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Apple to Use 'Best OLED Panels on the Market' for Upcoming iPad Pro
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Indeed... when I got my PowerBook G4 in 2000, its screen was top notch compared to most other notebooks available back then. I remember when I turned it on the first time: I was impressed... very bright, sharp and rich in colour.
Over the years those flat screens have improved extremely and it's still improving.
This is entirely designed and engineered by Samsung / LG. Apple had no role in its development and is just buying in bulk.
Very excited to see the new iPad Pro. Glad that both the 11" and 13" Pro will have similar screen technology.
let’s go! really hoping for something over 13” and maybe closer to 14”! we’ll see.
iPad running macOS would be a great option when it is the only screen for legacy business and productivity apps (otherwise used running iPadOS next to an macOS desktop machine sharing same mouse and keyboard). Elevate the iPad screen to optimal horiontal viewing height (use a Hoverbar-like product at work at home and visiting family). My neck thanks me for computing this way over the last decade.
Personally I don’t care about OLED for my iPad. I care a lot more about peak overall brightness and not the nits of 3% of the screen in the dark. I have vision issues and I’ve found a lot of Netflix shows and Disney shows are mastered just too dim for me.
I’d much prefer an lcd and custom controls for brightness and contrast.
I’d much prefer an lcd and custom controls for brightness and contrast.
I want a tablet (sometimes) and a laptop (sometimes), but I don't want 2 devices. This device would be awesome if it could run both.
If you attach the keyboard it's right there already as far as the internal specs and input/output goes, so it's not even hard to see happening. Touch-only macOS would be difficult and I don't think Apple needs to go there.
These advancements are nice and all but it's never been about the hardware for me. I still have my 2018 iPad Pro but gave up on using it for anything remotely productive. Got myself an iPad mini last year, primarily for reading, and leaned into it as a full-on content consumption device. It's been great for this.
One awesome (imho) way to do that would be to enable MacOS mode (for example, when connected to an external screen or keyboard/mouse). Something like Samsung DeX, but much much better. They could differentiate the Pro line with this killer feature...
Of course they'll use high-end current gen LTPO panels, anything less than that would be ridiculous for a newly designed generation of iPad Pros considering the way Apple advertises and prices this product line.
And of course they will have features like 120Hz - otherwise they'd be lower spec than the previous generations of iPad Pros which would make absolutely no sense.
Next I'll read an article stating the iPhone 16 Pro will have all the features of the 15 Pro or what? What's the news here?
Apple has always used the best displays for their Pro devices like back in 2012 when they gave all MBPs including the cheaper entry-level one a high-resolution displa. Other laptops in this price bracket kept using the worst IPS panels or even TN panels for years after. And still today many laptops by default come with a lower resolution 1080p display than what Apple had over a decade ago.
Apple wants to give us the impression of being a very premium brand with amazing products so nobody should expect any less for the new iPad Pros.
And of course they will have features like 120Hz - otherwise they'd be lower spec than the previous generations of iPad Pros which would make absolutely no sense.
Next I'll read an article stating the iPhone 16 Pro will have all the features of the 15 Pro or what? What's the news here?
Apple has always used the best displays for their Pro devices like back in 2012 when they gave all MBPs including the cheaper entry-level one a high-resolution displa. Other laptops in this price bracket kept using the worst IPS panels or even TN panels for years after. And still today many laptops by default come with a lower resolution 1080p display than what Apple had over a decade ago.
Apple wants to give us the impression of being a very premium brand with amazing products so nobody should expect any less for the new iPad Pros.
The battery is really bad and the touch screen has gone wonky on me. The other issue which is my fault is the power button got pushed in on a drop a while back and it's really annoying.
I don’t really know what people are using their iPads for that require so much power but I’m a pilot and basically just use it for pdf level programs and what I’d really like to see is a brighter screen. My 2018 pro gets hard to see when the sun hits the cockpit.
My iPhone 13 Pro Max as OLED display -- when I sit outside on a warm day and turn up the screen brightness to 100% so I can see it, the phone starts to get hot and automatically (forcibly) starts to dim the display to help cool it down, to the point I can barely see the screen until it cools down again.
Is this what we have to look forward to with OLED iPad's?
Is this what we have to look forward to with OLED iPad's?
I think you mean macOS not iOS, right? The problem is macOS doesn't lend itself to the tablet form factor. Software-wise, the macOS software ecosystem is not optimized for touch, and dual boot is a non-ideal, very un-Apple UX (Boot Camp was a necessary evil for them at the time). And hardware-wise, the thermal envelope for iPads is smaller than clamshells, so macOS would likely have to run slower or more limited than what users are accustomed to.
What I would like is macOS on a convertible laptop form factor with stylus input, no touch. Ideally a form factor something like the Surface Laptop Studio (which I use):
I think they’re doing this, but from the other direction, making iPadOS have more and more Mac like elements but keeping it iPad
You could have both on the same device and switch quickly on fly.I think you mean macOS not iOS, right? The problem is macOS doesn't lend itself to the tablet form factor. Software-wise, the macOS software ecosystem is not optimized for touch, and dual boot is a non-ideal, very un-Apple UX (Boot Camp was a necessary evil for them at the time). And hardware-wise, the thermal envelope for iPads is smaller than clamshells, so macOS would likely have to run slower or more limited than what users are accustomed to.
What I would like is macOS on a convertible laptop form factor with stylus input, no touch. Ideally a form factor something like the Surface Laptop Studio (which I use):
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