{"id":3238,"date":"2022-01-17T18:18:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/17\/oled-ipad-panel-production-could-start-on-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:18:56","slug":"oled-ipad-panel-production-could-start-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/17\/oled-ipad-panel-production-could-start-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"OLED iPad panel production could start on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\n
<\/p>\n

\n


\n
\n AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content.
\n <\/em> \n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

The iPad Air<\/a> could arrive with an OLED display quicker than first thought, with a report predicting production using the display technology could start on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\n

On Tuesday, it was claimed that Apple was considering<\/a> launching an iPad with a Samsung-produced display by 2024, via screen supplier Samsung. In a new report about LG Display, another Apple supplier, it seems that the potential for an OLED iPad is growing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

The report by ETNews<\/em> about<\/a> LG Display’s expansion plans for its OLED plant in Paju includes a reference to iPads. Specifically that “it is predicted that OLED application to iPads will also begin in two days,” referring to production, but stayed light on details. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

It was thought in September 2021<\/a> that Apple had canned a project with Samsung about an OLED display for the 2022 iPad Air<\/a>, with it ending over cost, brightness, and durability problems. The intention was to update the iPad Air before doing the same to the iPad Pro<\/a> in 2023. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

In January, the project was apparently revived, but with the addition that Samsung would have to receive a sufficiently large order for panels from Apple to make it financially viable. Apparently, Samsung reckoned it could reduce the cost of production if it could obtain new machinery. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Monday’s LG story centers around the Paju plant, which is used to make small and medium-sized OLED panels. Small and medium-sized panels are used for the production of smartphones and tablets, such as the iPhone<\/a> and iPad. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

As part of a KRW 3.3 trillion ($2.8 billion) investment plan, LG Display aims to add core equipment to double OLED production capacity by 2024, with a view to supplying Apple’s OLED needs. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

In December, reports stated that LG Display had won a proportion<\/a> of orders for LPTO TFT OLED displays for the “iPhone 14” away from Samsung. LG is also reportedly working on new monitors<\/a>, seemingly based on existing Pro Display XDR and iMac sizes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n