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Apple to switch to OLED displays for iPads and MacBooks - Nikkei Asia (asia.nikkei.com)

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Apple to claim they invented OLED" ftfy

[+] [email protected] -10 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Lol, right?

I love the caption on the top picture:

Apple is the leader in the global tablet computer market thanks to its popular iPad lineup.

No, it's thanks to no one else really begin in the tablet market. iPads are frustratingly limited, by iOS. I'd go buy an Android tablet, but they're really aren't many to choose from (and I use an iPad every day).

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

It's 100% because of their iPads, there are plenty of alternatives but none stand up against the iPad. Everytime a new flagship tablet comes out it is thought to be the iPad killer.

They created the market and dominate it. They're fucks like but they're not wrong here.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

No, it’s thanks to no one else really begin in the tablet market

It's not like other manufacturers haven't tried (and some still are trying), people just tend to buy ipads instead.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

The iPad's popularity is the reason no one else is really in the tablet market anymore. Every OEM was pushing out a tablet in every size about a month ago but failed to make any decent amount of sales to stay relevant.

The Android space is getting more varied again in recent years but I really wouldn't recommend one to an average user over an iPad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I mean, they're the leader because people are buying them the most.

There's also quite a few Android tablet options. No one is really buying them mostly because they're not great (personally, I really liked the ChromeOS tablets I bought but no one seems to want those either so the options for those are genuinely hard to find any options for).

But if the iPads are basically the best in the market despite not being everything you wish they were, I'm not getting the argument with their point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'd go buy an Android tablet, but they're really aren't many to choose from (and I use an iPad every day).

tf are you talking about? There's only 134 models since january 2022.

https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?mode=tablet&nYearMin=2022&sOSes=2

Android tablet market is as lively as the Android phone market.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

frustratingly limited, by iOS

To be nitpicky, they separated out iPadOS from iOS a while back. The two share many features still but iPadOS can do more.

Still not full MacOS level though, even on the m1/m2 iPad Pro models. Disappointingly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm using Galaxy Tab S7+ and it is real nice. I don't know what people do with their tablet but I never understood why some people say that Android tablet is garbage. I've used iPad too and I was very much frusted with their lack of proper file management/closed nature of the OS than lack of some better-polished apps on Android.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Honesty I'm a little bit concerned if they swich Macs as that will be a pretty good indicator of how resistive to OLED burn in modern panels are. A device you scroll social media and watch videos on is one thing. But for a lot of people you will have the same static elements on screen for hours at a time on a laptop or desktop.

Well honesty it would be kinda amusing to watch apple have to give out a bunch of free oled panels if lot's of people get bad burn in.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My ultra cynical take is that burn-in is a business feature that will force people to repair or upgrade sooner rather than later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I mean they already do it with their cables. Especially mag safe chargers as you can't remove the cable

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah as a developer I feel like my IDE is going to burn in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just don't resize the panels and yur good. If you never display anything else burn in won't be an issue.

And since you code so fast the characters won't burn in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Ok but what if the ide gets redesigned

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ohhh I guess you will have to maintain a fork of the old ui. 😬 So better use an oss IDE.

Not ideal.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Burn in is pretty much a solved problem now. I have several OLED devices that each display static graphics and there is no visible burn in.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Are you sure they’re turned on? Not that they’ve burned in the static graphics :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Really ? even after, like, three years of daily use ?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

i've had my lg oled tv as a pc monitor for 3 years. daily use, mostly 60% brightness, no burn-in at all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yep! My OLED TV has sat around at 100% brightness with a taskbar sitting there for more than 5 years. No burn in at all. I've even watched those "burn in tester" videos to try to find it on purpose, too. I can't notice a thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That’s amazing! I’ve been living in fear of my super expensive OLED TV getting burn-in. I turn it off during software updates, etc. Now maybe I can de-stress a little.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Especially considering they have a top menu bar and launcher always in the same place. Burn-in will be visible within a year, if not sooner. However Apple will give nothing for free, not unless there's a threat of class action lawsuit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

On the flip side, it could be a blow to display makers that do not have much presence in this segment, including JDI and Sharp of Japan, and AUO and Innolux of Taiwan.

Apple has also started evaluating the possibility of making foldable iPads after it deploys the flexible OLED screens on the tablet, but it does not have a concrete timeline for doing so, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Huawei, for instance, has been a significant driver of this trend, which in turn has helped strengthen the Chinese display supply chain.

Having both the industry leaders using OLED for their tablets would likely convince other brands to follow suit, further stimulating supply chain investments for the technology.

The rising penetration of OLED in the smartphone, tablet and personal computer markets will "inevitably" add pressure on the traditional LCD display suppliers, the analyst said.

"It is unavoidable that we will see more LCD display makers downsizing their capacity of the screen with the use of OLED is growing in the market," Fan said.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OLED iPad would be sick, that's the only flaw with my 2020 iPad Pro

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm still rocking my 2017 iPad Pro, and honestly until this announcement, the only thing I really felt I was missing was the USB-C port.

I might finally have enough of a reason to upgrade now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yea Lightning sucks haha, that'll be a nice upgrade

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because they need new reasons to keep prices artificially high, not because of consumer preferences.