The Future of Apple's Displays: OLED, Mini LED, and Beyond

In recent years, technology has advanced at an incredible pace, and display screens have been no exception. One trend that's gained significant attention is the shift towards OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) displays. This technology offers superior contrast ratios, wider viewing angles, and faster response times compared to traditional LCDs. As a result, many devices are expected to transition to OLED, including Apple's popular products.

The New MacBook and iPads: A Promising Start

According to reports, the new MacBook and iPads will feature improved displays with refresh rates ranging from 1Hz to 120Hz. This means that users can expect smoother visuals and a more responsive experience. However, it's worth noting that Mini-Chi, an earlier report source, suggests that bringing OLED to the Mac might not happen until 2025, depending on how the implementation goes.

The Competition: Samsung Takes the Lead

Samsung is reportedly the first company to adopt dual-stacked OLED panels in their products, with plans for mass production in 2023. This technology promises even brighter and more vibrant displays, but at a higher cost. Apple had allegedly worked with Samsung to create a prototype OLED display for one of its devices, rumored to be the iPad Air, which was halted due to cost concerns.

Mini LED: A Better Option?

Dimitrigo brings up an interesting point about Mini-LED displays being a superior option in terms of brightness and black levels compared to OLED. Currently, Apple's iPad Pro features blooming effects that are somewhat noticeable. In contrast, the MacBook Pro's display is less prone to this issue, resulting in a cleaner viewing experience. Additionally, Mini-LED can offer significantly higher brightness levels than OLED, making it an attractive option for outdoor use.

TV Industry Adoption: Mini LED's Rise

The TV industry has already begun embracing Mini-LED technology, with LG and Samsung incorporating it into their models. LG's 8K Mini-LED TVs have impressed users with near-OLED black levels and significantly higher brightness than traditional OLED TVs. This development suggests that Mini-LED could become a go-to display tech in the future.

Future of Apple Devices: A Transition to OLED

As Apple transitions many of its devices to OLED, it raises questions about what will happen to Mini-LED technology in the long run. Will entry-level iPads and the iPad Mini get Mini-LED displays, or will they be skipped in favor of OLED? Only time will tell. In the meantime, the updated 32-inch iMac Pro is expected to feature Mini-LED displays by 2023.

Conclusion

The world of display technology is rapidly evolving, with OLED and Mini-LED being major players in this space. As Apple transitions many of its devices to OLED, it's essential to consider what this means for other technologies, like Mini-LED. With the growing adoption of Mini-LED in TVs and potential applications in future Apple devices, it will be interesting to see how this technology continues to shape the display landscape.

