The iPhone X is almost 6 years old now, has burn-in been an issue on OLED iPhones?
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2024 OLED iPad Pros Set to Be a Lot Pricier Due to Costly Panel Production Process
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As mentioned in the article, this would get a two-stack structure. My understanding (although not spelled out in the article) is that this would directly address the burn-in issue. It wouldn't completely eliminate the risk of burn-in, but it would nonetheless drastically reduce the risk.
Yes it does occasionally occur with iPhones, but it's a very small issue. However, as the article says, the expected usage patterns of iPads are different from iPhones. It sounds like Apple thinks the risk of burn-in on iPads is greater than on iPhones (as others also think), so they've changed the panel design to compensate. The big downside is increased cost.
Makes sense. Look at all the other prices of goods, including tech, increasing due to inflation.
Of course many here will moan on about "greedy Apple" while knowing absolutely nothing about the situation.
Of course many here will moan on about "greedy Apple" while knowing absolutely nothing about the situation.
Would you accept a decrease in your salary so that your company can eat some costs?
"Blooming" is a prominent issue with the miniLED displays in which if you view a dark picture with a small amount of light, that light will be more blurred and have a glowy-like appearance surrounding it. This is called blooming due to video games often having a "bloom" setting that makes light more realistic by making it glow more.
In this case, the setting is on. Permanently.
They're already too expensive and the product line incredibly inconsistent and fragmented. They are absolutely hanging themselves with this one if it turns out to be true.
Apple need to understand that the return of investment on their products is not infinite. At some point, it becomes utterly practical to say feck it and walk. I'm nearly there.
Apple need to understand that the return of investment on their products is not infinite. At some point, it becomes utterly practical to say feck it and walk. I'm nearly there.
"Apple is pricing themselves out of the market".....I feel like I've been hearing this for a decade now and it hasn't happened
Maybe that's because Apple has an entire lineup of products of different price points, which in turn gives them the freedom to go wild with pricing because it doesn't have to be affordable to everyone. Someone who is not in the market for an iPad Pro can still opt for the cheaper iPad Air or iPad 10th gen, and that's perfectly okay.
The geopolitical and financial situation is somewhat worse now than it has ever been for everyone. This will shrink the market as it already has done for most high value and luxury items. The only leverage they have is the iPhone position. iPad and Mac are replaceable without too much of an issue.
Thank you. As non-native speaker I’m always glad if someone points out mistakes like that so that I can learn from it. 😊
iPad Pros are not meant for the average tablet user. Non-Pro iPads are already arguably vastly superior to the Android competition in many ways, at affordable price points. And for those who want something more, they can get the iPad Airs. The iPad Pros are at the high end.
Sure every product tier has its price limits, but it's not as if Apple is trying to compete with $500 tablets with the iPad Pro line.
I think Apple will price the OLED iPad Pros to a level Apple thinks the market will bear, and won't just base it off the cost of the components with a fixed margin markup. Apple will sometimes increase or decrease margins accordingly. If Apple thinks it makes the most sense to keep the price fixed, it will do so, even if components cost more. I don't think they will do that, but another option as mentioned in this thread is to increase storage while increasing pricing at the same time. Or maybe they will keep the storage the same and increase pricing, but if they do that, I don't think they'd increase it more than US$50-$100.
Sure every product tier has its price limits, but it's not as if Apple is trying to compete with $500 tablets with the iPad Pro line.
I think Apple will price the OLED iPad Pros to a level Apple thinks the market will bear, and won't just base it off the cost of the components with a fixed margin markup. Apple will sometimes increase or decrease margins accordingly. If Apple thinks it makes the most sense to keep the price fixed, it will do so, even if components cost more. I don't think they will do that, but another option as mentioned in this thread is to increase storage while increasing pricing at the same time. Or maybe they will keep the storage the same and increase pricing, but if they do that, I don't think they'd increase it more than US$50-$100.
So why do you think Apple is requesting a more expensive process? Just for fun?
Presumably because they want a minimum number of zones horizontally/vertically.
I’m still on my 11 inch iPad Pro from 2018, and I never feel that anything that I do with it warrants buying a newer one. It handles all my needs just fine, for example running Procreate with zero issues or slowdowns. Sure, the battery life is not what it used to be, but it’s still fine.
And you're defending Apple while knowing absolutely nothing about the situation.
Checked prices of solid state drives lately? Prices are in the basement. Manufacturers can't dump them fast enough. Yet Apple charges hundreds $$$ for each bump in storage. Greedy Apple for sure.
At what point does the iPad Pro price have to reach that people start looking into other options like a MacBook Pro? I have always found my MacBook to be far more useful than any iPad that I have ever owned. Like someone else said, once you add the pencil and keyboard, you are close if not over the price of a 14 inch MacBook Pro but limited to iPadOS. The hardware has gone far beyond what the iPad was intended to be used for while the operating system has stayed the same.
To make more money, of course. Samsung can sell an OLED tablet for 1/3 the price of an iPad Pro. And it's cheap enough that people can actually consider replacing it each year and getting a new one. OLED is not magical. Apple will have you think it is, though.
It’s originally a photography term: https://blog.dehancer.com/articles/bloom-what-it-is-and-how-it-works/
CCD camera sensors were also prone to it.
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If I were Tim Cook, or Apple management, of course. No person needs $1+ billion dollars.
My net worth is less than 0.01% of his. I give 10% of my salary to charity, and i choose to give a portion of that to my workplace (a non-profit).
I manage just fine, and I’m sure he and the rest of management could somehow find a way to get by, too.
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