Engadget Logo Engadget Japanese version MacBook with organic EL display will be released in 2025? Will the organic EL version iPad be introduced before that?
There are rumors that South Korea's LG Display is moving to provide a large panel for the organic EL version of the MacBook Pro around 2025 after supplying the organic EL display panel for the iPad.
According to South Korean electronics industry magazine The Elec, LG Display aims to supply 8.5-generation OLED panels for Apple's first OLED MacBook. This product is scheduled to be released around 2025.
More specifically, LG has been evaluating the deposition process for manufacturing 8.5th generation organic EL panels at its facility in Paju, South Korea since December 2021. is expected to take one year.
The Elec has repeatedly reported that LG is boosting its manufacturing facility in Paju to increase the supply of OLED panels for future iPads and iPhones. The Nikkei Shimbun has also reported that LG is investing in increased production for the organic EL version of the iPad.
Furthermore, The Elec says LG plans to use its 6th generation OLED panel production line for the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPads, which will launch earlier than the OLED version of the MacBook. said it would.
And it is added that the OLED version of the MacBook will use large OLED panel manufacturing technology such as 8.5 generation because it can cut out more panels per board in a shorter time.
Just recently, display analyst Ross Young just predicted that ``the organic EL version iPad Pro will be released in both 11-inch and 12.9-inch sizes in the future''. Also yesterday, famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said, "The launch of the first MacBook with an organic EL display depends on whether the 11-inch and 12.9-inch organic EL iPads can be released in 2024." I was tweeting.
Your privacy settings do not allow this content. Please change the settings hereThe 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPads are Pro models, and it is hard to imagine that MacBooks will use organic EL screens, which are more expensive than LCDs, other than Pro models. Both may be considered to be differentiating between the popular model and the high-end model.
On the other hand, however, 2021 will also see the introduction of mini LED backlight technology on both the iPad and MacBook. It will be interesting to see what kind of display technology strategy Apple has in place in the future.
Source: The Elec
via: MacRumors
