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Apple Mini-LED External Display Rumored to Offer ProMotion, But Launch Delayed to Early 2023

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Apple's rumored external monitor with a 27-inch mini-LED display will feature ProMotion technology, but may not launch until early 2023, according to Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) analyst Ross Young.

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During the latest episode of The MacRumors Show, Young said that after missing an initial release date scheduled for June this year, Apple has again been unable to meet its rescheduled October timeframe for launching an external monitor with a mini-LED display, with early 2023 now looking like a more realistic estimate.

Young said that like the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, the new display will feature ProMotion technology for refresh rates up to 120Hz in addition to a mini-LED panel. He also speculated that the device is unlikely to be an overt replacement for the Pro Display XDR, which offers a considerably larger, 6K display at a $4,999 price point. The new display is likely to be more akin to the $1,599 Apple Studio Display, which also features a 27-inch display. Nevertheless, the addition of mini-LED and ProMotion technology is likely to result in a higher price tag.

With similar reference to Apple product releases that are seemingly scheduled for next year, Young added that the rumored 15.2-inch MacBook Air is now timetabled to launch in early 2023.

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Tags: 2022 MacBook Air, Mini-LED Guide, ProMotion, Ross Young
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Freida
49 months ago
The studio display is already expensive so not sure how much more they will make this to make people justify it. Why not make it 30"?
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blen
49 months ago
If anything, more likely this is iMac Pro.
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profets
49 months ago
I’d absolutely love to see a 27”-32” display with 120Hz and miniLED backlight, but boy I cannot understand how this would fit into the current lineup.

I’d have to imagine that the existing Pro Display XDR gets upgraded as well to match these features and we have two size options?
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Lt.Bananas
49 months ago
Can't wait to see it unveiled and then wait half the year for the Supply to catch up.
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JPack
49 months ago
Hopefully, it'll have an appropriate webcam with a regular non-ultrawide lens.

Maybe it'll be powerful enough to run Stage Manager too. 😄
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isomorphic
49 months ago
Unless I don't understand something, people should be careful using the term FALD in comparison with mini-LED (which is a type of FALD) without talking about the number of zones. The Sony InZone M9 27" has 96 zones. The MacBook Pro 16" has 2,554 zones.

Also, the Sony InZone M9 has peak 600 nit v. the MBP 1600 nit.

If this purported mini-LED desktop monitor has anything like the same mini-LED density and brightness as the MacBook Pro, it will absolutely be a premium monitor.
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