MacBook Pro with OLED-killing display just got release date

MacBook Pro with OLED-killing display just got release date

The most anticipated MacBook Pro outside of Apple silicon upgrades will arrive next year. According to a new report, production work on the 14-inch (yes, not 13-inch) MacBook Pro with a new and improved display featuring Mini-LED technology will not begin until 2021.

This is according to a report from Taiwan's TrendForce, which says that suppliers and manufacturers will begin bidding for contracts in the first quarter of 2021, with production of the laptop likely to begin later that year. And this is just one of three Mini-LED Apple products that will appear in the future.

Its new 14-inch model (likely made possible by the slimmer chassis expected of Apple Silicon/ARM processors) will replace the 13-inch MacBook Pro and (according to TrendForce) the 16-inch Mini-LED It will be produced alongside the MacBook Pro.

Assuming the 14-inch Mini-LED MacBook Pro will be in production by mid-2021, this would give Apple enough time for a September-October release, which is common for the company's MacBook Pro.

And if that's not enough news about Apple's display, a TrendForce survey says that "Apple is expected to release a 12.9-inch Mini-LED backlit iPad Pro in the first quarter of next year."

The company is also expected to release a 12.9-inch Mini LED backlit iPad Pro in Q1 next year.

Mini LEDs are being touted as an alternative technology to OLED screens. Mini LEDs are said to offer the same advantages as OLEDs-higher contrast ratio, truer black tones, and very bright panels-but without the burn-in problems that can ruin OLED screens.

The 14-inch MacBook Pro may not even have the word "Pro" on it. Technology leaker and prophet J. Glenn Künzler (of SonnyDickson) recently rumored the possibility of erasing the MacBook Air and Pro brands from Apple's lineup and calling the laptop line The New MacBook, or simply MacBook rumored about the possibility of a new MacBook.

Since Apple will likely not make many ARM-based silicon chip versions, the 14-inch MacBook (which he also believes will replace the 13-inch MacBook) will simply feature one of Apple's chips, while the 16-inch version will have multiple Apple processors, and the 16-inch version will be a more powerful model with multiple Apple processors.

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