LG Doubles OLED Production Capacity As Apple Expected to Transition More Devices to the Display Tech

[MacRumors]

LG Display, which is expected to play an increasingly more integral part in Apple's supply chain, is planning to double its production capacity for OLED displays specifically for Apple, as the company is expected to include OLED technology with more devices in the future, according to a new report from ITHome.

According to the report, LG Display, a subsidiary of LG, is investing in additional equipment to double its small OLED display panels output from 30,000 per month to 60,000. LG Display declined to comment; however, the report cites a source stating that the increased capacity will almost be entirely used for OLED displays meant for Apple devices.

Apple currently uses OLED displays in its higher-end iPhones and has done so since the introduction of the iPhone X in 2017. Lower-end models of the iPhone, such as the iPhone XR and iPhone SE 2, continue to use LCD technology thanks to their lower costs.

Until April, Apple only utilized OLED and LCD technology, but with the introduction of the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, Apple has also introduced mini-LED into the family. With the upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, Apple will also expand mini-LED to the Mac.

Despite mini-LEDs recent introduction into Apple devices, the company is planning to bring OLED to some iPad models for the first time. While one report suggests that the fifth-generation iPad Air, rumored for launch next year, will include an OLED display, that report has been discredited by more reliable sources stating the first iPad with an OLED display will arrive in 2023.

Article Link: LG Doubles OLED Production Capacity As Apple Expected to Transition More Devices to the Display Tech

 

[LFC2020]

Happy with my mini led iPad, don’t want to play the oled screen lottery, yellow display, uneven brightness, off axis colour shift and so on, I’ll wait for micro led. 🧐💻

 

[baryon]

Not a huge fan of OLED. The eventual image burnin, the extremely high saturation and contrast, and the inability to produce true whites is not ideal for accurate colors. Mixing colors from red, green and blue will never be as perfect as taking white and then filtering it out. If you take white OLEDs and put filters in front of them, then you're throwing away 2/3rds of the energy, so it's not efficient. For small devices it's great because you can save energy, make them super thin and get very high contrast for reading text, and you're not going to do color accurate work on them anyway. But for a laptop or desktop, I'm not so sure.

 

[LFC2020]

Not a huge fan of OLED. The eventual image burnin, the extremely high saturation and contrast, and the inability to produce true whites is not ideal for accurate colors. Mixing colors from red, green and blue will never be as perfect as taking white and then filtering it out. If you take white OLEDs and put filters in front of them, then you're throwing away 2/3rds of the energy, so it's not efficient. For small devices it's great because you can save energy, make them super thin and get very high contrast for reading text, and you're not going to do color accurate work on them anyway. But for a laptop or desktop, I'm not so sure.

Lucky for you, mini led MacBooks are just around the corner. 😁🕺🏼💻

 

[LFC2020]

Do we really want 272 pages of this again. 😳🤦‍♂️😂

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[justperry]

Happy with my mini led iPad, don’t want to play the oled screen lottery, yellow display, uneven brightness, off axis colour shift and so on, I’ll wait for micro led. 🧐💻

Not a huge fan of OLED. The eventual image burnin, the extremely high saturation and contrast, and the inability to produce true whites is not ideal for accurate colors. Mixing colors from red, green and blue will never be as perfect as taking white and then filtering it out. If you take white OLEDs and put filters in front of them, then you're throwing away 2/3rds of the energy, so it's not efficient. For small devices it's great because you can save energy, make them super thin and get very high contrast for reading text, and you're not going to do color accurate work on them anyway. But for a laptop or desktop, I'm not so sure.

Huh, OLED are by far the best commercial displays, OLED tv's beat other tech TV by a long shot...BY FAR.

I wouldn't like to see them in Macbooks though, don't think static UI elements are good for OLED displays.

 

[alpi123]

Huh, OLED are by far the best commercial displays, OLED tv's beat other tech TV by a long shot...BY FAR.

I wouldn't like to see them in Macbooks though, don't think static UI elements are good for OLED displays.

OLED on laptops has come a far way, burn-in continues to be less of an issue every year that's why more and more laptops start using it.

If Apple shifts to OLED on their MacBooks that means they're confident in it and for normal use of 3-5 years there should be no burn-in (at least visible). There are multiple ways to minimize it.

