Thinner, better-looking, and more power-efficient.
Whats not to like?
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Apple plans to radically upgrade its iPad Pro, and MacBook Air displays with OLED screens.
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OLED displays look amazing, use less power, and have blacker blacks than other screen technologies.
“First, OLED technology is more energy-efficient than mini-LED.
Air Display
Right now, Apple uses different screen technologies for different products.
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In fact, it often uses different kinds of displays in the same product line.
At other times, Apple uses screen tech to differentiate its product lines.
After all, what’s a laptop but a screen and a keyboard?
Who knows whether Apple will eventually settle on OLED for all its devices?
OLED vs Mini-LED vs the Rest
So, what are the differences between these screen technologies?
Let’s look at the significant differences and the basic pros and cons.
The white backlight shines light through the pixel layer, and the pixels change color.
It’s like shining a flashlight through a cellophane candy wrapper.
That all works fine, except when it comes to the color black.
This allows much higher contrast ratios and looks fantastic.
It’s especially good with photos and movies.
Then we get to OLED, which ditches the layered design altogether.
With an OLED screen, each pixel lights up individually.
This means that black areas are as dark as they could possibly be.
OLED also requires way less power because it only lights up the pixels you see.
Black pixels are switched off.
This translates to better displays and battery life for laptopsa win-win.
But it’s not all so easy.
The O on OLED stands for “organic,” and those organic compounds can deteriorate over time.
But a lot of that can be mitigated by not running the screens at full brightness, for example.
And the results are great, which is probably exactly why Apple is into it.
The advantages are too good to ignore.
Should you wait for these new screens before buying?
Well, that depends.
