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LG’s OLED Plant Expansion Could Bring OLED Displays To The iPad Plant Expansion Could Bring OLED Displays To The iPad
To date, only Apple’s iPad Pros (the newer models at least) feature the use of mini LED displays. All of Apple’s other iPads continue to use LCD, which is fine, but we’re sure that there are some who might prefer the deeper blacks and more saturated colors that OLED displays offer.
If that’s what you’re after but don’t want to spend the money on an iPad Pro, there might be some good news for you. According to a report from Korean publication ETnews, it seems that LG Display is expanding its OLED plant in Korea and apparently this expansion would allow them to manufacture OLED displays that could be used in the iPad.
We’re talking about the base model iPad here which is one of the cheapest options Apple has available for those who are seeking a new tablet. However, don’t expect to see an OLED iPad anytime soon as it is expected that if they do produce these OLED panels for the iPad, it might only be available in time for the 2023 or 2024 refresh.
This means that for the foreseeable future, Apple could continue to use LCDs in its iPads while only the Pro lineup will be utilizing mini LEDs. Once again, LCDs aren’t a bad thing and no one has really complained about the iPad’s displays before Apple made the switch to mini LED, but it would be a nice upgrade if it ever happens.
LG Display is preparing to supply Apple with OLED display panels destined for upcoming iPad models, ETNews reports.
LG’s preparations to supply Apple with OLED displays for the iPad reportedly include the expansion of its plant in Paju, South Korea. The increased production capacity is said to take account of next-generation iPhone and iPad models.
The introduction of OLED panels to the iPad ostensibly presents a new opportunity for LG Display due to the size and aspect ratio of the device’s display, which rival suppliers are currently not able to facilitate as easily. A separate recent report claimed that BOE is similarly gearing up to supply OLED panels for future iPad models.
Although an OLED display could come to the iPad for the first time next year, LG is planning to start mass production of these panels at the Paju facility in 2024. This timing broadly lines up with other recent reports, which has placed the launch of the OLED iPad between 2023 and 2024.
Early last year, LG was forced to halt LCD panel production for the iPhone and shut down its smartphone division. The company has since restructured its business toward OLED panels and is accelerating the expansion of its production capacity. Now, LG plans to aggressively increase its presence in Apple’s display supply chain with an expansion investment strategy that will enable the Paju plant to make twice as many sixth-generation OLED panels by 2024.
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Sometimes the products do get shipped from elsewhere besides China. So, I was just wondering if that’s what the case is going to be for the future iPhones and iPads. Time will tell.
You can’t just say “time will tell” as if there’s any evidence at all that it will happen. “Maybe iphones will start being made on Mars. Time will tell. Maybe I’ll sprout wings and fly. Time will tell.”
No. Just because a component might come from South Korea does not mean the iPads will be assembled there. Where do you think the components come from now?
Looks like it’s coming from all over the world. Spread across the globe ? ?
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-List.pdf
Sometimes display tech is easier to make at a particular size than at others. Those 75” TVs have very few pixels per inch and the manfacturing process may be different than a high ppi panel like in iPads and iPhones. The technology used in iPhone panels may more difficult to scale up to iPad size and produce in the quantities that Apple needs at the price that Apple needs.
Also, OLED screen in iPhones are not usually lit up with static elements as long as an iPad screen. The phone screens are set to turn off as quickly as they can to prevent burn-in. IPads are often used in more laptop-type usages where the screen is lit for extended periods. Burn-in is a greater risk in this case. It may take additional changes to the panels to reduce burn-in.