So far, it seems that many people are still not familiar with Mini LED. What are the differences compared with existing traditional LED, Micro LED and OLED?
Compared with traditional LEDs, Mini LED particles are smaller than LEDs. For example, Mini LED can fit more chips into the same LCD screen.
And make the display more detailed and brighter, it will also save more power than OLED, allow precise dimming, and will not cause LED backlight problems (halo ), while also strengthening the competitiveness of OLED panels.
What are the advantages of Mini-LED screen?
The advantages of Micro LED include high brightness, high contrast, high resolution, high reliability, fast response time, more energy saving, lower cost, wider temperature range, etc. Therefore, it has become an active layout for display manufacturers in various countries. One of the key technologies.
The power consumption of Micro LED is about 10% of LCD of the same size and 50% of OLED. In terms of brightness comparison, compared with OLED, which is also a self-luminous display, Micro LED is 30 times brighter than OLED. , so it is very suitable for use in automotive, industrial, and even military fields with harsh environments.
The advantages are summarized as follows:
1. Cost: only 60 to 80% of OLED
2. Color rendering: more saturated and color rendering than OLED The brightness is 3~5 times higher
3. Both Mini LED can be used from mobile phones to large-size TVs, but Mini LED has more advantages for large outdoor screens due to its higher brightness.
4. Other features: more power saving, longer life (3~5 times that of OLED.
Why does Apple use Mini-LED?
Ultimately, it all comes down to better image quality without increasing the cost. OLED may be better than LCD, but it's still quite expensive.
It's not always expensive. MicroLED is a great technology for high-density notebook and tablet displays, especially for peak brightness, but it's currently too expensive for Apple to afford.
Apple is preparing to launch a number of mini LED products in 2021, including the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro screens, which will all use Mini LED.
Among them, the iPad Pro. The tablet computer will be equipped with a 5nm process A14X bionic chip and Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 chip, supporting mm Wave and sub-6Ghz. When Apple adopts Mini LED panels in large quantities, it will bring more scale applications.
Now Apple has decided to adopt Mini LED backlight technology as the focus of development. It is also for the future development of Micro LED to reduce costs, and at the same time, it can have more advantages in technology and patents, and control the supply. chain strategy