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CTOnews.com, February 27 (Xinhua)-- Apple's upcoming OLED iPad Pro model may be much more expensive than existing OLED devices of similar size because of expensive new production processes, according to a new report from South Korea.

According to South Korean website The Elec, Apple is widely expected to launch new 11.1-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models next year, which will use OLED displays to replace LCD displays, and the purchase of panels will account for the largest proportion of material costs.

According to the report, the price of iPad organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) supplied by South Korean panel companies to Apple is expected to be 2 to 3 times that of the same size OLED. Some analysts believe that the cost will be very high due to the use of the double series mode of two OLED light emitting layers and the application of advanced technologies such as LTPO TFT.

According to reports, Apple, LG display and Samsung display are discussing the supply price of iPad OLED panels scheduled for release next year, with 11-inch models priced at $270,350 for 13-inch models (currently about 2436 yuan), and OLED panels for 10-inch devices currently priced at about $1879.

OLED for iPad will introduce new processes that are not available in existing products, such as Two Stack Tandem (two emitter layers) structure, low temperature polyoxide (LTPO) thin film transistor (TFT) and mixed OLED structure (glass substrate + thin film bag). According to industry experts, this is bound to increase the cost of supply. However, since the development of OLED for iPad has not yet been completed, negotiations on specific prices are expected to begin after the completion of process development in the summer.

Apple gives priority to the completion of the product, and the company is unlikely to be in a hurry to lower prices. It remains to be seen how much the company will accept the price increase in the final OLED iPad. As the largest component of material costs, if the cost of purchasing panels is increased by two to three times, it will have a significant impact on the price of the final product.

Currently, LG Display is developing 11-inch and 13-inch iPad OLED models, while Samsung displays only develop an 11-inch model. Depending on the future situation, there may be changes. It is reported that in a recent evaluation conducted by Apple, neither of the two panel makers provided satisfactory performance to Apple.

Meanwhile, Samsung display and other companies have decided to invest in the eighth generation of OLED, but the price of the device has yet to be discussed. Next year's OLED iPad panel will be produced on the sixth generation production line, and the future MacBook may be produced on the eighth generation OLED production line, which is expected to use oxide TFT instead of LTPO TFT.

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