Apple is evaluating how to better manufacture high-mobility oxide (HMO) backplanes for future OLED panels, according to Korean publication The Elec . The technology is already used in the new touchscreen MacBook Pro, according to display analyst Ross Young , and Apple could be seeking to increase production for adoption in other products. Both Samsung Display and LG Display are said to be developing the HMO thin-film transistor technology for OLED panels. It is reportedly being considered by Apple as a full-blown successor to low-temperature polycrystalline oxide, or LTPO – the TFT backplane technology currently used in iPhone models and the OLED iPad Pro. HMO is designed to improve on conventional oxide TFT displays by increasing electron mobility (i. e. , how easily electrons move through the transistor material when an electric field is applied). Mobility is important for driving high-resolution OLED panels while keeping power consumption low. Existing oxide TFTs have electron mobility of around 10cm²/Vs, but HMO aims to raise this to the 30–50cm²/Vs range…