Simply whenever you thought we had been going to get by means of the yr with no actually juicy iMac rumor, in comes a report from Korean publication The Elec. In accordance with its report, Apple has positioned “Requests for Data” with Samsung Show and LG Show concerning OLED shows that could possibly be used for a future iMac.
An RFI is principally when an organization asks suppliers to offer specs and different particulars a few half that the corporate wants for product growth. In accordance with The Elec, Apple has acknowledged in its requests that it’s in search of a 24-inch OLED show that gives 218 pixels per inch density and 600 nits of brightness. That’s the identical dimension and density as the present LED-based iMac show, however with increased brightness.
Nevertheless, there’s one huge caveat that The Elec factors out: “RGB OLED know-how able to reliably mass-producing 20- to 30-inch shows has not but been developed.” Mass manufacturing has been for a lot smaller shows, so if Apple proceeds with an OLED iMac, suppliers must develop a producing course of to create the shows, which is able to take a while.
The Elect stories that Apple might full growth of the OLED iMac by 2027 or 2028. If all the things goes as scheduled, the OLED iMac would ship in 2027 on the earliest (if growth finishes within the early a part of the yr). However extra probably it will be out there in 2028 or 2029. It’s additionally doable that Apple might determine to scrap the venture through the growth stage.
Apple has been step by step upgrading its units from LED shows to OLED. Apple’s present iPhone lineup makes use of OLEDs. The iPad Professional is the one iPad with an OLED, however stories say that Apple has plans to carry it to the iPad mini and iPad Air within the subsequent yr or two. Experiences have additionally stated that Apple plans to launch an OLED touchscreen MacBook Professional within the second half of 2026.
