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iPad Pro New renders and Micro LED in March
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That'd be a fairly big spec bump if you ask me.Think a spec bump or Micro LED?First renders of Apple's 2020 iPad Pros show triple cameras
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Arggh, this is a pet peeve of mine.
People keep mentioning micro-LED, but none of the rumours have said micro-LED is coming any time soon. All the rumours have pointed to mini-LED, which is a very different technology. Mini-LED is an evolution of current LED technology.
However, even then, the pundits believe the mini-LED models may not arrive until late 2020 or else some time in 2021.
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People keep mentioning micro-LED, but none of the rumours have said micro-LED is coming any time soon. All the rumours have pointed to mini-LED, which is a very different technology. Mini-LED is an evolution of current LED technology.
However, even then, the pundits believe the mini-LED models may not arrive until late 2020 or else some time in 2021.
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Arggh, this is a pet peeve of mine.
People keep mentioning micro-LED, but none of the rumours have said micro-LED is coming any time soon. All the rumours have pointed to mini-LED, which is a very different technology. Mini-LED is an evolution of current LED technology.
However, even then, the pundits believe the mini-LED models may not arrive until late 2020 or else some time in 2021.
Kuo: High-End iPad and MacBook With Mini-LED Displays to Launch Between Late 2020 and Mid 2021
Reiterating a prediction he shared in April, noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today said Apple plans to release high-end iPad and MacBook models with...
I am sorry.
Still very close to OLED, but I can’t call it that.
3rd Q 2020, or 1st Q 2021, most likely in 2021 now.
Mini-LED technology really is nothing like OLED technology. OLED will also still have a large advantage for picture quality too. The real competitor to OLED is supposed to be micro-LED, but micro-LED is effectively still vapourware.
What the rumours say that is coming soon to the iPad Pros is mini-LED, which isn't directly related to either micro-LED or OLED.
Why Mini-LED May Be the Next OLED
Mini-led screens are cheaper to make than OLED screens, especially at larger sizes. THat could be why Apple and other manufacturers are adopting this tech for future devices.
March 2020: Now with 6 GB of RAM in the 512 GB and 1 TB models. New triple camera.
Oct/Nov 2020: New A14X CPU and and Mini-LED screen.
Mini-LED is entirely different to OLED. I mean, they both have the letters “LED” in them, but that’s basically it. And micro-LED tech that people keep bringing up around here is a half-decade away from being implemented in an iPad. 🤷🏻♂️
“Mini-LED screens” are still LCD screens, but with lots of mini LEDs behind the LCD to provide the backlighting. OLED are not LCD, and it has nothing to do with backlighting. OLED pixels each give off their own light, and requires no backlighting.
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Yes, but one could be a rather silent , under-the-radar “refresh” with relatively minor spec bump, while another in September may be marketed far heavier.
That, or an iPad Pro with mini-LED screen may branch off as a new, more expensive variant of the regular iPad Pro. It’s not that far-fetched. The rumours surrounding mini-LED only mention the 12.9” iPP getting it, with no mention of the 11”. Now, Apple aren’t dropping the 11” out of the lineup, so perhaps a special 12.9” mini-LED version is introduced in addition to the “regular” 12.9” iPad Pro. 🤷🏻♂️
That, or an iPad Pro with mini-LED screen may branch off as a new, more expensive variant of the regular iPad Pro. It’s not that far-fetched. The rumours surrounding mini-LED only mention the 12.9” iPP getting it, with no mention of the 11”. Now, Apple aren’t dropping the 11” out of the lineup, so perhaps a special 12.9” mini-LED version is introduced in addition to the “regular” 12.9” iPad Pro. 🤷🏻♂️