Apple's Next iPad Pro Could Feature Ultra-Slim Bezels

Apple is considering LG Innotek's chip-on-film (CoF) exertion for aboriginal iPad Pro OLED displays, a alteration that could perchance present slimmer bezels and much compact designs without sacrificing surface size.


Korean outlet The Elec reports that Apple is expected to o.k. oregon cull LX Semicon's show operator IC this month, which would enactment alongside LG Innotek's CoF technology. CoF exertion attaches show operator chips to panels utilizing vigor compression connected flexible film, sending signals to power idiosyncratic pixels done thin-film transistors.

The operation enables tighter integration of the sheet on the display's edges, which could extremity up shrinking the disposable bezels and creating much surface existent property successful the aforesaid instrumentality footprint. The operation mightiness besides connection much power-efficient awesome processing, which would construe to amended artillery life, though this is much speculative.

Apple has exclusively relied connected Samsung System LSI for show operator ICs successful its OLED iPad Pro models launched past year. A power to LG would besides diversify Apple's proviso concatenation portion perchance reducing constituent costs done accrued competition.

The study doesn't specify which iPad exemplary the components are destined for, but DigiTimes reports separately that LX Semicon's introduction into Apple's proviso concatenation is related to iPad Pro.

The iPad Pro is rumored to person an M5 spot successful the second fractional of 2025. Future models could besides diagnostic landscape-oriented Apple logos and Apple-designed 5G modems by 2027. A foldable 18.8-inch iPad Pro could get as aboriginal arsenic 2027.
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