Apple weighs cheaper high-mobility oxide (HMO) backplanes for future Mac OLED screens
- Rating
- Rumor
- Status
- Active
- Expected
- No timeline (future MacBooks and iMacs)
- First reported
- Nov 3, 2026
- Last updated
- Nov 3, 2026
- Categories
- Apple
The claim
Apple is evaluating ways to mass-produce high-mobility oxide (HMO) TFT backplanes for future OLED panels, possibly as a successor to LTPO, with Samsung Display and LG Display favoring a cheaper sputtering process over atomic layer deposition.
Why we rated it Rumor
From Korean outlet The Elec, relayed by MacRumors; analyst Ross Young says HMO is already used in the new touchscreen MacBook Pro. The Elec has good supply-chain sources but its timelines often slip, and the report names no product or date: MacBooks and iMacs are only listed as possible uses. Apple has said nothing.
Sources
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