With its M1 chip and 5G support, the new iPad Air has no not much to envy to the 11-inch iPad Pro, if not a better photo block and the ProMotion screen. Apple could, however, widen the technological gap with an OLED screen for future Pro tablets.
At least that’s what Ross Young, an analyst at DSCC — and usually pretty well-informed behind the scenes of the display industry — says in his last report. The manufacturer would use two suppliers of OLED panels: LG for the 12.9-inch model, to which would be added Samsung to provide the 11-inch version. Young relies on a recent article from the Korean site The Elecaccording to which these all-OLED iPad Pros would be released in 2024.
These OLED screens would also be LPTO, allowing them to offer the ProMotion display between 10 and 120 frames per second, as on the iPhone 13 Pro / Max. ProMotion screens on current iPad Pros run the display between 24 and 120 fps. Going down to 10 Hz would allow iPadOS to scratch a little more autonomy.
For the immediate future, that is to say the 2022 vintage of the iPad Pro, we are still in the dark, even if Ming-Chi Kuo predicted an 11-inch model last summer with mini-LED screen, just to make the pass of two with his big brother. Enough to allow the device to benefit from deep blacks and better contrast.
Unfortunately, this prediction is sent to the trash by Ross Young, who believes that the 11-inch iPad Pro would ultimately not be entitled to the mini-LED ” at least for this year ???? Therefore, to differentiate itself from the iPad Air, the small tablet would only have one (possible) M2 chip? Let’s hope that Apple is preparing one or more surprises for this model…
Still according to the analyst, Apple intends to reserve mini-LED technology for its largest screens. A 27-inch screen could thus be launched in June for WWDC, “ with the Mac Pro »… which has absolutely nothing certain, According to Mark Gurman. This future screen would have a 5K definition and, perhaps, the ProMotion 120 Hz. A “luxury” version of the Studio Display, in short…