12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini-LED display announced to be launched in the first quarter of 2021

Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini-LED display will be launched in the first quarter of 2021, according to a new report by DigiTimes. The report claims that Apple has diversified its supply chain for displays and touch panels, with the BOE eventually gaining approval to supply OLED panels for the iPhone and GIS moving to provide touch panels for both the “iPhone” and the future. AdiPad Pro‌.

GIS approved investments of NT $ 2.198 billion ($ 76.3 million) and NT $ 1.421 billion proposed by its subsidiary in Chengdu, China in August and November 2020, respectively, with funds to focus on expanding production capacity for the modules. integrated touchscreens used in tablets, 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, sources said.

In addition to iPhones, GIS will produce integrated touch modules for the 12.9-inch .9iPad Pro mini miniLED backlit panels that will be launched in the first quarter of 2021, the sources said.

Apple has been rumored to be preparing a 12.9-inch 12iPad Pro‌ with iniMini-LED display for some time, which will offer a number of improvements over current iPad displays, including darker blacks, brighter lights, richer colors and contrast. better. Using thousands of individual LEDs to turn on the display, the technology should offer many of the benefits of OLED displays, but without some of the disadvantages of this technology.

Earlier reports, including by well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, indicated that the “Mini-LED” adiPad Pro‌ will be launched sometime in the first half of 2021, but today’s report from DigiTimes indicates that the onset is expected in the first part of that time interval.

Looking beyond the next generation ‌iPad Pro‌, there have been several reports that Apple is trying to move the line to OLED display technology, although it seems unlikely that Apple will only switch briefly to “Mini-LEDs” before switching to OLEDs again. . A rumor has it that the OLED PiPad Pro‌ will be launched in the second half of 2021, but a more recent report claims that the change is unlikely to happen until 2022 at the latest.