Osbourne effect only really applies if they announce they're going to do this, which would be even stupider than this rumour.
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iPad Pro Said to Adopt OLED Displays in Late 2021 Following Mini-LED Model in Early 2021
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Osbourne effect only really applies if they announce they're going to do this, which would be even stupider than this rumour.
I would rather have miniLED until microLED in the iPad and upcoming iMac. You get the brightness of traditional LED backlit with no burn in and with enough zones you can have nice rich blacks. OLED has a lot of issues and expense and its own compromises. Though microLED may eventually end up with its own too.
Still I am more excited about big screen improvements across the line than I am about faster CPU's
Still I am more excited about big screen improvements across the line than I am about faster CPU's
It’s not clickbait. It’s a sketch rumor likely backwards. And as far as ‘superior’ is considered, for example; OLED uses considerable battery draw, where as mini-LED is likely to help conserve battery life and be substantially brighter over OLED.
Is Mini LED brighter than OLED while using less battery? Why did Apple choose OLED for iPhone and Apple Watch then?
He always was. He just throws so much rumors out there, that some of them MUST be true at some point.
When I first read this, I too thought it made no sense that Apple would launch mini LED, then offer OLED later in the year, but it does make sense if the mini LED is just limited to the iPad Pro models, and it would remain as the go-forward, with the rest of the iPad line switching over to OLED later in the year. It would effectively be an upgrade for the non-Pro models, but not quite to the extent that the mini LED models get.
So it does make sense, if this is the direction they are heading. I'm definitely curious to know if Apple can offer a jump in battery life with the new iPad Pro models. It's one thing I would really like to see, especially now that the M1 MacBooks are getting 50-100% boosts in battery life.
So it does make sense, if this is the direction they are heading. I'm definitely curious to know if Apple can offer a jump in battery life with the new iPad Pro models. It's one thing I would really like to see, especially now that the M1 MacBooks are getting 50-100% boosts in battery life.
... and then microLED 5 months later LOL.
Nope. He has been right >90% times. The time schedule sometimes changes because of Apple. Apple keeps changing plans all the time. Like any other company. Kuo can tell you what Apple's current plan is, he can't tell you in advance what it would be if they change it 3 months down the line.
This is what I’m really looking forward to (Seems the Apple Watch would be likely the first product). Huge improvements across the Board with wider color gamut, improved brightness, less battery draw over its predecessors, it’s coming, once Apple can align the necessary suppliers.
I guess people needs to be reminded these are Korean web that has a Bias on Korean Tech and its stock. ( Works a bit like Digitimes on Taiwan Supply Chain ) Since Samsung and LG are the the largest OLED manufacture there are always speculation coming out.
That is the stupidest prediction ever... all that R&D for MicroLED and release in 2021 Spring, then 2021 Fall release OLED? There is no way this is true. Just give me OLED 
miniLED still uses a backlight, that would not make sense. Sometime they might migrate everything to uLED, but that'll take more time since the technology isn't ready yet.
They should add OIS support first, BEFORE anything else !
Among other things, that would enable Cinematic Stabilization @ 4K !
Something that NO iPad, regardless of price, supports !
Among other things, that would enable Cinematic Stabilization @ 4K !
Something that NO iPad, regardless of price, supports !
Burn-in on OLED becomes a concern when you would expect to have static elements on screen for extended periods of time every day, as in professional computer use.
Macs have/had Intel inside, then on the M1 moved to arm, the iPad is already on arm, there won't be a huge jump.
As for the rumor, I had to read the title several times, what a crock.