Apple MacBook Pro rumored to get OLED touch bar

Posted on Tuesday, May 24 2016 @ 13:56 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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Rumors are going around that one of the new features of Apple's 13/15-inch MacBook Pro refresh may be an OLED touch bar. Other than this, the model is expected to have new features like Touch ID, USB Type-C/Thunderbolt 3, and a thinner, lighter form factor. Expect a launch date in the fourth quarter of this year.
While long overlooked, the MacBook line is the brightest spot for Appleā€™s 2016 rollouts. This is particularly true of the two new MacBook Pro models, to be introduced in 4Q16, as they will have a thinner and lighter form factor, Touch ID, use OLED display touch bar (to replace physical function keys, located above the keyboard) and adopt USB- C / Thunderbolt 3.

Kuo calls the new MacBook Pro updates the "most significant upgrade ever undertaken by Apple." The new "thin and light" design will be helped by new metal injection mold-made hinges and the butterfly-mechanism keyboards that debuted in the 12-inch MacBook. There has been speculation Apple would introduce Touch ID to MacBooks and, in the meantime, Apple engineers are working on a way users could unlock their Macs with Touch ID on iPhone.
Source: MacRumors


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