Apple's latest displays are set to revolutionize the way we experience our favorite devices, and as always, keeping an eye on the competition can only benefit consumers. The future of display technology holds much promise, and we can't wait to see what's in store for us.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe ipad is getting some pretty big changes and i'm not just talking about the ipad pro here but the entire ipad lineup i've already talked about the ipad pro's design changes and the sizes but in this video i want to talk about some fresh new leaks on some of the other changes coming to the ipads in the future and more of all those leaks right after this if you've been following the channel for a while now you've probably heard me talk about pay-per-like their screen protectors have always been a favorite of mine and they now even offer them in a bundle that also includes a cleaning kit as well as pencil grips so yeah if you have an ipad paperlike has you covered check it out by using the link below and now back to the video so the look has just reported that samsung is developing new gen 8.5 oled displays for tablets and that samsung will be mass producing these for apple in late 2024. now what's really interesting about this report is that they specifically said that this will be for the second gen oled ipad so what about the first gen then well they've also talked about these um and that these would be using the gen 6 oled panels the 11 and the 12.9 inch would be getting updated to oled in 2024 which means that the second gen oled panels would come in 2025 and apparently lg will be involved in this production too so it won't be just samsung and mark german has reported about uh the switch to oled too essentially samsung has recently acquired patents of a german oled company to further improve their oled display technology so samsung is definitely interested in improving their oled panels all across the board in fact they've recently switched to oled in some of their tvs too so they are experimenting in that regard as well oled will be getting some pretty big improvements in the next few years and i know the ipad switching to oled doesn't seem that exciting as loads of other android tablets have been using all the panels for years apple is again very late to the party but there's actually way more to the story than it seems but first you're probably wondering why is apple so late well they've always been late for example apple's first oled iphone was the iphone 10 released in 2017. samsung already had oled on the galaxy s1 from 2010 and the reason why apple is so late in this regard is because they've always been very strict in terms of color accuracy and the initial oled displays were known to be overly vibrant and have unrealistic colors which is why apple decided to wait uh for all the technology to improve for you know the burn-in to be fixed or not as much of an issue and for the brightness to also be bummed and that's when they decided to switch to oled on the iphone but okay let's say that we're in 2024 uh the ipads are finally switching to oled how is apple any different when compared to samsung and the competition well the main difference will be the brightness you see all the tablets today are quite dim samsung's tablet 8 ultra which is their highest end tablet peaks at about 420 nits the ipad air has a brightness of 500 nits the 11 inch ipad pro has a brightness of 600 and then the 12.9 inch ipad pro which uses a mini led display essentially lcd but with multiple dimming zones that can go up to 1600 nits no other tablet can even come this close but we all know that oled is just not capable of these brightness levels at the moment so how will these new ipads be any different well apparently they will be using a double stacked oled layer so essentially two layers of red two layers of blue and two layers of green subpixels essentially doubling the brightness of the display that way so in that case the ipad air should easily be able to get to 800 nits with the current oled panels just double stacked the ipad pro will only need a more advanced oled display to be able to get anywhere near 1600 and i think that this will solve the main issue with oled right now which is the lower brightness levels while also keeping all the benefits of oled like the perfect black levels and the individual pixel control and i also think that this could potentially give us some really cool unique features like the refresh rate could then be dropped to one hertz instead of the 24 hertz that we have now which would then allow us to have an always on display on the ipad uh no tablet has done this before as far as i'm aware so that would basically match the feature set that we have on the iphone and the apple watch with the always-on functionality so that's all great but what about the mac is the mac getting an oled display anytime soon well according to a recent report by russian in 2024 there will be a 13-inch macbook that will be getting an oled display now this would make sense for it to be an heir but according to russian it might not be called the air so it could be a different model but in my opinion makes sense for this to be a new air russ also says that these dual stack displays will be good for durability too so that you get a longer lasting panel and interesting enough according to russ all of these devices that are getting the oled displays will also be getting promotion from 1 hertz all the way up to 120hz so that includes this new macbook and the ipads however minchiko said in an earlier report that bringing oled to the max would fully depend on how the implementation goes on the ipad so dimitrigo believes that 2025 will be the earliest one we'll actually see oled come to the mac so what about the competition is there anyone else who's thinking of adding these super bright oled panels to their devices uh well it's literally samsung because you see samsung is they're smart the alec reports that samsung will be the first company to be using these dual stacked oled panels in their products and that would be on the galaxy tab and the galaxy book now the mass production for these oled panels is set to begin in 2023 which means that it is quite likely that the 2023 galaxy tab and the 2023 galaxy book will come with its dual stacked oled display and then apple will have to wait a few more months until they're able to include those displays into their ipads