12.9-inch iPad Pro with mini LED display that will be launched in the first quarter of 2021

Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini-LED display will launch in the first quarter of 2021, according to a new report from DigiTimes. The report states that Apple has diversified its supply chain for touch screens and panels, and finally BOE obtained approval to supply OLED panels for the iPhone and GIS moved to provide touch panels for both the ‌IPhone‌ as for the next ‌iPad Pro‌.

GIS approved investments of US $ 2,198 million (US $ 76.3 million) and US $ 1,421 million proposed by its subsidiary in Chengdu, China in August and November 2020, respectively, with funds to focus on expanding the production capacity of the integrated touch modules used in tablets. dit. The subsidiary will invest another $ 753 million to improve production line automation. The subsidiary currently produces integrated touch modules for iPads and MacBooks, according to sources.

In addition to iPhones, GIS will produce integrated touch modules for 12.9-inch iPad Pro miniLED backlit panels that will be launched in the first quarter of 2021, sources said.

It has long been rumored that Apple is preparing a 12.9-inch iPad Pro with a mini-LED display, which will offer several improvements over the current iPad screens, including darker blacks, brighter lights, the richest colors and the best contrast. Using thousands of individual LEDs to turn on the screen, the technology should offer many of the advantages that OLED screens offer, but without some of the drawbacks of this technology.

Earlier reports, including well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have indicated that the “Mini-LED” ‌iPad Pro‌ will be launched sometime in the first half of 2021, but today’s report from DigiTimes indicates that debut is expected in the first part of this time period.

Looking beyond the next generation ‌ iPad Pro‌, there have been a couple of reports claiming that Apple wants to switch the line to OLED display technology, although it seems unlikely that Apple will briefly switch to ‌Mini-LED‌ before returning to switch to OLED. A rumor claimed that the LEDiPad Pro‌ OLED would be launched in the second half of 2021, but a more recent report states that the change is unlikely to occur until 2022 at the earliest.