Apple Apple has a few wild years ahead of it, at least in terms of displays for its products. That's according to new findings from analytics firm Omdia, which has published a new roadmap for displays for upcoming Macs and iPads. It starts this fall and runs through 2029. And if it comes true, we'll see a gradual transition of virtually the entire premium offering. Apple to OLED. However, we don't have to look for the biggest changes in the distant future. The first of them are expected to arrive this year.
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This year's MacBook Pro/Ultra I think it will be one of the most interesting new features of the entire roadmap. However, Omdia claims that in addition to the new OLED models, there will be Apple minicontinue to sell at least until 2028 MacBook Pro s mini-LED, which opens up a pretty interesting possibility that Apple The OLED version will actually be separated by a label MacBook Ultra and classic MacBook Pro poneI think it's cheaper. variantu. However, this also makes sense in the end. I don't think OLED will MacBook quite affordable, even compared to the current ones that are already so expensive Pro models.
What does he have Apple introduce and when
According to Omdia's roadmap, the current plan looks like this:
- Konec year 2026: MacBook Pro/Ultra with 14,3″ and 16,3″ OLED display and iPad mini with an 8,4″ 60Hz OLED display.
- Beginning of 2027: MacBook Air with 13,6″ and 15,4″ LCD display and iPad Air with 11″ and 13″ 60Hz OLED.
- Mid-2027: iPad Pro with 11″ and 13″ OLED, newly equipped with COE technology.
- Konec year 2027: other MacBook Pro/Ultra with 14,3″ and 16,3″ OLED, this time also with LTPO.
- Beginning of 2028: next generation 11″ and 13″ OLED iPad Air.
- Year 2029: 13,6 ″ OLED MacBook with LTPO and COE and new 8,4″ OLED iPad mini.
If you are wondering what COE is, it is Color Filter on Encapsulation technology, which allows for the production of thinner and more energy-efficient OLED displays.
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What is mysterious? MacBook pro the year 2029?
An even bigger question mark hangs over the 13,6″ OLED MacBook planned for 2029. Omdia lists it as a separate product in the roadmap, which could indicate a completely new line MacBookBut there is also a much simpler explanation – it could just be the long-awaited OLED MacBook Air. Just transitioning Air OLED has been mentioned in the past Bloomberg both analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and myself as a long-time user of this model Air I hope that will happen. After all, there is already a difference between miniLED display MacBooku Pro and LCD MacBooku Air quite abysmal.
Also interesting is the absence MacBook Neo, which of course does not necessarily mean hisonecv over a period of several years. Since it is an affordable model, Apple It is apparently not planning any major display changes, and therefore it is simply not on the roadmap focused on panels. It also lacks the basic iPad, and honestly, that Apple It certainly won't die out given its popularity.
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So if the roadmap is at least approximately correct, Apple One of the biggest changes to Mac and iPad displays in a long time is coming in the next three years. OLED is set to enter the iPad mini, iPad Air i MacBook Pro and gradually perhaps also into MacBook Air. And if Apple If it can handle OLED without a major impact on battery life, it will be really hard to find fault with it - except perhaps for the price, which can jump up unpleasantly.
