Report: Apple will release 10.86-inch iPad Air OLED next year, iPad Pro OLED in 2023

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The Elec is the latest publication to say that Apple is preparing iPad models with organic LED displays (OLEDs) for next year. Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo first pitched the idea in March.

Elec says Apple will launch an OLED iPad with a 10.86-inch screen in 2022, most likely branded as the iPad Air as the current iPad Air already features the same screen size. The company is also rumored to be preparing 11-inch and 12.9-inch OLED iPads for 2023, which would naturally be iPad Pro models.

The report says Apple would use rigid OLED for the iPad Air, while future iPad Pro models would benefit from flexible OLED structures.

The flexible OLED allows for even thinner screen bezels as the display components can be curved internally. Apple has been using this technique in the iPhone since 2017, with the introduction of the iPhone X.

The move to OLED is interesting and somewhat counterintuitive, as Apple just released an iPad Pro with mini-LED display technology. However, OLED is superior to mini-LED as each pixel is illuminated individually. mini-LED relies on larger areas of dark zones which can cause backlight halo effects for certain types of content. That said, the downside to OLED is that it has poor off-angle performance and is prone to burn-in. Mini-LED panels can generally achieve a higher maximum brightness even than OLEDs.

It is somewhat unusual for Apple to release new hardware, in this case the iPad Pro 2021, with significantly new screen technology only to radically change it again within two years. However, so many supply chain publications are reporting that this is on the roadmap, apparently it will happen.

To further confuse matters, Bloomberg reported that Apple will radically overhaul the iPad Pro’s external chassis next year. The iPad Pro’s design is said to replace aluminum with glass as the rear case material, enabling inductive wireless charging for the first time.

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