Kuo: Apple will start mass production of 27″ mini LED monitor in 2024 or 2025

Apple is still working on a 27″ monitor with a mini LED backlight. This is what TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims. Mass production of the screen should start no later than early 2025. The monitor should, among other things, have a glass backplane for thinner screen edges.

Ming Chi Kuo writes on Twitter that Apple will start mass production of its new 27″ monitor ‘in 2024 or early 2025’. The screen will be equipped with a mini LED backlight, just like the current iPad Pro 12.9″. The current Apple Pro Display XDR and Studio Display monitors still have a regular LED backlight. Apple would also provide the new 27″ mini LED monitor with a glass backplane. This should give the screen a thinner panel, in addition to thinner screen edges and a longer lifespan, the analyst says.

The screen should have ‘all the features of a high-end monitor’, Kuo reports. Previous rumors state that the screen will have ProMotion with a variable refresh rate up to 120Hz. The screen would also be equipped with an Apple Silicon socket. The current Studio Display screen, which Apple released in March last year, also features an A13 Bionic chip. This SoC is used for processing images and sound.

The message from Kuo, who often shares information about Apple products at an early stage, follows a paid Twitter post from DSCC analyst Ross Young. Young recently stated that Apple has removed the mini LED monitor from its plans ‘for now’. Young initially expected the alleged screen to be released in 2022 and later revised that expectation to the first quarter of this year.

Apple’s current Studio Display monitor.