Simply while you thought we had been going to get via the 12 months with out a actually juicy iMac rumor, in comes a report from Korean publication The Elec. Based on its report, Apple has positioned “Requests for Data” with Samsung Show and LG Show relating to OLED shows that may very well be used for a future iMac.
An RFI is principally when an organization asks suppliers to offer specs and different particulars a couple of half that the corporate wants for product improvement. Based on The Elec, Apple has said in its requests that it’s searching for a 24-inch OLED show that gives 218 pixels per inch density and 600 nits of brightness. That’s the identical dimension and density as the present LED-based iMac show, however with larger brightness.
Nevertheless, there’s one massive caveat that The Elec factors out: “RGB OLED expertise able to reliably mass-producing 20- to 30-inch shows has not but been developed.” Mass manufacturing has been for a lot smaller shows, so if Apple proceeds with an OLED iMac, suppliers have to develop a producing course of to create the shows, which is able to take a while.
The Elect reviews that Apple might full improvement of the OLED iMac by 2027 or 2028. If every thing goes as scheduled, the OLED iMac would ship in 2027 on the earliest (if improvement finishes within the early a part of the 12 months). However extra possible it could be accessible in 2028 or 2029. It’s additionally potential that Apple might resolve to scrap the challenge through the improvement stage.
Apple has been regularly upgrading its units from LED shows to OLED. Apple’s present iPhone lineup makes use of OLEDs. The iPad Professional is the one iPad with an OLED, however reviews say that Apple has plans to convey it to the iPad mini and iPad Air within the subsequent 12 months or two. Reviews have additionally mentioned that Apple plans to launch an OLED touchscreen MacBook Professional within the second half of 2026.
