I don’t think I’ve ever wanted a piece of tech more than the new iPad Pro 2024 that the Cupertino team just revealed. In what turned out to be the worst-kept secret in recent tech history, Apple finally announced the latest model of its high-end tablet at its “Let Loose” event. And this announcement made me happier than a clam…on Christmas Day…that just won the lottery.
The new 11- and 13-inch versions of the company’s iPad Pro models have a lot going for them. The M4 chip! A new Apple Pencil Pro! A thinner and updated Magic Keyboard! However, this display-obsessed nerd didn’t just buy himself a first-class ticket on the world’s fastest fashion train for these features. What really gets my motor revving is the fact that Apple is finally giving me the option to buy an OLED iPad.
Of course, Apple being Apple, the tech giant isn’t officially calling these new versions of the Pro OLED models. The technical nickname is “Ultra Retina XDR”. Until the 2021 iPad Pro, a device I still own and love today, the company regularly used the term “Liquid Retina Display” to half-conceal the fact that users purchased one. of its tablets opted for a product with an LCD screen. In fairness, the 2021 Pro range has introduced mini-LED into the equation – an improved panel format that introduces a much larger number of dimming zones to produce more convincing black levels compared to a product with an LCD screen. regular IPS screen.
As much as I appreciated that major screen overhaul three years ago (and still do…to a certain extent), I’ve been yearning for an OLED iPad Pro for over 18 months now. Is mini-LED a powerful display technology that continues to evolve? Absolutely. Can it come close to the picture quality produced by the best OLED TVs? Absolutely not.
I’ve been wanting an iPad Pro OLED for over 18 months”
You can project all the dimming zones in the world, even onto today’s best mini-LED panel, and you’ll still end up with some degree of “halo”. It’s a pretty cheesy audiovisual term that I use way too much, so I put the phrase into the real world: it’s a slight screen defect whereby the bright parts of an image have a slight glowing effect – something sharp-eyed viewers will be able to detect on the iPad Pro 2022 when black borders appear on the screen. when watching 16:9 content on its 16:10 screen.
Is this something you can spot during the day? No. Is this a “problem” that you can detect in the early morning when you watch the best Netflix movies in a dark room? If you’re even half as obsessed with screens as I am, that would be a resounding “yes.”
A Revealing Upgrade
That’s why I’m so excited about these improved iPad Pro models. Apple touts the Ultra Retina XDR as “the world’s most advanced display,” and it’s not hard to see why. Although we haven’t yet put the 2024 tablets through our own rigorous testing, Apple says these displays are cutting-edge. support 1000 nits and 1600 nits of peak brightness respectively when watching SDR and HDR content.
Both of these cited numbers are incredibly exciting, but it’s the last number that really leaves me perplexed. If this HDR figure is accurate, it would mean that the 11- and 13-inch versions of the 2024 iPad Pro are brighter than my LG G3 OLED (which can achieve around 1,300 nits in HDR). Not only is the South Korean company’s “Gallery Design” display the best TV I’ve ever owned, it’s also the most vibrant panel LG Display has ever made – although the new LG G4 OLED is probably brighter. Still, the fact that Apple’s latest premium tablet could potentially eclipse my amazing TV is a hugely impressive feat.
The fact that Apple’s latest premium tablet could potentially eclipse my incredible OLED TV is a hugely impressive feat. »
To end this gushing geek talk, I can’t not mention “nano-textured” glass. Apple says these displays are “etched at the nanoscale, maintaining ambient light to reduce glare.” And make no mistake, battling TV glare (or in this case, “tablet glare”) is a big problem for screen snobs like me. My current iPad Pro gets super reflective in a bright room, so the introduction of a new type of glass that helps eliminate reflections earns me the cheesiest boost – although, unfortunately, it seems that this material doesn’t will only be available for the 1TB and 2TB versions of the new 13-inch iPad Pro at launch.
Another trap? The supersized version of the 2024 iPad Pro that I have my eye on starts at $1,299. While I don’t think that’s an exorbitant amount of money given the eye-popping display stats Apple puts out, it’s not an amount of money I can afford right now.
I’m going to start saving my pennies from this point on, though, because my eyes need an OLED iPad Pro.
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