Apple Working on New 27-Inch Mini-LED Studio Display

Apple is working on a 27-inch mini-LED display that could come as soon as late 2025, display analyst Ross Young said today. The display could be a new version of the Studio Display that Apple first introduced in 2022. The current version of the Studio Display uses a 5K LED panel, so a mini-LED version would be a significant update.

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Young says that the display will use mini-LEDs from Epistar, while LG Display will supply the panels.

Back in 2023, Young claimed that Apple had been working on a Studio Display Pro with ProMotion technology, but Apple allegedly canceled the project. Young at the time said that Apple wasn't working on another 27-inch display, but Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has maintained that Apple plans to launch some kind of display in 2025.

Apple already uses mini-LED technology for the MacBook Pro. Compared to LED, mini-LED displays feature superior brightness, contrast, and color accuracy. The ‌MacBook Pro‌ display, for example, uses more than 10,000 mini-LEDs for deeper blacks, more detail in shadows, and improved highlights.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has confirmed the rumor of Apple's work on a 27-inch mini-LED display, and he believes that it will be coming in 2026.

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thefrost Avatar
24 weeks ago
Make it 120Hz while you're at it.
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Kylo83 Avatar
24 weeks ago
If it’s not 120hz I’ll give up
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DHagan4755 Avatar
24 weeks ago
If it has a better display in the same design with a better than potato webcam, then it will be awesome! Also a removable power cable would be nice too.
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TechRunner Avatar
24 weeks ago
Slap an M5 in it and call it "iMac".

Seriously, will be interested to see how it specs out.
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MrX8503 Avatar
24 weeks ago
miniLED with pro-motion would be insta-buy
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fwmireault Avatar
24 weeks ago
Now that TB5 is out and supported on newer Macs, I don’t see why a promotion 5K display wouldn’t be possible.
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