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Report: Apple Focusing on OLED Rather Than Foldable iPad
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100% agree this is where they should be going. Foldable screens are awful, who would want an iPhone with a plastic screen and a giant crease in the middle?
It’s more to do with the attention span of the general public.
Apple doesn’t like to dilute the marketing message by dividing the customer base’s attention between different technologies.
I wonder about longevity; I routinely see 4-6 years. People keep iPads for a long time, a lot longer than iPhones...
I would agree with you because I think 4-6 years is definitely pushing it for current foldable devices. 2-3 years, not a problem. But 4-6 years I just don't see happening.
This article isn't about phones, it's about iPads. That said, I use my phone exclusively one-handed, and a foldable doesn't fit my use case.
Samsung has had OLED displays in their tablets since 2014. Apple's sitting around, scratching their heads for years wondering how to accomplish it? It's not rocket science. My Samsung Tab S8 has a beautiful AMOLED display and cost me $250 in 2022 and included a free keyboard cover. Just had to trade in an old obsolete iPhone XR. You can bet when Apple gets around to it, it'll only be in the iPad Pro line and will be north of $1000.
OLED certainly isn't the future. It's an old technology with issues. Soon to be replaced by better Quantum Dot LED technologies.
The point was both "innovations" had been in competitors products for YEARS before Apple got around to it.
Bizarre thought - Nintendo, a company well known for achieving lower prices by often using older tech, adapted OLED before Apple, a company well known for having high prices (in part) because they tend to jump on newer tech.
Also, Nintendo did folding long before anyone else. I never owned a DS myself, but my understanding was most people felt their dual screen setup worked quite well (I heard some complaints about the touch screen being too small... but it was a 2004 device so excusable. The fact that the 2012 Wii U's touch screen was so bad was much less excusable.)
Also, Nintendo did folding long before anyone else. I never owned a DS myself, but my understanding was most people felt their dual screen setup worked quite well (I heard some complaints about the touch screen being too small... but it was a 2004 device so excusable. The fact that the 2012 Wii U's touch screen was so bad was much less excusable.)
Which company do you think provides the OLED panels that Apple would use on an iPad Pro?
Oh yeah, that’s right, it’s Samsung. And LG.
Apple Orders OLED Panels for 2024 iPad Models From Samsung and LG Display
Apple has reportedly ordered OLED panels from LG Display and Samsung for its next generation of iPad Pro models, which are widely expected to arrive...
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I had a Fold 3 and I did like some things about it, but the fragility was simply too high for my tastes. The crease didn’t bug me that much, but I still prefer not having a crease.
It's no secret Samsung makes their own AMOLED displays. Not sure why that matters except for the fact that Apple can't keep it's outrageous profit margins with the pricier OLED panels without raising the iPad price even higher (which they know they may not be able to do without revolt). My point is, Samsung CAN produce affordable tablets and Apple should, by now, have OLED iPads as the technology is mature and panels are cheaper than 8 years ago. Again, not rocket science, but the bean counters and stockholders won't hear of it.Which company do you think provides the OLED panels that Apple would use on an iPad Pro?
Oh yeah, that’s right, it’s Samsung. And LG.
I guarantee you that if Samsung and LG had the guilds at the prices that Apple wants for large OLED displays eight years ago, they would have released more OLED products.Apple Orders OLED Panels for 2024 iPad Models From Samsung and LG Display
Apple has reportedly ordered OLED panels from LG Display and Samsung for its next generation of iPad Pro models, which are widely expected to arrive...
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Exactly. OLED isn't magic anymore. OLED panels are in laptops in the $600-$700 price range now. And Apple still doesn't have an iPad with OLED yet.
They’re likely going to be one of the first to implement the dual OLED display tech at scale.
OLED, just like LCD and LED, are a *class* of screen which have many different types under that classification.
Apple never gives us the best they could possibly deliver every release. Apple bread crumbs.
they wasted time on dynamic notch and kept the same phone design for 4 years, what is time being spent on?