iPad and MacBook to collaborate with LG on foldable OLED displays and ultra-thin coated glass covers

Apple is working with LG to develop foldable OLED display panels with ultra-thin cover glass for future iPad and MacBook models.

LG Display will supply 17-inch foldable 4K OLED panels to HP this year for use in foldable laptops with 11-inch displays when closed. LG Display's growing expertise in foldable OLED displays has given the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold a 13.3-inch display panel.

In addition to the foldable OLED notebook panels it provides to HP, Apple is also working with LG Display to "develop another foldable OLED panel." The panel will use ultra-thin cover glass instead of the polyimide currently used by most other foldable displays.

The report is the second solid sign from Apple's supply chain that a large foldable device is in the works, with the report saying Apple is exploring a full-screen foldable laptop with a display size of around 20 inches.

These devices could form an entirely new product category for Apple and result in a dual-purpose product that could potentially function as a laptop with a full-size on-screen keyboard when folded and as a laptop when unfolded. monitor and with an external keyboard. These devices have 4K or higher resolutions, the sizes Apple is working on.

The device was described as a "foldable laptop," but at the time it appeared that the full-screen device might actually be a foldable iPad Pro. Apple's foldable laptop release date "could be later than" 2025, 2026 or 2027 are considered reasonable possibilities.

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