iPad Pro OLED panel maker LG Display has begun mass production of the first 13-inch tandem OLED panel designed for laptops, the Korean company announced this week.
LG Display supplies most of the OLED panels for Apple’s latest M4 ‌iPad Pro‌ models, which use a similar tandem structure. Tandem OLED panels combine two sets of red, green and blue (RGB) organic light-emitting layers that together offer better durability and performance compared to single-layer OLED panels like the one used in Apple’s iPhones.
LG has been developing the panels for the automotive industry since 2019, and says the increase in efficiency means they reduce power consumption by up to 40% and enable up to three times the brightness. By designing the components and improving the structure of the 13-inch tandem OLED panel, LG Display says it was also able to make it around 40% thinner and 28% lighter than existing OLED laptop screens, allowing for a sleek design and greater portability. .
From the LG Display press release:
The new panel combines comfort and performance with high resolution. It boasts WQXGA+ (2880×1800) high resolution and accurate color rendering that meets 100% of the DCI-P3 standard color space set by the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI), enabling high definition content to be presented with enhanced clarity.
Featuring OLED’s signature self-emissive pixels and infinite contrast ratio, it has also been certified as Display HDR (High Dynamic Range) True Black 500 by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). This confirms its ability to display both bright and dark images so well that it increases their three-dimensionality and creates a display quality that is as close as possible to what the human eye naturally sees.
There are currently no Macs with OLED displays. However, according to a November 2023 report by Haitong International Technology Research analyst Jeff Pu, Apple is actively developing an OLED screen for the ‌MacBook Air‌, although the release of the OLED MacBook Pro is expected to come first.
Earlier message from BloombergMark Gurman has claimed that the new MacBook Pro with an OLED display could be the first touchscreen Mac in 2025. In particular, LG Display says that it has also built a touch sensor into its latest tandem OLED panels to improve touch performance.
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