Only the 12.9-inch iPad Pro will be equipped with a mini LED display
According to rumors, Apple plans to replace traditional monitors with mini LED backlit displays in many of its products. The iPad Pro is no exception to this rule and will be the first product to be equipped with this type of display. According to Apple Insider and citing sources close to Apple’s supply chain, the third generation 11-inch iPad Pro and the fifth generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro will be introduced and launched in March 2021.
According to the report, the design elements of the new generation iPad Pro will be based on the same design language as before; But the 12.9-inch chassis may be half a millimeter thicker, and as mentioned, only the 12.9-inch model will likely be equipped with a mini LED display. Compared to traditional backlight technologies, mini-LED systems have a separate set of light sources that turn different parts of the LCD display on or off to increase color output and enhance the contrast ratio. This technology offers a solution similar to XDR pro-display displays; The difference is that the LEDs used in the product are physically larger than the specifications mentioned in the Mini LED standard.
According to the report, there will be changes in the design of the speakers; The number of speaker slots on both sides will be reduced to two-thirds and their position on the chassis will be corrected. Finally, the iPad Pro rear camera array undergoes a slight change that apparently integrates the lens protrusion cover with the module surface.
According to previous rumors, the upgraded model of the iPad Pro this year will probably support the fifth generation of mobile network (5G) with a very high frequency frequency of mmWave, and at the heart of it will be a five-nanometer A14X processor; Of course, there are also rumors about the use of M1 chips. The chip may be the new generation of X-Series processors; Because before the introduction, it was said that the first Mac computers would be equipped with the A14X chip. With that said, the M1 is likely to be powered by the next-generation iPad Pro.
