Report: Apple Focusing on OLED Rather Than Foldable iPad

[sracer]

I'm the oddball that would like to have a foldable iPad that has two separate screens... not one screen with a crease.

 

[victorvictoria]

Best Apple rumor I've heard all day. If I want a folding tablet, I'll buy a Surface or some other Android junk. And I don't, so thanks!

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

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.

2021 Nintendo switch OLED: 1280X720, 340 Nits
2017 OLED iPhone X: 2436X1125, P3 color, 625 Nits brightness

2021 Mini LED iPad Pro: 2732X2048, P3, 1600 Nits (1000 full screen with HDR, 600 nits SDR)

We are talking a totally different class of display here, Apple could have given the iPad Pro a 720P 340 nits OLED years ago, but it would’ve been a downgrade in so many ways.
Even the iPad minis LCD gets significantly brighter and is significantly higher resolution than the Nintendo switch.

 

[nottorp]

2021 Nintendo switch OLED: 1280X720, 340 Nits
2017 OLED iPhone X: 2436X1125, P3 color, 625 Nits brightness

2021 Mini LED iPad Pro: 2732X2048, P3, 1600 Nits (1000 full screen with HDR, 600 nits SDR)

We are talking a totally different class of display here, Apple could have given the iPad Pro a 720P 340 nits OLED years ago, but it would’ve been a downgrade in so many ways.
Even the iPad minis LCD gets significantly brighter and is significantly higher resolution than the Nintendo switch.

My iPad sits on the nightstand. That means:

- I need a foldable option like a fish needs a bicycle
- I need more brightness in the bedroom with the lights off like ... see the fish above.

 

[jimbobb24]

It’s a big company. They can look at more than one thing.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

My iPad sits on the nightstand. That means:

- I need a foldable option like a fish needs a bicycle
- I need more brightness in the bedroom with the lights off like ... see the fish above.

Well most people that use iPads are using them on college campuses, or on Public transportation, or in other bright environments.

 

[Sevendaymelee]

I'm not making the claim that foldable devices are the way to go, but it's disappointing that Apple has gone from the being the Tesla of personal computing to Ford Motor co. Gone are the days of bold moves and innovations that change the world. Now, it's all cold-hard risk aversion and stock-holder coddling, which is sad.

 

[npmacuser5]

Exchanging thin for fat. Gotta love innovation!😎

 

[nfl46]

Wow. Two foldables. May I see the photo of your phones? I want to confirm that you indeed possess those two beautiful devices, and your honesty.

Let me know if you want to be embarrassed or not.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Well most people that use iPads are using them on college campuses, or on Public transportation, or in other bright environments.

Where did you see that study? I'd be interested in reading about it.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

they wasted time on dynamic notch and kept the same phone design for 4 years, what is time being spent on?

Counting their money.

 

[SactoGuy18]

as they should. folding phones are gimmicks. all it does is sacrifice the UX of a very common use case to solve a minor use case problem.

I could not agree more. The fact that both Samsung and Motorola still haven't completely solved the display issues with folding displays tells me that better touchscreens is the way to go. And given the advances in display technology in the past four years, we may even see the return of physical 3-D Touch on future iPhones, since the technology now no longer increases the thickness of the display panel unduly.

 

[falainber]

It's too soon for Apple to do the foldables. They are some 10 years behind Samsung with OLED on the tablets. Give it another 10 years and they will manage the foldables too. Besides, foldables use OLED too. So it makes sense for Apple to do the fixed OLED first and after that try to fold it. DId not we get the news article just a few days ago about Samsung creating a new team to design the foldable screens for Apple? It may take them a while so Apple have to wait.

 

[kc9hzn]

Don’t you need oled to fold?

I don’t know if that’s 100% the case, but I always assumed we were going to get OLED before a folding iPad. I don’t really know why people got it in their heads that Apple was going to release a folding iPad so soon, I didn’t really expect it for another few years.

 

[kc9hzn]

A huge iMac-sized device with the productively prowess of iOS.

I’d rather have something the size of a mini that folds out to the size of an iPad Pro. I’ve always felt that the thickness tradeoff for a folding device makes more sense for a larger device than for something that goes in your pocket (especially given how thin the iPad already is relative to most laptops).

 

[ackmondual]

There probably isn't a viable foldable option that meets Apple's standards. I've played around with the Samsung Fold 5 and Flip, and the crease in the display is unbearable. It's always there. I can never imagine Apple accepting that level of compromise.

I guess YMMV? I've heard plenty of Apple fans get upset about "the notch". Then again, some of them (Apple users, and otherwise), do have a better eye of aesthetics (even if to some of the rest of us, it sounds like they're being nitpicky), so another "YMMV" again.

 

[ackmondual]

What is taking them so long to bring something they have had on iPhone for years? I guess it’s really just about waiting for the prices of OLED technology to go further down to not get a cut in their big margins

Heh... that's what got McDonalds bring back the McRib... a drop in pork prices!

 

[Surf Monkey]

Isn’t a foldable iPad just a MacBook? I mean, no, the screen on a MacBook doesn’t fold but the device itself does.

Anyway, a folding iPad seems stupid to me. A solution to a non-existent problem.

 

[truthsteve]

They’re all gimmicks, until Apple makes one ;-)

Apple made the Touch Bar on the MacBook ;-)

 

[truthsteve]

How are larger screens that fit in your pocket a gimmick?

I just explained?

 

[jz0309]

I’m also given to understand that much larger OLED displays that would be found on tablets and laptops and desktops are much harder to mass produce without issues than phone displays are.

so how come that you can buy large RVs with OLED at somewhat reasonable prices?

 

[jz0309]

I rather them not waste time on something that is a gimmick at best. I will agree Oled should have been released since but based on posts above....Larger display OLEDs apparently are harder to mass produce than phone size and as we know with apple they USUALLY dont like to release half baked products.

yea, all these decently priced large OLED TVs just suck ...

 

[FranApple]

Have you tried the OnePlus Open? I have it and you can barely notice and feel the crease. It has the best crease in comparison to the Fold5 and Google Pixel.

The best crease is still a crease. I can't stand it.

 

[J.A.K.]

Does anyone, aside from the companies themselves, actually want foldable screens?

 

[nfl46]

The best crease is still a crease. I can't stand it.

Honestly, after owning it you won't even notice it the crease.