iMac Pro release date: Bigger iMac with 32-inch display rumors

iMac Pro: Display Size

Sizes reported were 27 or 32 inches.
Updating an existing LED display on an iMac

Display analyst Ross Young and others have said that the iMac Pro will have a 27-inch display, the same as its predecessor, which is a bit of a disappointment. However, in June 2023, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that he had information to suggest that Apple was developing an iMac with a screen larger than 30 inches. Then, a few weeks later, he clarified the situation, suggesting that a 32-inch iMac was reportedly in the testing stage. In October 2023, he confirmed that the new iMac Pro “will have a 32-inch display, making it the largest iMac in Apple history.” Currently 32″ Professional XDR display This is Apple's largest display.

Kuo agrees that this new, larger iMac could have a 32-inch display, according to his October tweet. Neither Kuo nor Gurman are revealing details about the screen's specs, but it will presumably have ProMotion and XDR (extreme dynamic range).

A larger display will certainly make the iMac Pro more attractive to potential buyers. Compared to the 24-inch iMac with a 4.5K (4,480 by 2,520 pixels) display, the 27-inch iMac looks only slightly more impressive with a 5K (5,120 by 2,880 pixels) display. But the iMac Pro won't just be compared to the 24-inch iMac. The 27-inch screen also doesn't compare particularly favorably to many modern displays larger than 30 inches (including Apple's 32-inch 6K Pro Display XDR).

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Gurman previously predicted that the 27-inch iMac's display size could increase by about the same amount as the 24-inch iMac: “I absolutely still believe that a larger, updated iMac to replace Intel's 27-inch models is on the way. Apple's increase in the smaller model's screen size from 21.5 inches to 24 inches seems to indicate that the 27-inch model's size could also increase,” he wrote in July 2021.

It would be possible to use a larger display without significantly increasing the size of the iMac. The 27-inch iMac was 25.6 inches wide, 20.3 inches high, and 8 inches deep, and Apple's new design helps make the 24-inch iMac smaller than even the 21.5-inch iMac it replaced (21.5 by 18.1 by 5.8 inches versus 20.8 by 17.7 by 6.9 inches). Apple could also make a notch at the top of the screen to accommodate the FaceTime camera, thereby reducing the size of the bezel at the top of the screen.

The new iMac Pro doesn't actually need to be as big as the Pro Display XDR to have a 6K display. The 30-inch display with smaller bezels can still fit 6,016 by 3,384 pixels on Retina 6K and iMac 6K resolutions.

In October 2024 publish on XKuo said the new iMac will have a 32-inch mini-LED display, which will be an upgrade from the LED display used in the 24-inch iMac.

To get an idea of what we can expect from the display in the larger iMac if Apple moves it beyond Studio Display, we can compare it to Apple's display. Professional XDR display.

Professional XDR Display: Retina 6K display (6016×3384 resolution), 1000 nits (XDR) or 500 nits (SDR) brightness, wide color (P3), True Tone
Studio Display: Retina 5K display (5120×880 resolution), 600 nits, wide color (P3), True Tone

The upcoming larger iMac will likely have smaller bezels than the 27-inch iMac and iMac Pro, which could help the display achieve a higher pixel density without having to make the display much larger. Rumor from Ross Young in October 2021 and follow-up report in December 2021 said Apple will bring a Liquid Retina XDR display to the iMac with “nearly 1,000 zones and more than 4,000 mini-LEDs.” This will be less than the 10,000 mini-LEDs in the iPad and the 8,000 mini-LEDs in the MacBook Pro, although they will likely be visually indistinguishable due to size and viewing distance.

Previously, the 27-inch iMac came with standard glass on the front of the display, but (for $300) Apple offered nano-texture glass that provided a matte finish and did a good job of suppressing glare. Apple will likely continue to offer this with the new iMac Pro. As you can see above, this greatly reduces gloss and glare.