Rumors about a brand new iPad Pro with a mini-LED display have been with us for several months. There is repeated talk of a launch in the first quarter of 2021. Now there is a new report.
Apple is expected to introduce a 12.9-inch iPad Pro with mini-LED backlighting in the first quarter of 2021. This is also what the Taiwanese news site DigiTimes is now claiming. According to the report, the platform is sticking to its previous statement and thus supporting forecasts from other sources. is called it in the report:
Epistar has received orders for miniLED backlight chips from several suppliers, said Fan, who added that if the market response is good, demand for miniLED backlights will explode.
Apple is expected to launch the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with miniLED backlight possibly in the first quarter of 2021 and Samsung Electronics is expected to launch its LCD TVs with miniLED backlight also in the first quarter, which will boost demand for miniLED backlights, industry sources said.
iPad Pro MiniLED display: Persistent rumors give hope
The report notes that manufacturer Epistar has expressed "optimism" about shipping MiniLED products later this year, i.e., in the second and third quarters of 2021. According to company president Fan Chin-Yung, "large-volume shipments" were postponed from late 2020 to the new year due to delays in product certification. It is unclear whether any Apple products were affected by this reported delay. At the beginning of 2020, it was repeatedly claimed that Apple planned to introduce at least one new MiniLED product in late 2020 or early 2021. Both DigiTimes and other sources, including The Elec and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have previously indicated that Apple is working on several new products with MiniLED displays. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that Apple will deliver the first hardware update of 2021 in just a few weeks. (Photo by Denis Rozhnovsky / Bigstockphoto)
