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MacBook Pro With OLED Display Likely Still at Least Three Years Away

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Apple's first MacBook Pro models with OLED displays are still at least three years away from launching, according to information shared today by Ross Young, CEO of research firm Display Supply Chain Consultants.

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On a display-related webinar with Bloomberg Intelligence's Woo Jin Ho, Young said it will take a few years for Apple's supply chain partners to build out manufacturing lines for mass production of laptop-sized OLED panels, so he does not expect MacBook Pro models with OLED displays to launch until 2026 or 2027. He has shared this timeframe previously.

Compared to current MacBook Pro models with LCD screens, benefits of OLED technology would include increased brightness, higher contrast ratio with deeper blacks, improved power efficiency for longer battery life, and more.

As widely rumored, Young reiterated that the next-generation iPad Pro models launching in 2024 will also be equipped with OLED displays. The first iPad Air and iPad mini models with OLED displays are not expected to launch until 2026; accordingly, Young confirmed that these devices will remain equipped with LCD screens next year.

Young has been a dependable source of display-related information for future Apple products for several years, with a highly-accurate track record.

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Ross Young was wrong before with the device category ...like ipad pro oleds that they come forever and ever...this is also not coming to the pro
The next step in mac Pro displays will be from mini-led to micro-led
This , like for the ipads air...will be for the Macbook Air panels
 
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So if true, then microLED is at least 8 years away…
When I finally replace my M1 MBA, I’ll have to see what’s available at that point, but I doubt that anything LED will make a difference for me … my first “laptop” was a compaq portable II, anything beats that monitor ;)
 
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I feel like Apple is going to use (QM)OLED as a placeholder, stopgap, until they can refine Micro-LED technology. It seems that R&D timeframe keeps slipping as the years pass. I would much rather wait until the tech is matured, rather than releasing a half-baked product.
Just like video games.
Nintendo comes to mind.
 
would OLED drain battery life and usage?
I know  is incredible developing battery life on the MacBooks and iPads
and they are probably the only ones who can include an OLED screen with 18 hrs plus batter life
 
There's simply too much blooming with Apple's Mini-LED; it does not compare to a high-quality OLED panel. Images that actually look quite poor on Mini-LED (which is, of course, LCD) look more than adequate on OLED.

There's plenty of burn-in mitigation techniques available. Micro LED is simply not advancing as was expected.
 
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coolfactor said:
Doesn't micro-LED outperform OLED, but is currently too expensive? Seems that Apple's investment in their own micro-LED manufacturing would be the better path forward, rather than waiting on the industry to ramp up production that is shared with competitors.
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They are doing that, with the Watch as a test balloon, rumored to launch in 2025 at the earliest. So they are on it, but there are manufacturing challenges, especially for larger displays with more pixels. That’s why they are starting with the Watch. It’s completely unrealistic that we’ll have micro-LED MacBooks within three years. I wouldn’t even bet on this decade. OLED tech on the other hand is proven in tablets and some (rare) laptops, so it only makes sense to go with that first.
 
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Young said it will take a few years for Apple's supply chain partners to build out manufacturing lines for mass production of laptop-sized OLED panels
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I bet the notch is part of the reason. ;)
 
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smithrh said:
There's simply too much blooming with Apple's Mini-LED; it does not compare to a high-quality OLED panel. Images that actually look quite poor on Mini-LED (which is, of course, LCD) look more than adequate on OLED.
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Yes, mini-LED is useless for text in particular.
 
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