Information about the future of the MacBook and iPad Pro continues to advance. These will have new screen technology as we have known for months and as has been confirmed during these weeks after precisely the first MacBook with Apple Silicon. A recent report from a medium close to supply chains has confirmed today who would also be Apple’s suppliers for these screens.
Manufacturers of the new screens
The iPad Pro and the entire MacBook range have screens with IPS technology that despite their shortcomings offer great performance. However, from Cupertino they want to give it a higher quality still and will begin to incorporate miniLED panels to these devices, something that visually will be much more spectacular for users.
MiniLED performance diagram
Digitimes have stated that Apple will have the following specialized manufacturers in Taiwan: LED Epistar, FitTech, SMT Twiwan Surface Mounting Techonoly, Zhen Ding Technology, Auras Technology and All Ring Technology. Each of these is specialized in a part of the screens, in such a way as to guarantee cooperation between them and the final manufacturers Foxconn and Compal Electronics for iPad Pro and Quanta Computer and the aforementioned iPhone manufacturer Foxconn for MacBook.
It has also been mentioned that TSMC, Apple’s chipmaker, will also benefit from the high demand that the recently launched iPhones are having, also adding the new Macs with M1 chips and those to come. It should be noted that now all Apple computer processors are distributed by this company.
Let’s talk about dates, when will they be released?
This type of information always ends up emerging from the production chains, despite being under strict confidentiality regulations. Although these data cannot be considered official, it should be noted that they are the most reliable sources since if there is movement in these factories, it is an indication of a more or less imminent launch.
Precisely based on these same sources, it has been calculated that Apple would launch the first iPad Pro with miniLED panels in the first half of 2021 . All this taking into account that it will be in these weeks when they go into production. Also the first MacBook with this technology will carry these times and highlights the fact that these could be the long-awaited 14-inch ‘Pro’, with a front design with reduced frames and a size similar to the current 13.
Be that as it may, we still have months of waiting after a fruitful 2020 in which nothing else is expected from the company led by Tim Cook, except for a capital surprise. Therefore we will continue to attend to new information that continues to reveal the immediate future of Apple.