Maybe the same way my Kobo and presumably all eInk displays work -- a nice full screen refresh every couple of minutes!
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Apple Working on 11.1-Inch and 13-Inch OLED iPad Pro Models for 2024
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Honestly, an 11.1" OLED iPad Pro sounds like my dream personal computing device. If this is real, I can't wait to get a 1TB model and consolidate my iPad mini and 12.9" iPad Pro.
11” OLED iPad would be a day 1 buy for me. My 2018 model is still going strong except the screen feels very last-gen compared to my OLED phone/tv/switch. I have a 12.9” for work, and I don’t find the miniLED to be much of a step up from edge-lit, and I hate how giant and unwieldily it is.
Also, if the iPhone's OLED is an indication, an OLED iPad will have much better off-axis viewing than the mini-LED model. That display in particular has an awful haze when viewed in any way other than head-on.
Looking forward to this, but I want the iPad Pro to keep it's current brightness capabilities. If OLED means dimmer screens than I prefer they don't bother with it
Maybe nice to get one of those 11.1 inch OLED iPad Pro's and keep my M1 12.9".
Maybe nice to get one of those 11.1 inch OLED iPad Pro's and keep my M1 12.9".
Seeing what the current 12,9 pro in europe costs, the 13 oled is going to scratch the 2000 euros mark and im talking base config.
I read the other day that there is a watch app for watching Youtube. Imagine the possibilities!
like this user said about 14" ipad and after some time it says is never happening...expect this here too....Apple will not release pro models with oled panels. This will be the air or ipad mini with oled, and he will come back, like he did with the 14" ipad and it will say etc etc Apple is no longer plan etc
The iPad Pros have been on a 1.5-year schedule most of the time, so I could see them releasing the next gen in spring 2024.
Unfortunately this Ross Young its becoming the next Kuo, he was so reliable and now he starts to make a lot of speculations , without any proof to come months later to say no, its not happening, ill made all up. Early days only came to tell only whats for sure and he was always right (with some minors errors )
These analysts just throw **** at the walls and see what sticks.
Let’s be honest the iPad doesn’t need any new hardware or upgrades it’s iPadOS that needs changing from the ground up
I agree. My M1 iPad Pro is powerful enough but iPadOS could be improved.
Or maybe Apple is changing their minds more frequently during development than they used to.
Let us not forget Apple's "100 No for Every Yes" so I would not be surprised if Apple has a shedload of prototype iPhones, iPads, MacBooks and standalone displays using various display technologies (OLED, Mini-LED) at various sizes just to see how they look and work.
We also know Apple is constantly pushing the display manufacturers to improve the quality of their products for use in Apple devices. Witness the article today about how Samsung Display uses inkjet tech with the iPhone 14's pill and how Apple helped Samsung Display improve the quality of their OLED displays that went into the iPhone X compared to what they were making for the Galaxy line.
Young and Kuo both get their information from sources inside the display supply chain so I expect they hear about all these prototype devices or new technologies that could be used in Apple devices, which they then report on. It could also be a case of the display manufacturers themselves planting rumors with Ross and Kuo about their technology being used by Apple to get Apple to actually look at it.
I would ditch the 12.9” Mini LED for 11.1” OLED 
I had the 2nd gen iPad Pro and went to the M1 MacBook Air + iPad Mini 6 combo. No regrets.
This will be cool to see when it releases! I’ve been super impressed with the mini-led display on the M1 iPad Pro. It’s hard to imagine getting better than that but I’m excited to see what they do. And like others have mentioned, bigger is better. 🤓
I think I'm going to go from the 12.9" iPad Pro down to the 11.1" OLED the next time I upgrade. I think I'm going to move down to the 14" MBP when the M3 or M4 chip comes out, depending on whether they put OLED into the MBP, and then maybe upgrade my iPad the next year. Maybe the 14" MBP, which is 14.2", will get a bump up to 14.5" when they move to OLED? That would be great. I went with the 12.9" because of Mini LED and the 16" MBP because at the time the 13" was all that was available so the display was a bit on the small side and it didn't have the fastest CPU or GPU since they were still on Intel. The 14" MBP will replace my 16" MBP and my 27" iMac, so I will need to buy a 5K display. Hopefully by then 6K displays are more common and affordable!