 

[LFC2020]

Huh, OLED are by far the best commercial displays, OLED tv's beat other tech TV by a long shot...BY FAR.

I wouldn't like to see them in Macbooks though, don't think static UI elements are good for OLED displays.

Oled tv agree, don’t want it on a iPad or Mac though.

 

[washburn]

Oled tv agree, don’t want it on a iPad or Mac though.

why? LCD is a really bad tech and the image is actually slightly blurry

 

[LFC2020]

why? LCD is a really bad tech and the image is actually slightly blurry

Don’t have any problems with my mini led iPad, once micro led arrives it’ll be even better, like I said above, don’t want to play the oled screen lottery, my mini led ipad has great contrast and blacks, whites look white, not yellow, no colour shift, no red or green tint.

 

[Jensend]

the extremely high saturation and contrast,

That’s only an issue if the display doesn’t has a correct profile / isn’t properly supported by the OS. Apple devices will not have that issue. High saturation and contrast are good capabilities for a screen to have.

and the inability to produce true whites is not ideal for accurate colors. Mixing colors from red, green and blue will never be as perfect as taking white and then filtering it out.

Huh?

 

[alpi123]

Don’t have any problems with my mini led iPad, once micro led arrives it’ll be even better, like I said above, don’t want to play the oled screen lottery, my mini led ipad has great contrast and blacks, whites look white, not yellow, no colour shift, no red or green tint.

I have zero of these issues on my Xs Max's OLED lol neither on the other OLED phones I own. This only happens if the display hasn't been calibrated correctly, but you shouldn't expect such a thing from Apple. LG released this year OLED monitors that can be used for professional work, and people have said it's very accurate, can even replace the Pro Display XDR (the only caveat being the lower brightness)

 

[xpxp2002]

Not a huge fan of OLED. The eventual image burnin, the extremely high saturation and contrast, and the inability to produce true whites is not ideal for accurate colors. Mixing colors from red, green and blue will never be as perfect as taking white and then filtering it out. If you take white OLEDs and put filters in front of them, then you're throwing away 2/3rds of the energy, so it's not efficient. For small devices it's great because you can save energy, make them super thin and get very high contrast for reading text, and you're not going to do color accurate work on them anyway. But for a laptop or desktop, I'm not so sure.

Not to mention the horrific headaches and watery eyes from PWM flickering.

I really miss Apple’s IPS LCDs on the iPhone and can’t wait until we move past OLED to microLED.

 

[justperry]

OLED on laptops has come a far way, burn-in continues to be less of an issue every year that's why more and more laptops start using it.

If Apple shifts to OLED on their MacBooks that means they're confident in it and for normal use of 3-5 years there should be no burn-in (at least visible). There are multiple ways to minimize it.

I have a newer LG OLED, they have come a long way, I am not sure it's ready for laptops though.
iPhones don't seem to suffer from burn in, but, there's a lot more going on on an iPhone, it is used in totally different ways than a TV and Laptop.
I for one would not be buying a Macbook with an OLED display just yet.

(the only caveat being the lower brightness)

Correct.

 

[justperry]

Not to mention the horrific headaches and watery eyes from PWM flickering.

I really miss Apple’s IPS LCDs on the iPhone and can’t wait until we move past OLED to microLED.

If that was such a big problem they would not have released such products.
I am not saying there are no people having problems with OLEDS, sadly this seems the case with you, but overall most don't seem to have this problem, sadly for them, the majority rules.

 

[kiranmk2]

Not a huge fan of OLED. The eventual image burnin, the extremely high saturation and contrast, and the inability to produce true whites is not ideal for accurate colors. Mixing colors from red, green and blue will never be as perfect as taking white and then filtering it out. If you take white OLEDs and put filters in front of them, then you're throwing away 2/3rds of the energy, so it's not efficient. For small devices it's great because you can save energy, make them super thin and get very high contrast for reading text, and you're not going to do color accurate work on them anyway. But for a laptop or desktop, I'm not so sure.

Not sure I agree with you on that and neither does the display industry. Samsung and TCL are pushing towards QD displays where red, green and blue sub-pixels have much narrower emission spectra which will finally enable the push towards 100% BT2020 colourspace. White + colour filters was implemented by LG for televisions because this solved the yield issues associated with large masks and is the reason Samsung stopped offering their RGB OLED television after a year.

