Apple is finally putting OLED screens into its bigger stuff, starting next year with the M6 MacBook Pro and the iPad mini 8. Rumor has they are also working on a new 24-inch iMac with an OLED panel, aiming for brighter screens while keeping the same pixel sharpness as the old LCD models. The companies making these displays, Samsung and LG, got official paperwork from Apple about it.
The tech specs for this iMac screen are apparently still being hashed out, even with that paperwork going out. Apple supposedly wants that 24-inch panel to hit 600 nits of brightness with a 281 PPI density. That is a small step up from the current 500-nit LCD version. The display makers are looking at methods that do not need fine metal masks, with Apple preferring a specific RGB OLED setup. That specific tech for screens this size basically does not exist yet outside of smaller devices.
Because of that, this OLED iMac is a long way off. The biggest OLED thing Apple has in the pipeline right now is the M6 MacBook Pro. Development on the iMac's new screen might wrap up around 2027 or 2028, with the actual product launch coming even later. Before that happens, Apple might put out a new iMac Pro as a stopgap, which could have a mini-LED display and a powerful M5 Max chip inside.
The tech specs for this iMac screen are apparently still being hashed out, even with that paperwork going out. Apple supposedly wants that 24-inch panel to hit 600 nits of brightness with a 281 PPI density. That is a small step up from the current 500-nit LCD version. The display makers are looking at methods that do not need fine metal masks, with Apple preferring a specific RGB OLED setup. That specific tech for screens this size basically does not exist yet outside of smaller devices.
Because of that, this OLED iMac is a long way off. The biggest OLED thing Apple has in the pipeline right now is the M6 MacBook Pro. Development on the iMac's new screen might wrap up around 2027 or 2028, with the actual product launch coming even later. Before that happens, Apple might put out a new iMac Pro as a stopgap, which could have a mini-LED display and a powerful M5 Max chip inside.
