MacBook Air and iPad Pro with OLED screen could arrive in 2024

If you’re thinking about buying a Mac or iPad with an OLED screen, you’ll have to wait at least another year. Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, who usually reveals very accurate information about Apple devices, went into detail in a tweet sent to his followers (via makrumura) what the company plans to release a MacBook Air with an OLED display in 2024as well as two iPad Pro 11 and 12.9 inches, which will also feature OLED technology.

Yang revealed a few months ago that the OLED panels for the MacBok Air and iPad Pro, which are expected to be made by Samsung, will have a tandem dual-battery design. This will make the displays twice as bright as other OLED panels. produced in the emissive layer. In addition, as stated Chosen Onethis type of structure is also Four times longer screen life. The aforementioned media outlet even reported a few months ago that mass production would start at the end of 2023 and be ready in 2024.

On the other hand, both the MacBook Air and the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro come with an OLED display. They will ship with ProMotion which offers refresh rates up to 120Hz.. While not new with the iPad, this is the first time the company has included this screen refresh rate on an Air model. Well, let’s remember that the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro already include this technology in their panels.

MacBook Air’s OLED panel will be more efficient than current MacBook Pro screens

It’s actually nothing new that Apple is going to bring OLED panels to Macs and iPads. The company, in fact, has been making a transition in the screen technology of its devices for many years. For example, the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros feature mini-LED displays, which, unlike previous generation LCD panels, do not require a backlight; to They are more efficient and also provide more contrast.

Nonetheless, pixels of mini LED screens do not work independently, as it does with OLED technology, which will appear in the MacBook Air, but they act proportionally. For this reason, you can often see rays of light in those black areas that are surrounded by color; something that can also affect the battery life of the equipment.

Of course, the 2024 MacBook Air won’t be the only computer with an OLED screen. Mansana I would also upgrade 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pros. with this technology, although we don’t know when it will be.