iPad Mini 8 Rumored to Feature OLED Display With These Benefits Likely

The next iPad mini will feature an OLED display, display industry analyst Ross Young said in a social media post on Wednesday.

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"Next iPad Mini will have an OLED," he said, succinctly.

Compared to the iPad mini 7 and previous models of the device, which have LCD displays, benefits of OLED technology should include increased brightness, higher contrast ratio with deeper blacks, improved power efficiency for longer battery life, and more.

Given the iPad mini 7 just launched this week, it could take at least a few more years before the iPad mini 8 is released. While the iPad mini was updated on an annual basis between 2012 and 2015, the device has only been updated three times since then, including in March 2019, September 2021, and this month.

Apple has been gradually transitioning its products to OLED displays, including the iPad Pro earlier this year, so it would make sense for the iPad mini to eventually follow suit. Plus, an iPad mini with an OLED display has already been rumored previously, so it looks increasingly likely that such a device is on Apple's roadmap.

Other devices rumored to get an OLED display include a new iPhone SE next year, followed by the iPad Air and MacBook Pro in a few years from now.

Young is the CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, and he has a mostly-accurate track record with display-related information for future Apple products. For example, he was the first source to reveal the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max would feature 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays, respectively, over a year before the devices launched.

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Top Rated Comments

dominiongamma Avatar
14 months ago
This is what the iPad mini should have been this year
Score: 41 Votes (Like | Disagree)
xxFoxtail Avatar
14 months ago
Guess I’ll wait 3 years before getting my new iPad mini then.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HobeSoundDarryl Avatar
14 months ago
Well that was fast. iPad Mini 7 on WED, iPad Mini 8 rumor on THU.

But did you hear about the iPad Mini 9? ;)

Personally- and joking aside- my next Mini is the 9 or 10. Until then, the 6 will be "good enough"... just as the "2" before it. These things have long use-life legs. Unlike "the precious," they don't seem to suffer the mysterious(?) "long in tooth" effect... presumably because they are "latest gen" for at least a few years. I like to let them run until the wheels fall off.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
klky Avatar
14 months ago
Wake me up when it gets a new wallpaper.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jake.au Avatar
14 months ago
Oh no this had already begun? Bad Ross Young. Now we’ll have to endure the same article for the next 3 years
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
AppleTO Avatar
14 months ago

Can we just not do this?

The 7 just came out yesterday
Another isn't coming for 3 years

Why do this?
Get ready for a weekly article about this for the next three years! Fun times...
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)