Vratislav Holub This year, Apple boasted a long-awaited product, which is of course the iPad Pro (2021). The latter in its 12,9" variant offers a fairly fundamental novelty in the form of an improved Liquid Retina XDR display, which is based on mini-LED technology and thus approaches (more expensive) OLED panels in terms of display quality, without suffering from the famous burning of pixels. Experts from the portal iFixit they have now taken this piece for granted and decided to take it apart to show what is actually hidden inside.
Remember the introduction of iPad Pro with M1 (2021):
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Immediately after opening the 12,9" iPad Pro with M1, they noticed several changes compared to last year's model. These include, for example, antennas for 5G, which are located on the edges, a two-cell battery with a capacity of 40,33 Wh and the M1 chip, which is stored under the thermal paste, right next to the unified memory. Another interesting change is the new, ultra-wide-angle lens, which takes care of the correct functionality of the novelty with the name Central Stage. But now we're getting to the main thing, i.e. the Liquid Retina XDR display. According to iFixit, the panel is about half a millimeter thicker than in the case of its predecessor, but a bigger difference can be registered in the case of weight. It is 285 grams.
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The experts then separated the LCD panel from its backlight to provide a better insight into how the technology actually works. Under the screen there are key mini-LED diodes, of which there should be more than 10. In addition, these are united into 2 local zones for dimming needs, thanks to which the display offers higher brightness and a much better representation of black. Subsequently, they put this entire technology under the microscope and showed in detail what the local zones actually look like. In short, it can be said that thanks to these zones, it is possible to render a more realistic black - the backlight will not be activated where it is not needed.
So far, however, a standard video in which iFixit disassembles the new device in a comprehensive manner has not been released. In the latest picture, they primarily focused only on the new display, which is the most fundamental innovation for most Apple users. In the upcoming (more comprehensive) video, they should focus on overall repairability, which we will inform you about immediately afterwards.
