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[kitkat9933]

Exactly what I said, its very strange.

I think maybe they're saving the "M1X" variants for the imac pro and maybe macbook pro?

dont forget the M1 family is the same chip at different power envelopes, not all are the same.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Don’t be stupidly expensive.

This

 

[kitkat9933]

OLED is still the gold standard, but Mini LED is the closest to it

micro led is better than oled.

 

[Feek]

Her accent is confusing me!

We all said the same.

 

[DanF]

yeah makes sense, align lighter products on M1, then have doubled up M1X/Z for the Pro stuff. 2 chips to make instead of all the different stuff they where doing before

 

[squerble]

Still starts at $799.... not too bad?

 

[ElliorR]

Assuming $ to £ parity £1099. I was hoping for £999 but I’ll probably still get one.

 

[uvarvu]

I’m shocked at the price, thought it would cost a lot more. Anyone looking to get a macbook should seriously consider one of these first. The display is what you look at and it’s far better than any macbook offering.

 

[HACO]

yeah makes sense, align lighter products on M1, then have doubled up M1X/Z for the Pro stuff. 2 chips to make instead of all the different stuff they where doing before

Yeah. They clearly didn't want to make other variants of the Firestorn/Icestorn cores besides A14 and M1, so they're sticking to what they had. In fall I'd expect them to release A15/M2 products and M2X stuff for the bigger stuff.

 

[pioneer2000]

micro led is better than oled.

How so? By design it must have worse black reproduction.

 

[HACO]

Assuming $ to £ parity £1099. I was hoping for £999 but I’ll probably still get one.

No chance they're going for parity with £1 = $1.40. It will likely be 15% lower in GBP, e.g. £949 for iPad Pro.

 

[HACO]

How so? By design it must have worse black reproduction.

MicroLED is self-emitting, so it doesn't have worse black reproduction. But there are no MicroLED products in the market, and won't be for the next few years, so right now OLED is the gold standard for black reproduction.

Colour accuracy, durability, viewing angle, colour space coverage, etc, OLEDs are still not there yet, and they may never be with MicroLED coming in the next few years.

 

[Combat squirrel]

No chance they're going for parity with £1 = $1.40. It will likely be 15% lower in GBP, e.g. £949 for iPad Pro.

I think your kidding yourself, Apple will sell parity, especially with a broken UK economy and terrible political situation - it will be £1099 here, MAYBE £1049...........never under 1k though

 

[pioneer2000]

MicroLED is self-emitting, so it doesn't have worse black reproduction. But there are no MicroLED products in the market, and won't be for the next few years, so right now OLED is the gold standard for black reproduction.

Colour accuracy, durability, viewing angle, colour space coverage, etc, OLEDs are still not there yet, and they may never be with MicroLED coming in the next few years.

It's not MicroLED... it's Mini LED, which is not self-emitting.

I'm not sure why MicroLED has been mentioned, I was asking why Mini LED is better than OLED, except for brightness?

 

[HACO]

It's not MicroLED... it's Mini LED, which is not self-emitting.

My question stands still.

But the guy you replied to was talking about MicroLED.

 

[chaparral]

Did they say what the price of the 2 ipad pro's was ? and when there available to buy ?

 

[Feek]

No chance they're going for parity with £1 = $1.40. It will likely be 15% lower in GBP, e.g. £949 for iPad Pro.

Don't forget that the US prices don't include sale tax.

 

[pioneer2000]

But the guy you replied to was talking about MicroLED.

Yeah not sure why!

 

[squerble]

Did they say what the price of the 2 ipad pro's were ? and when there available to buy ?

Starting $799/1099, order April 30, available second half of May

 

[squerble]

I think your kidding yourself, Apple will sell parity, especially with a broken UK economy and terrible political situation - it will be £1099 here, MAYBE £1049...........never under 1k though

It's £749/999 (store back up so checked price)