Apple just announced a new external display during its “Peek Performance” event. It’s designed to be the ideal companion for the company’s high-end Mac lineup — including the brand new Mac Studio desktop powered by the M1 Ultra chip. The Studio Display has a 27-inch, 5K screen encased in an aluminum enclosure.
The Studio Display has three USB-C ports and a single Thunderbolt 4 port that supports up to 96W passthrough charging.
The Pro Display XDR was introduced in 2019 with a starting price of $5,000. As its price conveys, that monitor is intended for professional photo and video work, with Apple touting the Pro Display XDR’s color accuracy and brightness. Given its high price and niche audience, the Pro Display XDR did little to quell Mac users’ demands for a more reasonably priced, Apple-made external display like the Thunderbolt Display that was discontinued in 2016. Since then, Apple has sold LG displays like the UltraFine 4K and UltraFine 5K to complement its pricey XDR display.
For months leading up to today’s event, rumors had indicated that Apple was developing new external displays. An imminent announcement became more likely this week when Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman confirmed that at least one monitor was “ready to go.”
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