Apple to unveil two mini LED MacBook Pro next year: Kuo

The latest predictions from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo are out, and this time they are for the iPhone maker's mini LED devices. Kuo expects Apple to accelerate the transition to mini LED devices with a shipment of 10 to 12 million units next year.

Kuo has increased the count of mini LED units that Apple is expected to ship in 2021 and the following year. It had previously declared 2-3 million units in 2021, and 4-5 million by 2022, 9to5Mac reported. Kuo says that two things have led to this increase: one in the cost improvement will be better in the upcoming next two years, and the other in the adoption rate of mini LED panels for MacBooks will be better than what we expected.

Kuo had earlier said that Apple would launch Macs with a completely new form factor design in 2021. The line is said to include two redesigned MacBook Pros and that too with mini LED panels. There is also a MacBook Air with a mini LED panel planned for 2022. Kuo says this MacBook Air will be "more affordable."

Kuo also said that the new MacBooks would be the biggest driver of mini LED panel shipments. This will also increase MacBook shipments by almost 100% to 30-35 million units per year over three years. Kuo expects Apple's new silicon chips and new form factor design to be the other key factors driving this growth.

It is also said that Apple will introduce LED mini iPads that will be the first to launch next year. We could see the first mini LED devices from Apple already in the first quarter of 2021.