Taking Exit: Apple Apparently Seizing Operations In The Stand Alone Monitor Market

Apple has apparently produced its last external monitor after remarks made from a press event suggest that the company is now exiting the stand alone monitor market with the now-discontinued Thunderbolt display as their last hoorah.

In the "hello again" event last Thursday, a showcase of a new LG monitor created in cooperation with Apple is using a single Thunderbolt 3 video cable for multi-stream transport and is charging using a connection in a MacBook Pro. However, the showcased LG monitor is not in any way branded for Apple.

The featured monitor, the LG UltraFine 5K Display measures an impressive 27 inches and can display in resolutions of up to 5120 by 2880 running in the P3 "wide color" gamut. The monitor also features in the rear three USB 3.1 generation 2 type-C ports,  the display also boasts a set of stereo speakers, a microphone, and a camera. The LG monitor in essence will functionally replace the specs and functionality of the now-discontinued Apple stand-alone monitor.

Moreover, the California based tech company is procuring all its 4K and 5K monitor panels for the iMac from LG. These information was given by Apple during a product demonstration after Thursday's event to The Verges' Nilay Patel. However, it is not clear what Apple exactly stated in the event for Patel to come up with his conclusion.

On the other hand, there were rumors circulating last summer that an Apple-branded monitor with integrated GPU is in the works. The rumor came from two disparate sources talking about the budding product. Meanwhile, Apple and LG made available different variation of the LG Ultrafine Monitor, with the 4K monitor scaling back to 21.5 inches. The monitor have a top resolution of 4096 by 2304, but  still packs the P3 color gamut.

The monitor can connect to a Mac using a lone USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 cable. It only uses 60 watts of charging power in comparison to the LG UltraFine 5K Display's 85 watts.