According to Taiwanese media DigiTimes, Apple still plans to launch a 12.9-inch iPad Pro with a mini-LED screen later this year. According to reports, Apple prefers mini-LEDs to OLEDs in this iPad Pro and will launch in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The report highlights Apple’s desire for mini-LED technology, which allows thinner and lighter product designs, while providing many of the same benefits as the OLED screens used in the latest iPhones, including good wide color gamut performance, high contrast, and dynamic range, And local dimming for a more pure black.
Industry sources said that with Apple’s ongoing research and development of mini-LED backlight equipment, mini-LED is expected to gain significant promotion in the application field. According to industry sources, mini-LED may be fully commercialized within the next five years.
Apple analysts have previously stated that Apple is expected to launch a mini-LED version of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro in the fall of 2020, positioning it as a high-end model. Although Apple has updated the iPad Pro this week, a mini-LED-equipped iPad Pro is still planned.