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OLEDs are still coming to the iPad Pros first, but OLED MacBook Pro and Air plans are well advanced
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The report, in trade siteThe Elec, says that Samsung is in the process of assembling its manufacturing facilities for eighth-generation OLED panel production. Those facilities are destined for MacBook panels, but not for a few years.
The move is expected to begin this year but it’ll be a slow roll-out; inevitably it’ll be the most premium Apple products that get the premium displays first. That means the top-endiPadPros this Spring, with the next tranche of OLED devices currently tipped for release in 2025 and 2026.
When can we expect the first OLED MacBooks?
According to trade title ET News in a report last year, the timescale looks something like this:
As ever with Apple predictions these dates are not Apple announcements but reports from within Apple’s supply chain, and that means the specifics of the plans may change – and may have already changed.
While the specifics may change, Apple’s move to OLED is a given because of the multiple advantages it delivers: not just better image quality and massively improved contrast but also lower power consumption and thinner, lighter panels compared to the LCDs in current devices. That’s why OLED is already in every iPhone apart from the iPhone SE, andthat’s expected to be redesigned this year.
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