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Apple Working on New 27-Inch Mini-LED Studio Display
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Why is everyone always going crazy over this 120 Hz thing? Unless you are gaming, what's the difference?
Some people, like me, are very sensitive to this. I can't stand 60hz displays anymore after being spoiled with my MacBook Pros and iPhone Pros.
I think I'm done with 5K displays... 32" 6K is what I'm looking for now. Hoping the LG Ultrafine and Asus ProArt hit the market soon. Apple's is a little too pricey for me.
Apple needs to get their act together and focus on design.
The average deep-pocketed consumer and/or business would love pretty, colorful, 27" inch 4K iMacs and 27" 4K companion displays. Put it at 120Hz and it's a good enough spec for nearly everyone.
Then for their pro customers, higher spec, 5K 27" and 32"s.
This isn't rocket science. There's only so many buyers for a $1600 display and even fewer that will replace them.
The average deep-pocketed consumer and/or business would love pretty, colorful, 27" inch 4K iMacs and 27" 4K companion displays. Put it at 120Hz and it's a good enough spec for nearly everyone.
Then for their pro customers, higher spec, 5K 27" and 32"s.
This isn't rocket science. There's only so many buyers for a $1600 display and even fewer that will replace them.
Still 27”…
I was happy with that until my eyes got tired with age… now it feels like a 24” screen to me.
220ppi for a screen 1m far is wasting pixels to me
I was happy with that until my eyes got tired with age… now it feels like a 24” screen to me.
220ppi for a screen 1m far is wasting pixels to me
‘As soon as late 2025’ so basically nearly a year away and only 27” when others are making much bigger ultrawides etc.
What a let down.
What a let down.
Dunno but seeing as how I still use the old school Thunderbolt Display from a gazillion years ago with my MacBook Pro M4 Max, I’m not sure it’s a valid concern?
if you really wanna know then simply enable low power mode on your iphone and try using that for anything for couple minutes
Apple is never going to release a 27" 4K screen -- it doesn't meet their Retina requirements.
Maybe it'll nuke the price of the current ASD so I can afford one
Please Apple, make it happen by the WWDC25. If you release it by then, I'll buy 2. Otherwise my money will be spent on a 6K LG monitor.
That 27” 4K monitor might be good for everything else, but will be really bad with a Mac.
Do yourself a favor, and get something 5K that's compatible with everything you have. Personally, I would pay twice as much for something from Apple, but for your needs, the new Asus 5K 27" monitor might be the best option.
Coming from a 27" iMac, I'm currently looking for a new monitor for my new Mac Mini. And I'd really like to purchase an ASD regardless of the price, but I'm pretty sure that just as the current model doesn't have the features I need, neither the future one will.
And they're not miniLED, OLED, ProMotion or other fancy stuff. I'd settle for crazy unrealistic things like:
- Adjustable height (I'm not even asking for it to pivot).
- More than one input (Ideally one more USB-C and one HDMI, one can dream)
- Some way to adjust brightness and volume when not using a Mac.
I love the looks of the ASD, I know the speakers are great and I can live with a so-so webcam and the 60Hz refresh rate. But I just can't purchase a monitor that ONLY works properly with a Mac, has just one USB-C video input and doesn't have even simple height adjustment. Even less for the asking price. And it's a pity, because I'd really pay the asking price.
There's really very little to choose from apart from the ASD if you want high pixel density and 27 or 32" sizes, at the DPI MacOS likes (i.e. don't have a performance penalty for rescaling). And I'm finding it extremely frustrating to find a monitor that checks all the boxes, so I find it even more frustrating that I can't just buy an expensive Apple display and be done with it.
And they're not miniLED, OLED, ProMotion or other fancy stuff. I'd settle for crazy unrealistic things like:
- Adjustable height (I'm not even asking for it to pivot).
- More than one input (Ideally one more USB-C and one HDMI, one can dream)
- Some way to adjust brightness and volume when not using a Mac.
I love the looks of the ASD, I know the speakers are great and I can live with a so-so webcam and the 60Hz refresh rate. But I just can't purchase a monitor that ONLY works properly with a Mac, has just one USB-C video input and doesn't have even simple height adjustment. Even less for the asking price. And it's a pity, because I'd really pay the asking price.
There's really very little to choose from apart from the ASD if you want high pixel density and 27 or 32" sizes, at the DPI MacOS likes (i.e. don't have a performance penalty for rescaling). And I'm finding it extremely frustrating to find a monitor that checks all the boxes, so I find it even more frustrating that I can't just buy an expensive Apple display and be done with it.
Jokes aside, I actually tried.
I bought 2 Apple Studio Displays.
I returned them for a list of reasons that's not relevant here, but one of the reasons being : Two displays is just not ergonomical. After a few hours, my neck started to hurt already, when I never had this problem in my life before.
I know the way, I need to put one straight ahead in front of me, one on the side, but then not only my desk wasn't symmetrical anymore, my neck would hurt on one side 😅
I kept them for two weeks. The day I returned them, my neck problems were fixed.
Apparently, Pros only need ProMotion if their displays are between 10 and 16 inches.
Terrible with a Mac. A 27 inch 4K display is non-retina. Too used to it and can't go back. Would prefer to use a properly scaled 27 inch TB display.
When you've tried a ProMotion display, which is fancy word for "120 Hz", and you're used to scrolling using 120 Hz, I promise you, you won't want to go back.
Plus, it became actually quite easy to design and produce. A lot of companies even support 240 Hz already. In fact at CES 2025, a company was going for like 750 Hz, which IMO is useless. But 120 Hz is a must.
I wish they’d make a decent range of sizes.
Like 21 or 24, 28, 32 etc and a super widescreen.
I know it will never happen but it would mean if you need a range of sizes for different tasks… you’re sorted.
Even if the smaller sized models used standard quality panels, Apple have great displays in all of their devices.
Like 21 or 24, 28, 32 etc and a super widescreen.
I know it will never happen but it would mean if you need a range of sizes for different tasks… you’re sorted.
Even if the smaller sized models used standard quality panels, Apple have great displays in all of their devices.
