Apple Watch will enter the era of MicroLED screen: supplied by LG

According to news on January 14, according to MacRumors, LG is building a small production line to supply MicroLED screens to Apple.

According to reports, Apple’s 2025 Apple Watch series will use MicroLED screens, LG’s related production lines will be put into use in 2024, and new Apple Watch products with MicroLED screens will be released in the spring of 2025.

The news also said that the MicroLED screen version of the Apple Watch has a size of 2.1 inches, which is larger than the current 1.9-inch OLED version, and the MicroLED screen is brighter and consumes less power.

Specifically, the Micro LED chip has the characteristics of small size, high integration and self-illumination. Compared with LCD and OLED in terms of display, it has the advantages of brightness, resolution, contrast, energy consumption, service life, response speed and thermal stability. have greater advantages.

More importantly, in theory, MicroLED panels can be spliced ​​and assembled at will, and you can get MicroLED displays of any size, so it is not only the savior of the display and TV markets, but also the savior of the mobile phone industry and wearable devices.

For a long time, the battery life of mobile phones has been limited by the power consumption of the display screen and cannot be significantly improved. However, the power consumption of MicroLED panels is only 50% of that of OLED panels of the same level, and can even provide higher brightness.