possible, but the connector is not ready yet -> delay.
These are my two top reasons for the delay. Hit the like button if you agree. Flame away if you don't.
igzo panels have been on notebooks since the kirabook, we are going to see more and more of those future, asus is investing heavily on IGZO for example
"Apple is expected to release a new, thinner fifth generation iPad later this year."
Anyone else getting sick of Apple's obsession with "thin and white"?
Now if we are talking females....well then
Anyone else getting sick of Apple's obsession with "thin and white"?
Now if we are talking females....well then
My 5 year old son can play with the ipad 4 to take it from 100% to 0% and then put it in the charger and go after my wife's iPhone 4S. That boy is unstoppable!
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I see. It was still to my understanding that Apple try their best to release near-perfect products.
So there's a rumor Apple is talking with display makers about IGZO. Hasn't this already been assumed? A rumor about talks says to me this is not showing up soon, as in this year or even the first half of next year. And this should not affect the release of the Haswell rMBP's. They just won't have IGZO.
iPhone 6, iPad 5, iPad Mini 2, 2014 MacBooks, upcoming Mac Pro, and the next Apple TV are the "tick" models. It would make sense to introduce IGZO in this generation.
wow that sounds like an awesome display, i wish they introduce it with the next generation macbook.
Not me. If my iPad lasted 2-3 days on a charge, I would prefer it were made slimmer and lighter and lasted 1 day.
I'm absolutely happy with the current battery life of my iPad mini with LTE (I use it as my only mobile device, as an iPhone replacement). I basically never look at the battery life. It lasts me all day until I charge it overnight.