Following the removal of the LG UltraFine 4K Display earlier this year, Apple’s online store today indicates that the UltraFine 5K is also now unavailable. This change comes as Apple is rumored to be readying its own 31.6-inch 6K display. Apple’s listing for the LG UltraFine 5K Display is still live on its online store. This could suggest that Apple will replenish stock of the monitor at some point in the future. On the other hand, it could spell the end for the display at Apple. The listing on Apple․com indicates that the LG UltraFine 5K is completely “sold out” for delivery. Apple hasn’t stocked the UltraFine 5K Display in its physical stores since interference problems forced a recall in early 2017. Over the last several weeks, online availability for the UltraFine 5K has fluctuated. As of yesterday, estimated delivery dates ranged from late May to early June. The LG UltraFine 5K remains available from some third-party retailers, including B&H. The smaller, more affordable LG UltraFine 4K is also still available through third-party retailers including Best Buy. Apple completely removed the LG UltraFine 4K from its online store last month, informing customers that the product was no longer available for purchase through Apple. Apple originally left the standalone display market in 2016, discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display and pointing users towards third-party options. Later that year, Apple announced at an event that it had collaborated with LG on two new UltraFine displays. Despite early performance problems, Apple went on to sell the LG UltraFine 4K for $699 and the UltraFine 5K for $1299. In 2017, however, Apple announced that it was doubling down on the Pro market with a new modular Mac Pro and a new Apple Display. Apple is currently readying its first-party, 31.6-inch 6K display. The display will reportedly be released sometime in the second or third quarter of this year. Pricing for that monitor remains unclear, but a potential teaser at WWDC next month doesn’t seem out of the question. Read our full roundup of everything we know about Apple’s 6K mini-LED display right here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More. Subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news:<doc-sep>We may have reached the end of the line for the LG UltraFine 5K display. According to Apple’s online store, the monitor is officially “sold out.” This follows Apple’s discontinuation of the LG UltraFine 4K display last month. While there’s a slim chance that stocks will be replenished, it’s likely that Apple is phasing out the monitors altogether. Possibly to get ready for its own upcoming next-gen display. LG introduced the displays in 2016, after Apple dropped out of the business by ditching its Thunderbolt Displays. LG’s lineup received generally good reviews. However, they also caused problems for many Apple fans. The display problems ultimately caused Apple to delay orders and block sales until things got ironed out. What to expect from Apple’s next-gen display Talk of a next-gen Apple display dates back several years now, with nothing to show for it yet. Last month, noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggested that Apple is set to release a 31.6-inch display. This, he suggested, “will target a very high-end position” and feature an “all-new design.” With Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference coming next month, Cupertino has an opportunity to showcase a new display. While WWDC typically focuses more on software than hardware, high-end displays are typically bought by pro-level consumers. That’s exactly the kind of people who flock to WWDC each year. Did you have any experience with LG’s UltraFine displays? If so, what did you make of them? And what are your hopes for a next-gen Apple display? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.<doc-sep>Apple this week appears to have halted sales of the LG UltraFine 5K display, potentially signaling a near future launch for a branded high-resolution monitor expected to launch alongside a new modular Mac Pro. The LG display is now listed as sold out on Apple.com, while in-store supply is exhausted at many U.S. brick-and-mortar locations. A similar situation occurred late last year when domestic Apple stores, as well as a few international locales, showed wide unavailability of the 5K display. At the time, however, the monitor could still be ordered for delivery. The UltraFine 5K stockout follows Apple's discontinuation of the LG UltraFine 4K display in April. With both LG UltraFine models no longer available from Apple, it can be speculated that the tech giant is readying a successor device for launch. LG's UltraFine 4K and 5K displays were introduced in October 2016, designed as part of a collaborative effort with Apple to complement then-new MacBook Pro models. Apple announced work on a professional-grade standalone monitor in 2017, initially promising release alongside an all-new Mac Pro in 2018. The company later pushed back the Mac debut into 2019, but failed to offer a release timeline for its new monitor, leaving some to believe it would see unveiling at an earlier date. While Apple has yet to detail hardware specifications, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in February said the device will measure 31.6 inches on the diagonal and house a 6K3K panel boasting "outstanding picture quality thanks to its adoption of the Mini LED-like backlight design." Kuo in a separate note to investors issued in April predicted Apple to launch the display in the next few months. Most recently, a report this week claims Apple might preview both the Mac Pro and display at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in June. AppleInsider will be covering the event live.<doc-sep>
Apple is no longer offering the 5K LG UltraFine Display from the Apple Store in the United States, with the monitor now listed as "Sold Out" and unavailable for pickup in any retail location. The 5K LG display was in stock and available to be shipped just recently, so the stock shortage happened within the last few days. The listing for the display has not been eliminated from Apple's site, so it's not entirely clear if Apple plans to restock the monitor or if Apple is done selling it for good. Apple last month removed the online listing for the 4K LG UltraFine Display, and prior to when it was pulled, the 4K monitor had been listed as "Sold Out" for some time, so Apple could be planning to remove the 5K monitor from the site in the near future as well. The 4K and 5K UltraFine Displays were designed by LG in partnership with Apple and were created to be used with the 2016 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro models, which supported Thunderbolt 3 for the first time. The 27-inch 5K UltraFine Display featured a resolution of 5120 x 2880, P3 wide color gamut, and 85W of power delivery for charging a MacBook Pro. Apple was selling it for $1,299. The 27-inch 5K UltraFine display continues to be available from Best Buy, B&H Photo, and Amazon, and it is still listed on LG's website. Apple is potentially phasing out the LG displays because they're several years old at this point and because there is a new Apple-branded display in the works. Apple is developing a high-end high-throughput modular Mac Pro and is said to be planning on a 31.6-inch 6K display to go with it. The new display has been described as a high-end display aimed at Apple's pro user base, so it's likely to be expensive and may not be a suitable replacement for the 4K and 5K displays that are no longer available from Apple.