According to various sources, Apple plans to equip iPads and MacBooks with miniLEDs next. A report has now been published that contains further details.
According to various sources, Apple will gradually equip both the iPad and MacBook series with MiniLEDs. The new display technology offers many advantages over OLED panels and at the same time allows for thinner product designs. Unlike OLED screens, MiniLEDs cannot burn in. Now DigiTimes claims to have learned new details. The Article:
Apple's mini-LED backlight modules will use three-layer rigid circuit boards, which require higher flatness and hole density than general rigid circuit boards to support mass transfer technology, with the materials also needing to achieve extremely low shrinkage/expansion rates, the sources said.
First MiniLED products could be presented at the end of 2020
According to the report, Apple has included the manufacturer Tripod in the supply chain for the upcoming mini-LED devices due to its good cost control options and excellent production management. Tripod will now share the orders with the circuit board supplier Zhen Ding Technology. However, the company will have to upgrade for the new order in order to meet demand. While test production is due to start soon, series production could start as early as early 2021 - according to DigiTimes. According to previous rumors, the first mini-LED products could be available by the end of 2020. appear, followed by more in 2021. The well-informed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has already announced this. Several iPad models are expected, including the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and brand new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro devices. (Photo by alexey_boldin / Bigstockphoto)
