Yup. I'm guessing that a Spring 2021 event will have iPad Pro models with A14x and mini-LED along with MacBook Pro (14" and 16") with M1x and mini-LED. M1x may have more graphics cores, more memory, and 2 more Thunderbolt lanes. I wouldn't be surprised if that chip also finds its way into the Space Gray Mac Mini as well.
That was a strange post wasn't it? Intel have been struggling on many fronts for a long time now and you only have to look at how the first version of the M1 has blown their stuff out the water to understand the challenges they face.
Maybe yours is amazing, this one is yellow tinted even with everything set to standard, off axis progressively worse. Older Apple LCD's on other phones we've had looked better. Friend's son's one is the same - seen two, both poor.
Isn't this like saying if you don't need a sports car, a clunky gas guzzler is enough?
Couldn't agree more! They should totally sell their current products at a discount due to new rumors.
FaceID would be nice, but if they can't get a 1080p camera in that shallow enclosure I'm not sure they could fit facial recognition tech.
if it was up to me, I would call it LED Acai Pro. It might be weird but this is because I like eating Acai bowls regularly.
Apple is widely reported to be embracing mini-LED display backlighting technology for some products next year, and a new report today by DigiTimes has named several of Apple's partners in the supply chain that are expected to benefit from the switch.
According to the report, Apple is set to launch its first mini-LED iPad Pro in the first quarter of 2021 and mass produce mini-LED MacBook Pro models in the second quarter, and a number of Taiwan manufacturers are building a "pre-emptive presence" in the Mini-LED segment in anticipation.
The report goes on to note that among Apple's supply chain partners, TSMC will still benefit most from these devices, as the foundry has reportedly landed all the 5nm chip manufacturing orders for both Mini-LED iPad Pro and MacBook Pro models. Coupled with strong iPhone sales, 2021 is said to be looking good for TSMC, with first-quarter revenues likely to hit a new high, according to DigiTimes' sources.
According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, production will begin on mini-LED displays for the iPad Pro in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a launch expected in the first half of 2021. Apple is also believed to be working on new 16.1 and 14.1-inch MacBook Pro models with mini-LED displays, which are expected to be released during the first half of 2021.
Mini-LED displays offer impressive wide color gamut performance, high contrast and HDR, and local dimming, and Kuo says adoption of the tech will "significantly improve productivity and the entertainment experience."
All future MacBook Pro models are expected to use Apple Silicon chips now that the first Apple Silicon Macs with M1 chip are available.
Article Link: Mini-LED M1 MacBook Pro and Mini-LED iPad Pro Models Coming First Half of 2021
Sure, but even without thinking about core counts and process size and benchmarks, the advantages of the M1 for the average consumer are clear. Reviewers are showing that the laptops are "hilariously fast", have enormous battery life, they hardly ever turn their fans or (or don't have any at all), they run cooler, etc.
I don't get this obsession with touch screens and people defending touchbar to their teeth and telling everyone "we hold it wrong". There is already a big touch surface on every macbook called the touchpad, just turn it into an 'optional screen' and add pencil support.The touch bar will probably vanish at the same time the whole screens become touch screens.
Which will NEVER happen of course, according to Apple
Oh please
