The new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models are equipped with OLED displays that support a refresh rate of up to 10Hz, but the devices still don’t have an always-on display option like the iPhone and Apple Watch, according to Apple’s tech specs
While the iPad Pro has supported ProMotion since 2017, the device has only supported refresh rates between 24Hz and 120Hz until now. The new iPad Pro models use low-power LTPO technology, according to display industry expert Ross Young, which allows the display to go down to 10Hz for static content. This change will contribute to lower power consumption, but the claimed battery life remains unchanged overall compared to the previous generation iPad Pro.
The same situation happened a few years ago with the iPhone 13 Pro models, which also support ProMotion up to 10Hz, but lack an always-on display option. The feature has finally arrived on the iPhone with iPhone 14 Pro models able to clock down to 1Hz, and Apple Watch models with an always-on display also reach 1Hz.
Overall, the iPad Pro is unlikely to get an always-on display option until and unless it also supports a 1Hz refresh rate.
Apple says the iPad Pro now features “state-of-the-art tandem OLED technology, which uses two OLED panels and combines the light from both to deliver phenomenal full-screen brightness.” The new iPad Pro models can achieve up to 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness for SDR content, compared to 600 nits for the previous generation models.
The new iPad Pro models are available to order from today and launch on Wednesday, May 15.
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