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iPad Pros With 11-Inch and 13-Inch OLED Displays Expected to Enter Mass Production Early Next Year
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You’re confusing microLED and miniLED. Those are unrelated technologies.
MicroLED is an unproven new technology, so Apple is first testing it on the smallest display they have (and not quite succeeding yet, according to rumors), because that allows for the best yield (ratio of manufactured panels without dead pixels). If it can be manufactured at reasonable cost, microLED would probably be the best for all screen sizes.
MiniLED is an interim technology for the iPad Pro 12.9”, until Apple can get their supply chain in order to source OLED displays in sufficient quantities and at a workable price. The fact that Apple didn’t expand miniLED to other iPad models can be taken as an indication that they don’t see it as a technology for the future going forward. Barring microLED, everyone wants OLED like on the iPhones.
You’ll be able to turn it off, like on the iPhone.
It looks like OLED is planned for the MacBooks, so yes for them. Large OLED panels for desktop monitors are still rare, not sure Apple will go for that in the near-mid term.
Apple doesn’t call it that, but it uses FALD (full-array local dimming), and miniLED is just Apple’s name for FALD on the iPad. Maybe they think the XDR doesn’t have enough zones to call it that.
Probably not what you meant, but you're thinking way too small if you only consider a VR headset to be a glorified email device.
OLED together with M-chips would be a reason to upgrade. Not that it's really needed (90% of my time with my iPads ist reading and web surfing), but market prices for used devices are still good, so why not.
My only complaint would be that I'd prefer the larger model to be 14", not 13".
Also, how about a lovely little iPad Mini Pro with 8-9"?
My only complaint would be that I'd prefer the larger model to be 14", not 13".
Also, how about a lovely little iPad Mini Pro with 8-9"?
I don’t know what I’ll do with the bump from my current 12.9 to 13 😁
iPad semiproOLED together with M-chips would be a reason to upgrade. Not that it's really needed (90% of my time with my iPads ist reading and web surfing), but market prices for used devices are still good, so why not.
My only complaint would be that I'd prefer the larger model to be 14", not 13".
Also, how about a lovely little iPad Mini Pro with 8-9"?
11". 12.9 is way too big for me to hold and is absurd for a tablet. If I needed a 13 inch screen I'd just get a Macbook...which I did.
I don't mind paying a little bit more for a better screen on the 11. It's my preferred size, so I welcome it.
So away with the lightzone-bleed but probably a timer limit on how long it can display peak nit brightness since it's OLED?
People who want to use this as cheap in-the-field HDR reference monitor (since Dolby recently gave their blessing for the M1/M2 12.9inch) might want to treat these news with caution.
People who want to use this as cheap in-the-field HDR reference monitor (since Dolby recently gave their blessing for the M1/M2 12.9inch) might want to treat these news with caution.
Not to mention the Magic Keyboard with a dedicated function row, like the Magic Keyboard Folio.
Mini-LED is a type of FALD, but not all FALD is mini-LED. The Pro Display XDR version of FALD isn't considered fine-grained enough in the industry to be called mini-LED, which is why Apple doesn't call it that.
OLEDs would be superior but still have issues with burn-in. Especially extensive use with bright desktop GUIs can exacerbate the burn-in, leading to permanently damaged panels in a relatively short timeframe.
Mini-LED has always been a compromise until Micro-LED becomes consumer-ready and would likely replace even OLEDs, but it will be still years to come until that happens.
Not true. Vision Pro is a whole new level of using tech for an average person like me. I spend the majority of my day using my devices and I am 100% sure once I have my Vision Pro, I will use it more than the other devices. It won't be inconvenient because I don't have a 9 to 5 office kind of job. My income comes from using my devices in my in-home office and in-home studio.
The drawback is the flickering. So glad I bought a 2022 iPad Pro and won't have to put up with unnecessary headaches from yet another display.
You’re basing this on a keynote presentation. Real world there will undoubtedly be physical and software limitations so while it looks super cool the support and versatility will take a long time. Apple won’t even turn the iPad into a MacBook replacement for fear of market split so I anticipate the Vision Pro being locked to 1st party apps for a while. I’ll look out for your ‘Why I’m returning the Vision Pro’ post.
