New iPad Mini Rumored to Have 60Hz OLED Display Ahead of Launch - MacRumors
Leaked information suggests the upcoming iPad mini 8 will feature a 60Hz OLED display rather than the 120Hz ProMotion technology found in higher-end Apple devices. The decision likely stems from Apple's assessment of the market size for the smaller tablet.
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Ahead of the expected imminent launch of the new iPad mini 8, word out of Asia suggests that the device will feature a 60Hz OLED display rather than a ProMotion 120Hz display.
The information comes courtesy of a hit-and-miss tipster running the account " yeux1122 " on the Korean Naver blog. "There have been mentions of 120Hz in some overseas reports, but the domestic production quantity has already been confirmed to be LTPS at 60Hz," the tipster wrote. "That's it."
It's not the first time we've heard that OLED iPad mini won't share the same ProMotion display as the iPad Pro models. In July, the same leaker claimed they had been told by a source in Apple's supply chain that the unreleased iPad mini is equipped with a low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) backplane hybrid OLED panel clocked at 60Hz.
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