According to a new report by The Elec, China’s BOE Technology is preparing to supply Apple with OLED display panels for its iPad and MacBook models set to release in 2024 (via MacRumors).
As per Apple’s requirements, BOE will produce a Gen 8.6 OLED display panel production line at its B16 factory in Sichuan Province, China, the source adds. The company also plans to rival Samsung Display and LG Display in supplying Apple with OLED panels for future iPad and MacBook models.
Moreover, BOE is testing two-stack tandem OLED technology for increased brightness and longevity, which makes these panels even more suitable for devices like iPads and MacBooks.
“Both Samsung and LG are said to use Gen 6 production lines for their first OLED panels for iPads, before using Gen 8.5 production lines for various Apple devices set to debut after the launch of the first iPad model with an OLED display. Gen 8.5 production lines yield more OLED panels per substrate than Gen 6 lines and is therefore more cost effective.”
Earlier reports have suggested that an OLED display MacBook will not launch until 2025.
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I feel the mini led is not going anywhere since they JUST implemented it and it offers most of the benefits without the drawbacks of oled. It performs better than the oled on galaxy tab.
That is some major BS. OLED is superior to Mini LED in every way. Mini LED is still a crappy LCD display with its backlighting being thousands of LED lights. Trying to pump up a LCD display and help it give better HDR qualities. Only OLED still has far better HDR qualities, and contrasts.
Don’t take my word for it, go check out the comparison from maxxtech on ipad pro vs galaxy tab.
Maxxtech are Apple zealots, so their word means nothing. OLED keeps on getting better each year. Plus look up what Mini LED really is. It is an LCD display, and ALL LCD displays have poor contrast levels, especially compared to OLED. These are facts. Not to mention Mini LED is trying to get to the darkness levels that OLED gets to, but can’t because each Mini LED controls many LCD pixels, and its the reason why Mini LED still gets light bleeding from cross pixels. OLED doesn’t do that because each OLED pixel is its own light on a panel. Its also why OLED displays get the darkest blacks, and the highest contrast levels, which is used to get the best HDR levels. Mini LED is a poor mans excuse for what OLED has been doing for many years now.