While we ’re still waiting fora redesigned iPad minito arrive later this year , rumors are already build for the next round of iPads in 2022 . And it looks like Apple will be moving to OLED video display for the iPad Air .
According toKorea - base The Elec , Apple is shoring up the development of an iPad with a 10.86 - column inch organic light-emitting diode screen , which just so happens to be the same size asthe current iPad Air . The publication reports that Samsung will be the lone supplier of the showing . Samsung already create a Galaxy Tab S7 Plus with a 12.4 - inch 2800×1752 120Hz OLED screen . The current Air has a 2360×1640 60Hz LED display .
The Elec trace the video display as “ fixed OLED and tenuous - film encapsulation ( TFE ) ” with “ low - temperature polycrystalline silicon ( LTPS ) thin - film transistor ( TFT ) and red , green and blue emission bed , ” similar to displays used in the iPhone 12 .
An OLED display would be a massive upgrade for the iPad Air , which launched last year with an iPad Pro - corresponding Liquid Retina screen . While the display is rattling , OLED would bring it closer to the Retina XDR display in the 12.9 - inch iPad Pro , which has higher-ranking contrast and brightness , as well as ProMotion technology .
The 2d - generation iPad Air is due to launch in mid - to - belated 2022 with a faster processor ( likely the A15 ) and possibly a high - timber camera with the Center Stage engineering introduced with the iPad Pro . consort to the report , Apple is also eying OLED screens for the 11 - in and 12.9 - column inch iPad Pro in 2023 . Apple just added mini - LED to the 12.9 - inch iPad Pro , but Apple has struggle to fill order , with the current shipping delays topping two weeks .
