Earlier this month, Apple held a special event, unveiling new products in the iPad series, including the new iPad Air and the new iPad Pro.
Now, as time progresses, more information about the iPad series products has emerged.
According to a report from pulsestacks:
Apple seems to be planning to gradually switch the entire iPad lineup to OLED displays, with the newly released M4 iPad Pro being the first experimental product.
Samsung Display is accelerating its expansion in the IT OLED business and has recently started developing OLED panels for the iPad mini. However, the current development project is in its early stages, with the industry expecting a target production date of 2025.
Samsung Display started developing 8-inch OLED samples for the iPad mini last month at Apple's request. After completing the initial samples in the first half of the year, we will be able to enter mass production development later in the year.
It is reported that the iPad Pro is equipped with a dual-layer stacked OLED display, which has two emitting layers that can extend the screen's lifespan.
However, for cost control and other reasons, future iPad mini and iPad Air models may not adopt this technology. Instead, they may come with a single-layer OLED panel and may not support ProMotion.
In fact, previous leaks have mentioned Apple's OLED screen adaptation plan, with Apple planning to apply OLED display technology to 9 new devices by 2027.
Following the introduction of OLED displays on the iPad Pro, Apple plans to implement this technology on the iPad mini and iPad Air in 2026.
The next generation of iPad Air is expected to retain a 10.9-inch display, while the screen size of the iPad mini will increase from 8.3 inches to 8.7 inches. In 2027, Apple is also likely to introduce OLED display technology to a 12.9-inch iPad Air model.
Furthermore, the report mentions that Apple is looking to upgrade the OLED panels for the iPad Pro in 2027, potentially reducing power consumption by around 20% and enabling Apple to implement under-display camera technology for the first time on an iPad.
Overall, the time information mentioned in the two leaks is roughly consistent, and both indicate that iPad mini and iPad Air devices will be equipped with OLED panels.
Based on this, it can be reasonably inferred that Apple will apply OLED screens to a wider range of iPad products in the future, but whether a high refresh rate will be used across the entire lineup remains uncertain for now.
However, even if Apple does introduce OLED screens for the iPad mini series, based on the current development progress, it seems unlikely that this series will be equipped with them in the new products coming later this year. Instead, the focus appears to be more on performance upgrades.
According to the previously leaked list of unreleased Apple device chip identifiers, it reveals two devices equipped with the A17 series chips, speculated to possibly be the highly anticipated iPad mini. These two models will be the seventh-generation iPad mini available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + cellular network configurations.
As per the leaks, it is suggested that these devices may feature either the A17 Pro chip or a different variant of the A17 chip.
In comparison, the current iPad mini devices on the market are powered by the A15 Bionic chip, while previous leaks hinted at the next generation possibly upgrading to the A16 chip.
Therefore, if the chip information revealed in the leak is accurate, the actual performance upgrade is also worth paying attention to.
As for the specific release time of the new product, the seventh-generation iPad mini may not hit the market until the end of this year. In other words, this new product won't be seen at next month's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) either, so interested users will have to wait a while longer.
