Samsung Display Preparing OLED Orders for 2022 MacBook Pro Models

[I-Support-<good-thing>!]

Bad news for me. I keep my macbooks for a long time. OLEDs don’t have the longevity of LCD as they suffer from burn in.

Nonesense... While they do burn in, it's no where near as prevelant as it's been made out to be. It was supposedly some giant issues with plasma TVs as well, yet I know people who still own Plasmas and they look better than a lot of modern LCDs.

 

[nordique]

the logic is that this leak is not true...apple almost never change the display tech after 1-2 years
I think here we are talking about macbook air...Apple wants the consumer ipads/macs to be on oled, ipad air and macbook air while the prosumer devices to be on mini-led like the 11" and 12.9" ipads pro and 14 16" mbp

that wouldn’t make sense. Why put the superior display technology on the non-pro devices?

It’s more likely related to supply chain and manufacturing constraints. Apple needs massive numbers manufactured at certain costs and oled would be very expensive. It’s why oled laptops are much more expensive than their lcd counterparts

 

[nordique]

You need to wait for micro-LED to be safe(mini-LED is just a stepping stone)

OLED screens are now more durable than when they were first introduced over a decade ago, but OLED screens still probably won't last more than 4-5 years before the blue pixels start fading to a point where it's very noticeable.

Mini LED LCD screens represent the latest LCD screen technology. The best LCD screens are nearly as good in power efficiency, brightness, and gamut as OLED and should work for decades.

MicroLED screens have more in common with OLED than "Mini" LED screens. They are basically the best of all worlds. Better brightness, gamut, efficacy, and longevity than everything else, but currently microLED screens are only used in ultra ULTRA high-end products. Apple has bought several companies working on microLED screens over the last decade... so hopefully we'll see something soon-ish?

MicroLED is the best but it’s still years out from becoming mass market

oled is better than miniLED

 

[JPack]

that wouldn’t make sense. Why put the superior display technology on the non-pro devices?

It’s more likely related to supply chain and manufacturing constraints. Apple needs massive numbers manufactured at certain costs and oled would be very expensive. It’s why oled laptops are much more expensive than their lcd counterparts

Of course not. You can buy an OLED notebook any day of the week for $700. There's plenty of OLED capacity from Samsung, LG, BOE, CSOT, Sharp, etc.

The reality is, OLED performs worse than mini LED. But OLED costs less.

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The beautiful new ZenBook 13 OLED brings you visuals like you’ve never experienced before. It’s also more portable than ever, weighing only 2.45lb with a 13.9 mm-thin profile. Even though It’s thinner, lighter, and incredibly compact, it includes HDMI, Thunderbolt 4 USB-C, USB Type-A and a microS...

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[Lemon Olive]

I don't understand why they just don't focus on one type of technology, instead of having to juggle between three. They just released the iPads Pros with mini-LED, and now what, they release new laptops with OLED?
I can't understand the logic here.

Because they’re not. There is a big knowledge gap with these rumors about “mini-LED now but OLED as soon as next year” for both iPad and MacBook.

It is obviously very misunderstood. Apple has put many years into developing mini-LED displays and is just this year introducing the first products with it. They know OLED. If it were a candidate, they’d be focused on that, not spending multiple years developing mini-LED.

 

[pearvsapple]

OLED >>>>>>> Mini LED aka outdated LCD with pig makeup.

 

[Argon_]

New MacBooks with Mini-LED this year only to be replaced by new MacBooks with OLED next year? Seems unlikely. Unless Apple now starts an annual MacBook update cycle akin to the iPhone.

Although I so wish we could just skip that lousy Mini-LED crutch and go straight to OLED MacBooks.

MLED panels will have significantly longer lifespans than OLED equivalents. Static UI burn in will likely remain a worry for OLED devices for many more years and product cycles.

 

[Argon_]

MicroLED is the best but it’s still years out from becoming mass market

oled is better than miniLED

MicroLED is a nearly ideal display for a non-flexible application. MLED and OLED are arguably sidegrades. One is not superior to the other, rather they have various pros and cons.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Let's hope they don't cheap out on the OLED display controller PWM frequency on these new MacBooks, like they did on the iPhone 12. If the frequency is high enough we don't get eye strain* like on low-brightness settings on the iPhone 12. LCD doesn't have this problem and is more easy on the eyes on any brightness level.

*Disclaimer: I experienced pretty strong eye strains for one week when using my iPhone 12 for more than a few minutes. Only on lower brightness levels ( = more flickering). After this first week I somehow seem to have adapted, but still avoid staring too much at the screen in darker lit rooms/lower brightness, for which I much rather use my LCD iPad.

 

[dojoman]

Of course not. You can buy an OLED notebook any day of the week for $700. There's plenty of OLED capacity from Samsung, LG, BOE, CSOT, Sharp, etc.

The reality is, OLED performs worse than mini LED. But OLED costs less.

ASUS ZenBook 13 Ultra-Slim Laptop, 13.3” OLED FHD NanoEdge Bezel Display, Intel Core i5-1135G7, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB SSD, NumberPad, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 10 Home,Black, UX325EA-DS51

The beautiful new ZenBook 13 OLED brings you visuals like you’ve never experienced before. It’s also more portable than ever, weighing only 2.45lb with a 13.9 mm-thin profile. Even though It’s thinner, lighter, and incredibly compact, it includes HDMI, Thunderbolt 4 USB-C, USB Type-A and a microS...

www.amazon.com

first time I hear someone saying oled performs worse than mini LED.