ProMotion doesn't break down to sub areas of the screen. However, one upside of being plugged in is that the higher refresh rate isn't going to "deplete the battery". It would make sense. The foundational technology is simply just part of the DisplayPort technology. ( but not the "sub areas" part. ).
It will extremely likely be the same panel that is in the 27" iMac ( or whatever the large screen iMac is that sells in substantive volume. ). Apple is unlikely to pick some a super low volume panel to put in this display ( 8K is highly likely out. ). If the iMac panel has ProMotion then the display will have ProMotion. If the iMac panel doesn't ...... stand alone display docking station won't.
So super wide? No. Wider than an iMac? No.
What might hope for is that get
two sizes. 21.5" (that is much more affordable) and 27" as opposed to "wide" and "ultrawide".
ProMotion would also sink 8K. There are bandwidth problems with 8K. Cranking up the refresh rates only makes that dramatically worse.
One USB Type-C port probably with Thunderbolt v3. ( perhaps a small chance a variation where they do some tap dancing and have another port that is for Type-C Alt mode DisplayPort. )
A core primary market for these displays is going to be Mac laptops ( MacBook Pro mostly. If two sizes then most). I think folks are completely off base thinking that the Mac Pro is almost the only driver here. It won't be. Too small (both the base pool and the fact that there are lots of options here.... NEC , Ezio, Dell, HP , etc. ). It is more expansive for Apple to sell docks as displays. That is probably not going to change.
Nor will there be some shortage of options. One of NEC's
recent ( Summer 2018) displays the PA271Q has a Type-C connector.
"...
Input Terminals
Connectors:
DisplayPort, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI (2), USB Type-C, USB hub (3 up / 3 down) with DisplaySync Pro ..."
While technically not thunderbolt v3 , a TB v3 port can supply the DP alt mode that needs with a decent C-to-C cable (not a "race to the bottom" cable or random, but some). Type-C ports on displays are coming. There will probably more previewed/announced at upcoming CES in the 4K 9and smaller) resolutions.
FaceID ? Probably, no. It isn't secure if have a open cable can be trivially mutated. Also no direct connection to the T2 chip. In an iMac the whole IR sensor return and camera can both be directly fed into the T-series chip. If decouple the T-series from the sensors then don't have a secure path. ( Apple could through more silicon at it. A secure comm chip in the display that is secure paired with the T-series but drifting into Rube Goldberg zone. Simplest to 'save' that as an iMac (Pro) feature. )
Facetime high resolution?
Recent macrumors thread ...
Yes, the 2018 MacBook Air's FaceTime HD Camera is Awful
If a huge fraction of the potential buyers don't want the camera, then HD 720 versus 1080 probably isn't going to pump
So I wouldn't bet on it. A bit of an argument to drop the camera all together. When paired with a Mac laptop there already is a camera... which could be hooked to FaceID. The other upper 25 percentile "pro" monitors don't have cameras. ( the LG UltraFine 4K doesn't have camera past ambient light sensor probably due to bandwidth issues ). The problem with slapping iphone/ipad cameras into the monitor is that average shooting distance is different from even the laptops. ( bigger the screen the farther away the subject is going to be. That is a IR dot projection issue too if shooting for very high fidelity. ) up sales.
In the context of "bezels are the ultimate evil" mania in the tech porn press, dumping the camera could allow the industrial design folks to go "even thinner" OCD mode.
If Apple wanted to do something on their "Champions of privacy" sales pitch would be a hardware privacy shutter.... if the Industrial Design crew's OCD doesn't get in the way.
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Which context?
Mac laptop docked with the monitor in a workplace setting where the work takes laptop to different locations (home / work) where they gets things done. One cable hook to monitor's fixed location's power , bigger screen ( maybe ethernet or another broader spectrum doc. ). [ The Mac Pro is just piggybacking off of that. doesn't particularly need the power, but port expansion could be useful. Most "Pro" monitors have a USB hub, so 'more ports at literal desktop level ' is market value issue. ]
Apple bundles AppleCare on Mac to display if buy them together. ( some folks want "one throat to choke" via one purchase order. )
Simplicity .... System Preferences controls the monitor. It isn't another set of menus and buttons to learn.
For context that is going from mostly calibrated (start off high and may drift a bit over time) HDR screens to other HDR ( or 'less') screens the notion of princess and the pea LUT adjustment don't really matter as much. Changing mediums exposes different implement's deviations from the standard, but if sticking to the same medium all the time... where is the big drift going to come from (other than super old versus super new products.)? [ Does that encompass the whole Pro monitor market? No. Is it enough to justify making and selling some that hit this subset.... probably yes. Most of the other Pro market monitor vendors think so because they sell stuff in this range too. ]
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What does someone who is perhaps buying a Mac Pro to serve as a audio DAW workstation need a Eizo or top end PA class NEC monitor for? Someone working on computational workflows and documenting/publishing the results?
Folks are pointing at a niche that is a smaller subset of the what the Mac Pro actually covers. Most Mac Pro are probably
not in color space "peeping" ( like "pixel peeping") mode workflows. For the subset range that is then Apple monitors probably weren't the dominate choices before. Apple probably isn't trying to change that balance. In the subsets where they did have some moderate dominance they probably would like to hold on to those. ( and the LG Ultrafine results probably indicated they could do that by "proxy" through a third party. Nobody else could probably survive selling only what Apple will probably make... a Mac only solution. )
