When Apple reveals its next iPads (read here to find out exactly when that will be), it looks like there will be two new iPad Pro tablets and two iPad Air models. And a new report claims something very unexpected: the iPad Air will use the miniLED backlight technology of the current iPad Pro. That’s brilliant news, literally.
While the promise of an OLED display on the next iPad Pro appears to have leaked recently, there has been little to no news about the next iPad Air, other than the suggestion that it will come in two sizes for the first time.
But now, a report from Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants, whose deeply knowledgeable specialty is displays, says a surprise is coming.
He published in x, and this was picked up by Zac Hall on 9to5Mac. Yong commented: “Surprise! The upcoming 12.9″ iPad Air has a MiniLED display. This will consume the leftover panels of the 12.9″ iPad Pro MiniLED and offer less power than an edge-lit LCD screen…”
This is very exciting news. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro’s display is stunning, with numerous mini LED backlights that deliver brightness, deep contrast, and vibrancy that regular LCDs can’t achieve. It’s easily the best screen on any iPad.
One caveat: Ross only predicts this change for the larger iPad Air, with a 12.9-inch screen, not the smaller model with a roughly 10.9-inch screen. Well, if Ross is right that Apple has an inventory of 12.9-inch mini LED displays, then it makes sense that only the larger screen would benefit.
That’s a smart way to boost sales of the larger Air, although not including the technology in the smaller model will likely mean savings for Apple that can keep the price competitive. This is especially important if, as predicted, Apple will release the iPad Pro and iPad Air models on the same day; the company will need clear demarcations between models.
The screen is one of those. The iPad Pro is believed to see price increases, mostly due to the expected OLED displays.
April 20 update. The reported miniLED display technology was truly surprising (no one had predicted it until Ross Young), but it makes sense and there are more reasons why it’s a good thing that are just emerging.
As Macworld points out, “the implementation of a Mini LED display would provide savings in energy consumption compared to current LED displays. “The mini LEDs also produce better blacks, so image quality on the iPad Air could improve.”
There is also logic beyond using the leftover panels of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. By the way, since Apple is run by someone known to have superpowers when it comes to production line economics, I suspect that it’s not so much about leftovers as it is about buying in quantities that achieved economies of scale because Apple I knew I would use them for the new Air. all the time.
And as Macworld adds, “This creates a non-professional pairing that is an alternative to the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro.”
The only downside to this arrangement is that it again creates an imbalance between the two tablet sizes, with only the larger Air having miniLED, an imbalance that is now being eliminated from the Pro models if, as seems overwhelmingly likely, they both have OLED. sample.
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