Apple refreshes its lineup of external monitors with the launch of the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR.
Apple Studio Display XDR for pro users
The Apple Studio Display XDR sports a mini-LED panel and delivers up to 2,000 nits of peak HDR brightness. Photo: Apple
Succeeding the nearly 7-year-old Pro Display XDR, the Studio Display XDR features a more compact 27-inch 5K Retina XDR display with a resolution of 5,120 x 2,880 pixels. By comparison, the Pro Display XDR offers a larger 32-inch display with a higher 6K resolution.
Apple also upgraded the panel technology, replacing the LCD with mini-LED. The new display utilises 2,304 local dimming zones to deliver deeper blacks and higher contrast levels. Peak HDR brightness reaches up to 2,000 nits, an increase over the predecessor’s 1,600 nits.
For improved colour accuracy, the monitor now supports the Adobe RGB colour gamut in addition to P3 wide colour. It also features a 120Hz refresh rate with Adaptive Sync, enabling a dynamically variable refresh rate between 47Hz and 120Hz for smoother visuals. However, this requires an M4 Mac or later, or the M5 iPad Pro.
