A recent report from venerable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo advised that the iOS device maker has scrapped its plans for the
. Instead, we are supposed to see an 11″
with a mini-LED display.
According to TSMC’s production schedule we will see up to 15% performance gain, 30% power reduction, and a logic density gain of up to 70% over the current 5nm process, or a combination between the three, as is usually the case.
A 12.9″ OLED iPad Pro with bright LG display
That’s right, Apple has apparently been satisfied with LG’s OLED iPad display efforts to such an extent, that it has scraped the partnership with Samsung and moved to source the panel from LG.
For Apple, the switch will lower the OLED screen dependency from Samsung that still supplies the lion’s share of its iPhone display panels. The move to an even larger panel sourced by LG is also warranted by the fact that LG may not be as good as Samsung in small-size OLED screens, but the mid- and large-sized displays are its forte.
Just look at the plenty of LG OLED TV models and you’ll see why, and there are more requirements to larger OLED panels that apparently only LG can fulfil for now. Reportedly, LG’s head start in larger size OLED screens development is warranted by its “two-stack” OLED RGB layering method exclusivity, claim the industry insiders.
Expect a 2023 release for the first OLED iPads
The industry insiders who tipped that Apple has switched to LG for its first iPad OLED panel also claim that it could be released in “late 2023 to early 2024.” That would give Apple plenty of time to develop its move to OLED tablets and, as explained above, the switch to LG as their main display supplier will shoot several birds with one stone.
Apple will allegedly release both an 11″ OLED iPad and a 12.9″ OLED one in 2023, bringing more credibility to the speculation that its first OLED tablets will be in the Pro series. Surprisingly, Samsung is now tipped to also play a part in producing the displays for this dynamic duo, despite stopping its 10.86″ OLED screen development for an iPad Air successor.
