Apple Pushes External Monitor Development to LG for New Laptops

  • Apple to sell LG Electronics-branded 4K and 5K monitors
  • Company rarely markets hardware products with other companies

Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the MacBook Pro laptop.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Apple Inc. embraced a new strategy for selling external monitors to professional users on Thursday by launching new large, high-resolution screens with LG Electronics Inc.

The new displays were highlighted by Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller on stage during the company’s Mac-focused press conference at its Cupertino, California, headquarters. The monitors come in 21.5-inch and 27-inch sizes, with 4K and 5K resolutions, respectively.