 

[lazylen]

Not a huge fan of OLED. The eventual image burnin, the extremely high saturation and contrast, and the inability to produce true whites is not ideal for accurate colors. Mixing colors from red, green and blue will never be as perfect as taking white and then filtering it out. If you take white OLEDs and put filters in front of them, then you're throwing away 2/3rds of the energy, so it's not efficient. For small devices it's great because you can save energy, make them super thin and get very high contrast for reading text, and you're not going to do color accurate work on them anyway. But for a laptop or desktop, I'm not so sure.

I was just about to ask what the difference is between mini-led and oled for laptops but then I saw your reply... Thanks!

 

[djdj]

Lucky for you, mini led MacBooks are just around the corner. 😁🕺🏼💻

It sounds like someone has been reading too many marketing materials from competitors. When display accuracy is paramount, you’ll find the overwhelming majority of video professionals choosing OLED over everything else. In the consumer space, LG OLEDs are considered to be the most accurate displays, well above everything else.

 

[DanTSX]

Do we really want 272 pages of this again. 😳🤦‍♂️😂

Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!

Reports are already surfacing of a classic annual tradition in iPhone land - the dumping of yellow tinted reject screens on unsuspecting consumers. This happens literally every year, since the iPhone 3G. Every. Year. without fail. Same tint. Same excuses from Apple apologists. The fact is, not...

forums.macrumors.com

Yes.

The refurb store will be full of discounted macs sent back by jaundiced crybabies.

 

[TheralSadurns]

LG Display, which is expected to play an increasingly more integral part in Apple's supply chain, is planning to double its production capacity for OLED displays specifically for Apple, as the company is expected to include OLED technology with more devices in the future, according to a new report from ITHome.

According to the report, LG Display, a subsidiary of LG, is investing in additional equipment to double its small OLED display panels output from 30,000 per month to 60,000. LG Display declined to comment; however, the report cites a source stating that the increased capacity will almost be entirely used for OLED displays meant for Apple devices.

Apple currently uses OLED displays in its higher-end iPhones and has done so since the introduction of the iPhone X in 2017. Lower-end models of the iPhone, such as the iPhone XR and iPhone SE 2, continue to use LCD technology thanks to their lower costs.

Until April, Apple only utilized OLED and LCD technology, but with the introduction of the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, Apple has also introduced mini-LED into the family. With the upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, Apple will also expand mini-LED to the Mac.

Despite mini-LEDs recent introduction into Apple devices, the company is planning to bring OLED to some iPad models for the first time. While one report suggests that the fifth-generation iPad Air, rumored for launch next year, will include an OLED display, that report has been discredited by more reliable sources stating the first iPad with an OLED display will arrive in 2023.

Article Link: LG Doubles OLED Production Capacity As Apple Expected to Transition More Devices to the Display Tech

off-topic... but I love the work your "guy" is doing with the custom graphics on most posts!

 

[jarman92]

Still think something is being lost in translation here. It makes absolutely no sense for Apple to make mini-LED and OLED displays for the same devices.

 

[VulchR]

OLED's used to have a short life expectancy. Does anybody know what the expected life expectancy of OLED is these days?

 

[dojoman]

Still think something is being lost in translation here. It makes absolutely no sense for Apple to make mini-LED and OLED displays for the same devices.

Apple reserved mini-Led for higher end product according to a forum member here.

 

[justperry]

Still think something is being lost in translation here. It makes absolutely no sense for Apple to make mini-LED and OLED displays for the same devices.

I can't recall exactly when but there were rumours (Think last year) saying Apple could be releasing both mini-LED and OLED devices at the same time.
Think it was unreliable Digitimes though.

 

[johnsc3]

Huh, OLED are by far the best commercial displays, OLED tv's beat other tech TV by a long shot...BY FAR.

I wouldn't like to see them in Macbooks though, don't think static UI elements are good for OLED displays.

I have a newer LG OLED, they have come a long way, I am not sure it's ready for laptops though.
iPhones don't seem to suffer from burn in, but, there's a lot more going on on an iPhone, it is used in totally different ways than a TV and Laptop.
I for one would not be buying a Macbook with an OLED display just yet.

Correct.

@justperry : I just a question, if you please? Would you- or do you use your OLED for gaming? I’m considering an OLED or QNED from LG. I know it isn’t that this forum..