and that 13-inch macbook and apparently uh samsung actually made a prototype version of this display for apple in 2021 it was a 10.86 inch oled display so maybe something that was aimed for the ipad air this was actually rumored before that the ipad air would switch to oled before the ipad pro but apparently the whole project was halted uh because it was just too expensive for samsung to manufacture apple needed a lot of panels and they also wanted them cheap which samsung was just not able to do at a time but all of this got me thinking isn't mini led actually a better option you see the ipad pro does indeed have blooming but the macbook pro does it so much better the blooming is honestly very minimal and from my day-to-day use i think it looks almost as good as oled but of course with that extra level of brightness so the reason why i'm saying that maybe mini led is a better option is because it is much cheaper to manufacture than this dual layer oled panel and it is available today like if apple wanted to they could add a mini led display to all the ipads and all the macs including the 24 inch imac and seriously boost the quality of their displays and if you use something like vivid you can actually boost your display brightness up to two times or even higher which is insanely useful outdoors something like this is just not doable with oled right now and then if you look at the tv industry mini led is becoming quite big both lg and samsung are using mini led right now lg's mini led tvs are almost as expensive as their oled models in fact we actually have a mini led tv in the office it's an 8k lg tv and the black levels are almost as good as on an oled so i'm honestly very very impressed and the brightness is actually significantly higher than on oled that's why i think that for the time being mini led is superior to oled because of those insanely high brightness levels and the almost as good black levels so what about the future if in 2024 apple will be moving most of their devices to oled at the ipads and that macbook and then future macs um are there any mini led products coming in 2022 or even 2023 well we know about an apple mini led display which would be either a studio display pro or a new pro display xdr now this is said to be coming by the end of this year there's also the updated 32-inch imac the imac pro which is likely going to come in 2023 and feature mini led as well so these are the two main mini led devices that are coming before that oled switch and then i believe the ipad air will be switching to oled first as the level of brightness that would be required would be lower than the ipad pros then of course we would have the ipad pros and then the macbooks but i think the biggest question here is what would actually happen with mini led in the long run like after the ipad pro and the air get oled would the entry level ipad and the ipad mini get mini led or would they simply skip to oled i think that only time can tell but let me know what do you guys think about these big changes coming to all of apple's products in the future and if you want to see a video on just the ipad pro's design changes and some of the other you know mac safe and other changes then check out this video right here check out our shorts channel for quick and fun tech videos i'm daniel and i'll see you guys in the next one cenor tech signing out cheersthe ipad is getting some pretty big changes and i'm not just talking about the ipad pro here but the entire ipad lineup i've already talked about the ipad pro's design changes and the sizes but in this video i want to talk about some fresh new leaks on some of the other changes coming to the ipads in the future and more of all those leaks right after this if you've been following the channel for a while now you've probably heard me talk about pay-per-like their screen protectors have always been a favorite of mine and they now even offer them in a bundle that also includes a cleaning kit as well as pencil grips so yeah if you have an ipad paperlike has you covered check it out by using the link below and now back to the video so the look has just reported that samsung is developing new gen 8.5 oled displays for tablets and that samsung will be mass producing these for apple in late 2024. now what's really interesting about this report is that they specifically said that this will be for the second gen oled ipad so what about the first gen then well they've also talked about these um and that these would be using the gen 6 oled panels the 11 and the 12.9 inch would be getting updated to oled in 2024 which means that the second gen oled panels would come in 2025 and apparently lg will be involved in this production too so it won't be just samsung and mark german has reported about uh the switch to oled too essentially samsung has recently acquired patents of a german oled company to further improve their oled display technology so samsung is definitely interested in improving their oled panels all across the board in fact they've recently switched to oled in some of their tvs too so they are experimenting in that regard as well oled will be getting some pretty big improvements in the next few years and i know the ipad switching to oled doesn't seem that exciting as loads of other android tablets have been using all the panels for years apple is again very late to the party but there's actually way more to the story than it seems but first you're probably wondering why is apple so late well they've always been late for example apple's first oled iphone was the iphone 10 released in 2017. samsung already had oled on the galaxy s1 from 2010 and the reason why apple is so late in this regard is because they've always been very strict in terms of color accuracy and the initial oled displays were known to be overly vibrant and have unrealistic colors which is why apple decided to wait uh for all the technology to improve for you know the burn-in to be fixed or not as much of an issue and for the brightness to also be bummed and that's when they decided to switch to oled on the iphone but okay let's say that we're in 2024 uh the ipads are finally switching to oled how is apple any different when compared to samsung and the competition well the main difference will be the brightness you see all the tablets today are quite dim samsung's tablet 8 ultra which is their highest end tablet peaks at about 420 nits the ipad air has a brightness