미니-LED 디스플레이 탑재 12.9인치 iPad 프로, 2021년 1분기 출시 루머

[루머] 디지타임즈: 미니-LED 디스플레이 탑재 12.9인치 iPad 프로, 2021년 1분기 출시
 
- 이 보도는 또한 애플이 디스플레이와 터치 패널 공급망을 다변화하는데 iPhone 용 OLED 패널은 BOE를 iPhone 및 곧 출시될 iPad 용 터치 패널은 GIS를 공급업체로 추가했다고 말해
 
- GIS는 2020년 8월과 11월에 중국 청도 자회사에 각각 21.98억 및 14.21억 타이완 달러를 투자하는 것 승인받아
 
- 이는 태블릿에 사용되는 통합 터치 모듈의 생산량 확장을 위것으로 GIS는 2021년 1분기 출시 예정인 12.9인치 iPad 프로 용 미니-LED 백라이트 패널 용 통합 터치 모듈을 생산할 것

 

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/12/27/ipad-pro-mini-led-first-quarter-2021/

12.9-Inch iPad Pro With Mini-LED Display Rumored to Launch in First Quarter of 2021

Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini-LED display will launch in the first quarter of 2021, according to a new report from DigiTimes. The report claims that Apple has diversified its supply chain for displays and touch panels, with BOE finally gaining approval to supply OLED panels for the iPhone and GIS moving to provide touch panels for both the ‌iPhone‌ and the upcoming ‌iPad Pro‌.

 

GIS approved investments of NT$2.198 billion (US$76.3 million) and NT$1.421 billion proposed by its subsidiary in Chengdu, China in August and November 2020 respectively, with the funds to focus on expanding production capacity for integrated touch modules used in tablets, the sources said. The subsidiary will invest another NT$753 million to improve production line automation. The subsidiary currently produces integrated touch modules for iPads and MacBooks, the sources said.

Besides iPhones, GIS will produce integrated touch modules for miniLED-backlit panels of 12.9-inch ‌iPad Pro‌ to be launched in first-quarter 2021, the sources noted.

Apple has been rumored for some time to be preparing a 12.9-inch ‌iPad Pro‌ with a ‌Mini-LED‌ display, which will offer a number of improvements over current iPad displays, including darker blacks, brighter brights, richer colors, and better contrast. Using thousands of individual LEDs to light the display, the technology should deliver many of the benefits offered by OLED displays but without some of the drawbacks of that technology.

Previous reports, including from noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have indicated that the ‌Mini-LED‌ ‌iPad Pro‌ will launch sometime in the first half of 2021, but today's report from DigiTimes indicates that the debut is expected in the early part of that timeframe.

Looking beyond the next-generation ‌iPad Pro‌, there have been a couple of reports claiming that Apple is looking to transition the line to OLED display technology, although it seems unlikely for Apple to only briefly shift to ‌Mini-LED‌ before transitioning again to OLED. One rumor claimed the OLED ‌iPad Pro‌ will launch in the second half of 2021, but a more recent report claims the change is unlikely to happen until 2022 at the earliest.

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Tags: digitimes.com, Mini-LED Guide

Buyer's Guide: 12.9" iPad Pro (Neutral)