Apple started using OLED screens on the iPhone X in 2017, and before that on the original Apple Watch. Of course, it also has a Touch Bar (rest in peace). However, other products such as iMacs, MacBooks, standalone displays, and iPads have been slow to move away from LCDs. I’d like all of these to have his OLED, but if the iPad Pro is the first to have it, as rumored, that’s fine by me.
No product has an LCD panel that bothers me more than my 11-inch iPad Pro. As long as you’re looking directly at it, you’ll have a nice looking screen. However, if you go a little off-axis, the screen gets quite dark. This also applies to my laptop, but I am always sitting directly in front of that screen and most of the time I am looking at the browser window with text on it.
Contrast is also not the LCD’s strong suit, and the gray-black letterboxing and shadows are more distracting than necessary when watching movies and shows. It’s fine if you’re just reading a book, but it’s fine if you’re playing a game, especially if: Resident Evil Village, I’m sure it will work with the next iPad Pro. Or when you’re watching a movie, OLED’s deep blacks will look even better. Also, in dark horror games, increasing contrast can make things easier to spot.
OLED has other meanings, such as the iPad’s always-on screen. This could open up a version of the iPhone’s standby mode that turns the iPad into a true blue smart display (something that’s been rumored for some time), opening up a niche that the iPad could actually be used for. It will be.
Assuming the OLED upgrade means more than a better screen on the next Pro model, I’d sell and buy the M1 iPad Pro in a heartbeat.
It looks like your wish will come true soon. this morning, Bloomberg”s Mark Garman reiterated Subscriber Q&A section power on what he said in the past: Apple will announce a new OLED iPad Pro next year. And in its last update, he called it “the first major overhaul in six months” in the form of 11-inch and 13-inch models, and I think that’s true because it’s necessary. I hope so.
Ming-Chi Kuo also expressed a similar opinion. A Medium post later that day reported that Apple plans to mass produce two OLED iPads using the same LTPO technology that gives both the Apple Watch and new iPhones a variable refresh rate of 1Hz to 120Hz. Kuo added that it will outperform the Mini LED iPad Pro in terms of “display performance and power consumption.”