of 500 nits the 11 inch ipad pro has a brightness of 600 and then the 12.9 inch ipad pro which uses a mini led display essentially lcd but with multiple dimming zones that can go up to 1600 nits no other tablet can even come this close but we all know that oled is just not capable of these brightness levels at the moment so how will these new ipads be any different well apparently they will be using a double stacked oled layer so essentially two layers of red two layers of blue and two layers of green subpixels essentially doubling the brightness of the display that way so in that case the ipad air should easily be able to get to 800 nits with the current oled panels just double stacked the ipad pro will only need a more advanced oled display to be able to get anywhere near 1600 and i think that this will solve the main issue with oled right now which is the lower brightness levels while also keeping all the benefits of oled like the perfect black levels and the individual pixel control and i also think that this could potentially give us some really cool unique features like the refresh rate could then be dropped to one hertz instead of the 24 hertz that we have now which would then allow us to have an always on display on the ipad uh no tablet has done this before as far as i'm aware so that would basically match the feature set that we have on the iphone and the apple watch with the always-on functionality so that's all great but what about the mac is the mac getting an oled display anytime soon well according to a recent report by russian in 2024 there will be a 13-inch macbook that will be getting an oled display now this would make sense for it to be an heir but according to russian it might not be called the air so it could be a different model but in my opinion makes sense for this to be a new air russ also says that these dual stack displays will be good for durability too so that you get a longer lasting panel and interesting enough according to russ all of these devices that are getting the oled displays will also be getting promotion from 1 hertz all the way up to 120hz so that includes this new macbook and the ipads however minchiko said in an earlier report that bringing oled to the max would fully depend on how the implementation goes on the ipad so dimitrigo believes that 2025 will be the earliest one we'll actually see oled come to the mac so what about the competition is there anyone else who's thinking of adding these super bright oled panels to their devices uh well it's literally samsung because you see samsung is they're smart the alec reports that samsung will be the first company to be using these dual stacked oled panels in their products and that would be on the galaxy tab and the galaxy book now the mass production for these oled panels is set to begin in 2023 which means that it is quite likely that the 2023 galaxy tab and the 2023 galaxy book will come with its dual stacked oled display and then apple will have to wait a few more months until they're able to include those displays into their ipads and that 13-inch macbook and apparently uh samsung actually made a prototype version of this display for apple in 2021 it was a 10.86 inch oled display so maybe something that was aimed for the ipad air this was actually rumored before that the ipad air would switch to oled before the ipad pro but apparently the whole project was halted uh because it was just too expensive for samsung to manufacture apple needed a lot of panels and they also wanted them cheap which samsung was just not able to do at a time but all of this got me thinking isn't mini led actually a better option you see the ipad pro does indeed have blooming but the macbook pro does it so much better the blooming is honestly very minimal and from my day-to-day use i think it looks almost as good as oled but of course with that extra level of brightness so the reason why i'm saying that maybe mini led is a better option is because it is much cheaper to manufacture than this dual layer oled panel and it is available today like if apple wanted to they could add a mini led display to all the ipads and all the macs including the 24 inch imac and seriously boost the quality of their displays and if you use something like vivid you can actually boost your display brightness up to two times or even higher which is insanely useful outdoors something like this is just not doable with oled right now and then if you look at the tv industry mini led is becoming quite big both lg and samsung are using mini led right now lg's mini led tvs are almost as expensive as their oled models in fact we actually have a mini led tv in the office it's an 8k lg tv and the black levels are almost as good as on an oled so i'm honestly very very impressed and the brightness is actually significantly higher than on oled that's why i think that for the time being mini led is superior to oled because of those insanely high brightness levels and the almost as good black levels so what about the future if in 2024 apple will be moving most of their devices to oled at the ipads and that macbook and then future macs um are there any mini led products coming in 2022 or even 2023 well we know about an apple mini led display which would be either a studio display pro or a new pro display xdr now this is said to be coming by the end of this year there's also the updated 32-inch imac the imac pro which is likely going to come in 2023 and feature mini led as well so these are the two main mini led devices that are coming before that oled switch and then i believe the ipad air will be switching to oled first as the level of brightness that would be required would be lower than the ipad pros then of course we would have the ipad pros and then the macbooks but i think the biggest question here is what would actually happen with mini led in the long run like after the ipad pro and the air get oled would the entry level ipad and the ipad mini get mini led or would they simply skip to oled i think that only time can tell but let me know what do you guys think about these big changes coming to all of apple's products in the future and if you want to see a video on just the ipad pro's design changes and some of the other you know mac safe and other changes then check out this video right here check out our shorts channel for quick and fun tech videos i'm daniel and i'll see you guys in the next one cenor tech signing out cheers\n"