After the surprise launch of the iPad mini 7 with A17 Pro chip, Apple would be clear that OLED would be the next evolution in this model, although in the very long term
Ross Young, renowned display analyst and CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, is very clear about the next step for the eighth generation iPad mini. Just last week, Apple launched the iPad mini 7 with the A17 Pro chip through a press release, but we would already be clear about what the evolution of this product range would be. OLED will come to Apple’s smallest iPad according to expressed in X by Young himself.
Apple will leave the LCD panel for an OLED one, improving the quality of the iPad mini 8
After several generations with OLED on the iPhone and Apple Watch, the benefits can be seen with the naked eye which has the use of a panel with these characteristics and one with LCD. Better brightness, greater contrast with deeper black colors and better energy efficiency in terms of battery are achieved. Although it is true that it is a technology that already exists and has been tested at Apple, its arrival on said iPad will not be so quick.. This iPad had consecutive updates between 2012 and 2015, some minor, and was recently updated only 3 times between 2019 and 2024.
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The iPad Pro M4 was the most recent product in the catalog to be upgraded to OLED. Next on the update roadmap would be the iPad Air and would conclude with the iPad minialthough it is also likely that the small model will surpass it and the iPad Air will come in third place in terms of round of OLED upgrades.
OLED will come to more Apple products
In addition to the iPad mini and iPad Air, The next product that could receive OLED would be the iPhone SE 4. The long-awaited entry-level iPhone would finally receive a major redesign, adapting to the line of latest iPhones launched by Apple.
Another product that would change to OLED would be the MacBook Pro, although in this model it is rumored that the change would arrive until 2027. Coincidentally, this change would coincide with a next generation of LTPO3 in the iPhone; previously reported here on iPadizate.
The LTPO3 OLED screen of the Series 10 would arrive on the iPhone in 2027
Once the OLED lands in Mac territory, other products that would gradually receive it would be the MacBook Air and the iMac although in later years. We are sure that once Apple adapts to the production and assembly of the iPad Pro with OLED, it will be a matter of time before we receive reports that those from Cupertino are preparing to do so on the iPad Air, iPad mini and MacBook Pro.
The same way, Ross Young’s reports are usually blunt. He was the first to indicate the size change in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max with the 6.3 and 6.9 inches. He also expressed rumors about the new size of the 13-inch iPad Air although he stated that it would have miniLED, which did not end up happening at all. Next year it will be interesting to see what Apple is preparing for future releases starting with the iPhone SE and concluding with new Macs.
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Source: ipadizate.com
