MiniLED can have better brightness, but mostly the difference is OLED can burn in (and dim over time), and MiniLED can have halos around bright parts of the image on a dark background.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Kuo: Apple Cancels Plans to Release iPad Air With OLED Display in 2022, Plans to Stick With LCD Technology
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
MiniLED can have better brightness, but mostly the difference is OLED can burn in (and dim over time), and MiniLED can have halos around bright parts of the image on a dark background.
This is a False update to a false rumor. Apple uses OLED on the highest priced iPhones and watches. Why would it ever include it on a lower model while the technology commands a premium? Apple is not in the business of giving their lower end products the newest tech. Even the M1 is apples lowest end cpu. It’s way below their best.
The iPad Air is the model they introduce new ways to create a thinner product with less parts and overal lower cost of manufacturing. OLED in that model does not make sense because raising the price would make it even less worth owning. With all the sales on iPads recently it looks like Apple could be testing the water on lowering prices. That means including even less new tech in newer models to keep the price down. Expect only cpu updates and little else for the next several years on the iPad Air.
The iPad Air is the model they introduce new ways to create a thinner product with less parts and overal lower cost of manufacturing. OLED in that model does not make sense because raising the price would make it even less worth owning. With all the sales on iPads recently it looks like Apple could be testing the water on lowering prices. That means including even less new tech in newer models to keep the price down. Expect only cpu updates and little else for the next several years on the iPad Air.
That is not true.
People were well aware that breathing smoke wasn’t healthy long before cancer statistics were well publicized.
That is not to say they cared as much. It is difficult today to imagine what it was like to live at a time before antibiotics and vaccines. 1800 the average UK life span was 40 years.
And the UK was a comparatively very good place to live.
Yet, ironically, it is also the most important one and right in our faces, literally.
Don’t worry everybody, an iPad Air OLED will be released, right alongside the flat body Apple Watch.
Apple’s core ethos was never about survival, but about bringing “the best products” to the market. Jobs passionately loved his products, Cook is just a good salesman and a logistical whiz. That’s the difference. Not putting an OLED into an Air is unlikely to influence Apple’s profits much, but will surely lack that “Wow, this is cool!” element to it, IMO.
Yeah that’s what I’m saying. It’s so flip-floppy. Didn’t he predict new MacBook Airs earlier in the year. People sold their Macs over his certainty. I wonder if those people went back and bought that same MacBook Air, or did they get a cheap PC.
iPad Air is STILL likely getting an upgrade next year, A15 or even A15x chip, an upgraded camera (with camera flash finally) all on Liquid Retina Display.
OLED display is probably going to be in pro lineup first in 2023 at this point.
OLED display is probably going to be in pro lineup first in 2023 at this point.
To be fair they are probably some of the best LCDs you can get on tablets, just lack some of the feature of mini led and the OLEDs on offer. For example HDR (to my knowledge isn’t supported on the LCDs)
Just looked it up, yes he did. Said it was going to have upgraded Silicone, and use Mini LED.
Same lol. Maybe I’ll upgrade to iPad Pro if they bring Mini LED to the 11 inch model.
This is kinda the point of Macrumours though right? Other than the buyers guide this is mostly for rumours and speculation.
Me too -- I'd buy a new mini OLED in a minute, even though I already upgraded to a Mini 6.
I think they should make both, as like you say, they both have their benefits over the other. I prefer the OLED more... Not sure MicroLED is going to be that great though, it wont replace OLED yet.
Great news, these oled panels in our iPhones have been getting worse every year, getting more yellow every year, this year, most of the 13 models also have a red tint.
Switch to mini led apple until micro led is ready. oled is a flawed technology.
Prefer my mini led iPad display over my 13 pro max display, yellow, red tint, off axis terrible colour shift, murky display. 🤦♂️
This never made sense to me anyways, considering the Pro models are moving towards MiniLED. An OLED Air would have been move expensive than than the current Air, so it would have been into Pro 11” territory — so what’s the point?
Dude chiiiiill and I am still rocking an iPhone 7 and Apple Watch 2 and nothing motivates me to update
Of course, but he clearly said those are coming mid- or late-2022.
Your post makes no sense about people selling their Macs this year.
Anyone selling their products based on rumors (no matter from who) is 100% fault of their own.
Seriously how many rumor cycles do we have to go through for people to realize it's only true once APPLE announces something.