A research note from Meritz Securities was spotted by tipster @Jukanlosreve — and as noted by wccftech — predicts we’ll get an M5-equipped iPad Pro this year, but with few other new features.
Meritz Securities predicts that the internal hardware of the M5 iPad Pro models will remain the same, including the OLED technology, meaning that Apple will stick with the tandem structure while giving the newer tablets the M5 upgrade. Unfortunately, one report claims that this chipset has started getting mass produced on TSMC’s 3nm “N3P” technology, and compared to the company’s current-generation 3nm “N3E” node, the efficiency improvement is only 10%, while the performance bump is even smaller at 5%.
“…at the beginning of last year, LG and Samsung were estimated to deliver around 9 million OLED panel shipments belonging to the M4 iPad Pro,” says wccftech. “Unfortunately, due to a lack of demand, the revised figure dropped to approximately 5.7 million units. In 2025, we should expect more or less the same reception because the OLED found in the M5 iPad Pro family is projected to ship up to just 5.5 million units.”
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