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MacBook Air With OLED Display Reportedly Delayed
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These feature 'arrival' dates are made up clickbait and speculation. No reality at all
The wait for a MacBook Air with an OLED display might take longer than initially expected.
Korean website The Elec yesterday cited an industry source who said the first MacBook Air with an OLED display will likely be released around 2029, instead of by 2027 as originally planned. The report said Apple made this decision as a result of lower-than-expected sales of the first iPad Pro models with OLED displays, which launched last year.
Essentially, the report claims that since OLED displays did not help to boost iPad Pro sales as much as Apple anticipated, the company has decided to delay bringing the expensive technology to the MacBook Air. However, it is unclear if there are any other reasons for the apparent delay that are not mentioned in the report.
While the MacBook Air will apparently stick with LCD technology for the next four years, the report claims that Apple plans to use "oxide TFT" technology for 2027 models. This upgrade would allow for improved color accuracy, higher contrast ratio, more uniform display brightness, and lower power consumption for longer battery life. So, while no OLED, the MacBook Air should still receive meaningful display improvements in two years from now.
MacBook Pro models with OLED displays are still expected to launch next year.
In the meantime, Apple will likely announce updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip within the next month or two.
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I would be very satisfied with the current mini LED display from the MacBook Pro M4 
Not surprising at all. They’ll want to leave that level of display quality to the Pros for a while, and the Pros aren’t getting it until next year at the earliest…
It would make the Air too heavyI would be very satisfied with the current mini LED display from the MacBook Pro M4
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To try to rationalize this by cost or difficulty to do, DO NOT enter "15 inch OLED laptop" in a search box and then click any of many links.
HobeSoundDarryl
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You're thinking like a customer instead of like a Seller. Which technology is most profitable? Will Apple people- even those who gripe about this rumored delay- buy anyway? Take the maximized profit.
Until the crowd refuses to buy until the value proposition improves, Apple is doing exactly what it should. They can't even tell there is disappointment if the money pours in anyway. Through their lenses, the money implies they are making uncannily great decisions because customers are accepting whatever is decided in the most tangible way possible.
Nobody wants to buy your overpriced iPads with a crippled OS?
Tough luck!
Tough luck!
Prices, apple, just prices… iPad Pro are damn expensive, and if you are planning for an expensive MacBook Air, sales will be impacted
Most brand’s premium laptops are already OLED. I wouldn’t necessarily count the Airs, but they are way behind on the Pros having this.
Not going to happen, this is a pro feature, if it comes to the air, no one will buy the pro (or a very small % of people)I would be very satisfied with the current mini LED display from the MacBook Pro M4
My wife's ASUS laptop has a 16" 1920x1200 OLED display and it cost $500 less than a MBA.
So ordinary OLED displays aren't expensive.
The Apple watch has an OLED screen with more than double the pixels per inch of that laptop so we know the technology to make OLED dots that small exists.
The watch screen, however, is tiny compared to a Mac display. Making a full size screen with retina sized dots might be prohibitively expensive. Or maybe the OLED technology used in the watch doesn't have the kind of colour accuracy that Apple demands. Or maybe Apple has a long term agreement with a display manufacturer for older technology screens that yields very high profit margins.
So ordinary OLED displays aren't expensive.
The Apple watch has an OLED screen with more than double the pixels per inch of that laptop so we know the technology to make OLED dots that small exists.
The watch screen, however, is tiny compared to a Mac display. Making a full size screen with retina sized dots might be prohibitively expensive. Or maybe the OLED technology used in the watch doesn't have the kind of colour accuracy that Apple demands. Or maybe Apple has a long term agreement with a display manufacturer for older technology screens that yields very high profit margins.
Wrong, it's a new tech for monitor markets. Even now, there are no companies who can make OLED monitors with high specs and long life span. TV and smartphones are totally different markets to compare with.
screen saver is in macOS settings.
The mitigation techniques aren't actually preventing burn in. It's smoothing the edges of content so the burn-in appears less obvious. OLED burn-in is actually the subpixels physically degrading. No way around that unless somehow a technological breakthrough happens, hence why microLED displays are being researched & developed (but it is perpetually 5 years away).
Why the ever loving **** is apple so slow to adopt more advanced display tech these days. This is the company that gave us High PPI displays with the iPhone 4 and the retina macbook pros and now they can't be bothered to provide us with higher refresh rate displays or OLED in laptops until 2029? Absolutely insane.
This is the real rub— I was waiting to upgrade my 2020 iPP 11” to an OLED model until they were released, when I saw not only would I have to pay the increased cost of the device but also purchase a new Magic Keyboard and a new Pencil Pro to have the same functionality I have now because none of them are compatible. All these costs made me rethink the purchase and I doubt I’ll upgrade anytime soon. If Apple could provide trade-in incentives for the iPP accessories (which they don’t) to offset these increased costs, perhaps more people would upgrade.
I get the feeling, however, that maybe Apple doesn’t realize true cost of these devices when so many past accoutrements turn into junk the minute new models come out. And before someone cries “but the shareholders” — yes, I am one.
And you forgot to compare else lol… what’s the asus computer name?
probably the unique PPI/resolution and the insistence on rounded corners and a notch makes the panels more expensive and Apple hasn't found a supplier that's willing to make them for their asking price
Why can't it just be an option? it can't be some billion dollar investment to offer a panel ready made by someone else.
Other laptop makers can offer 3-4 display options.
Other laptop makers can offer 3-4 display options.
I don't believe it's delayed, I think it's more the tiny incremental upgrade policy that Apple seem to employ now. Why manufacture the best you can when you can milk people for years in between with mediocre updates?