iPad Pro OLED Display Production Reportedly to Begin Around February

[Christopher Kim]

In my experience, once you see OLED, you don't go back. My literal first OLED device was whatever iPhone had it first. Even with the small screen size, it was a revelation for me. Next, the TV was upgraded. Then my desktop monitor. Of course, as soon as relatives visited and saw the OLED in action, several are planning their next purchase to be an OLED. It's just that good. I regret not getting OLD on my bedroom backup TV, but it's still nicer and rather new so I can't justify the replacement.

iPads? No thanks. My kids each have iPads (Air). I would never in a million years trust them with an OLED screen. You really don't need to baby them, but they would be abused by kids who don't think to press the lock button and regularly leave static games running on accident. The only people I know with iPads have them for their kids.

I would not expect OLED iPads to be great sellers. I could be wrong, just my opinion.

2 things:
1) I still keep my 2011 55" Panasonic Plasma TV around in my bedroom because I watch a lot in darker environments and absolutely love the inky blacks. I hardly watch any tv otherwise these days, so the main living room TV is a Samsung Frame which is really more for aesthetics than real watching.

2) When it comes to iPads, I think the idea would be to only have the iPad Pros be OLED, with the Air and standard versions LCD. I have 2 young kids and they both have iPads (1 has the 10.5" iPad Pro and 1 has the 9th gen iPad). They thoroughly abuse it. I also use my 2018 11" iPad Pro as one of my primary consumption devices, especially in bed / at home. I think there would be a market for both.

 

[Reason077]

home from an 8 hour workday to find an iPad wedged between couch cushions on a static screen of some free-to-download game. How long was it there? Probably at least a few hours. That's a bit too risky for me.

Realistically, in this scenario the battery is going to die long before burn-in ever becomes an issue.

Has anyone ever seen or documented an iPhone or iPad with burn-in?

It’s more something you might worry about for a device that’s left on all day, every day for months (commercial display boards, etc)

 

[fathobbit]

You're gonna wait a decade for it. They can't make it small for a phone yet or bring the cost down. It's still far far away. By than, the pros of MicroLED will be wiped away by all the advancement in OLED. OLED weakness before is that it couldn't get bright enough but now it's super bright now.

Yeah, the people waiting for microLED are gonna be waiting a long time for mass adoption in consumer products. Apple wouldn’t be switching to OLED if it was a bad technology or if microLED was just around the corner.