Apple's entire OLED iPad plan may have just been leaked

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in iPad edited November 2023

A new report says that single-stack OLED screens will come to the iPad Air, an 8.7-inch iPad mini in 2026, plus a new 12.9-inch iPad Air in 2027.

The current iPad Air
The current iPad Air



Apple has been reportedly working on moving to an OLED screen for the iPad Pro for some time. The latest rumor is that the display technology will be used in the 2024 iPad Pro and 2026 MacBook Pro.

It's also previously been claimed that Apple will subsequently bring OLED to the iPad Air and iPad mini.

Korean publication ETNews is now backing up these claims, and adding more specific details. It says that following the iPad Pro in 2024, both the iPad Air and the iPad mini will get single-stack OLED screens in 2026.

It then further says that in 2027, Apple will have OLED in both a revised iPad Pro, and a new 12.9-inch iPad Air.

Significantly, it's previously been expected that the iPad Pro will use a double-stack OLED screen. While OLED improves contrast and brightness, it can have a shorter effective lifespan and using a double-stack version greatly prolongs that.

This is enough of an improvement over single-stack OLED screens that Apple was willing to change suppliers to get it. Initially, Samsung allegedly refused to develop a double-stack system just for Apple, and so was dropped from the company's plans.

Within a few months, however, Samsung was reportedly prioritizing double stack development specifically to win back orders from Apple.

ETNews has no details on double stack displays being used for any models. However, it does claim (in translation) that the 2027 revision to the iPad Pro will feature a "next-generation panel that improves the light efficiency of the panel through Color Filter on Encapsulation (CoE)."

This will reportedly reduce power consumption by 20%. It may also be able to support an under-screen camera, conceivably for Face ID.

One oddity in the ETNews report is how the 2026 iPad mini is seemingly listed as having an 8.7-inch screen, instead of the regular 8.3-inch of the current model.

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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    thttht Posts: 5,452member
    This is not much of leak at all, or even a plan.

    It's basically like saying the iPhone will be upgraded to the A19 Pro in 2025 and an A21 in 2027. Not only that, plans that are 2, 3, 4 years out change all the time. 
    lordjohnwhorfin
  • Reply 2 of 10
    omasouomasou Posts: 576member
    Can we stop talking about Apple OLED products like there is some major benefit to using OLED? Sheeh.
    bloggerblogdanoxeriamjh
  • Reply 3 of 10
    9secondkox29secondkox2 Posts: 2,727member
    Some leak. Lol 
  • Reply 4 of 10
    pulseimagespulseimages Posts: 604member
    Will the standard iPad be migrating to the M chip series? 
    bloggerblog
  • Reply 5 of 10
    radarthekatradarthekat Posts: 3,843moderator
    I have a prediction for 2027.  

    2027 will come and go without Apple introducing a folding phone.  In the several years that several android phone makers have been selling folding phones there still has not emerged a killer use case.  Keep iterating on existing form factors, Apple; profits will continue to roll in.  
    edited November 2023 eriamjhlibertyandfree
  • Reply 6 of 10
    lordjohnwhorfinlordjohnwhorfin Posts: 851member
    tht said:
    This is not much of leak at all, or even a plan.

    It's basically like saying the iPhone will be upgraded to the A19 Pro in 2025 and an A21 in 2027. Not only that, plans that are 2, 3, 4 years out change all the time. 
    Here’s another leak: by 2030 iPads will use faster processors, have better screens, longer battery life. But shhhh! It’s a super secret! Same leaker has it on good authority that Apple is planning faster Apple Silicon processors with more cores and more memory. There are M4, M5, M6 and even possibly M7 processors in the works. Damn, I can do this all day. Eat your heart out Ming Chi Kuo!
  • Reply 7 of 10
    eriamjheriamjh Posts: 1,647member
    C’mon, y’all!  This is a site that lives on Apple leaks and rumors.   Everything Apple is news!   

    New colors leaked 20 minutes before announcement! (A ever slightly different version of Space black that isn’t black!)

    New name of upcoming MacOS for next year! (Something in California)

    The color of RCS text messages from non-Apple devices! (It’s still green)

    Site creators need clicks and views and you wouldn’t be here on a Saturday if you didn’t crave every possible tidbit of “news” that’s available.  

    This site isn’t as click-baity as it could be and for that, I am thankful.  
    FileMakerFeller
  • Reply 8 of 10
    libertyandfreelibertyandfree Posts: 158member
     Whatever happened to the OLED killer, micro-LED that Apple and Samsung were supposedly working on?   I recall being told that OLED was a stopgap technology and micro-LED is the future and not far away.  
    FileMakerFeller
  • Reply 9 of 10
    thttht Posts: 5,452member
    libertyandfree said:
     Whatever happened to the OLED killer, micro-LED that Apple and Samsung were supposedly working on?   I recall being told that OLED was a stopgap technology and micro-LED is the future and not far away.  
    MicroLED displays are supposedly coming to Apple Watches in a couple of years. 

    It will take a few more years after that to economically scale to 5 to 15 inch display sizes. Won’t know more clearly for bigger displays until they ship on Apple Watches. 
    FileMakerFeller
  • Reply 10 of 10
    charlesncharlesn Posts: 842member
    "One oddity in the ETNews report is how the 2026 iPad mini is seemingly listed as having an 8.7-inch screen, instead of the regular 8.3-inch of the current model."

     Bezels as thin as the iPhone Pro could provide 8.7 inches of screen in the same size case.
    edited November 2023 FileMakerFeller
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