I’m looking to get the newest iPad pro, and I was wondering what the difference was between the mini LEDs for the latest generation, the LEDs of the previous generation, and the OLEDs of the iPhone, since it’s become such a huge selling point.
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OLED is a way to make tiny LEDs smaller than a pixel, so each pixel is its own LED and you get the best possible contrast and real deep black
The problem is that these LEDs are made from organic materials that decompose and deteriorate if they are used too much and they can’t be calibrated as well as LCD
LCD screens traditionally were just lit by regular fluorescent lights, but once we figured out LEDs well enough, we started using those instead for better efficiency and since they are easily dimmable we can now selectively dim dark areas of the screen to increase contrast, it’s not as good as OLED, but still pretty good
Now we have mini LED which is just an LCD panel again, but the backlight has a lot more small LEDs so that you can have even more local dimming zones and even better contrast, again not as good as OLED, but still better
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