According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the MacBook Pro’s switch to OLED in 2025 may include touch screens, which Apple has previously rejected.
Apple is finally prepared to reverse course after years of steadfastly refusing to include touchscreens in its Mac computers. According to a recent article by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple engineers are “actively engaged” in this project, and the corporation is “seriously considering” making touch screens Macs for the very first time.
The first touchscreen Mac may debut in 2025, the report claims. However, Apple’s ideas on this aren’t set in stone, and it is always plausible that these gadgets will never be released.
If it happens, Apple will probably introduce a conventional laptop with a touchscreen that can recognize iPhone-like movements. Other producers, like HP, Lenovo, and Dell, all offer laptops with touch screens in their product lines.
In contrast, Apple has promoted its iPad Pro models as laptop alternatives for users who require a touchscreen, with varying degrees of success. In 2010, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, made the infamous claim that touch screens on laptops “don’t work.” Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, stated that the Microsoft Surface hybrid tablet was “a fairly compromised, confusing product” in response to analysts’ questions in 2012 over its introduction.
A Mac with a touch screen would occupy an intriguing spot in the market and within Apple’s ecosystem. Even though touch-screen computers have been on for a long time on Windows OS-based systems, Apple has been gradually transforming the iPad into something like a “laptop lite” product.
The company has even included its ARM-based system on a chip, in addition to several keyboard add-ons for the iPad, such as the Logitech Combo Touch and the Magic Keyboard.
Apple explored a Touch Bar for Macs from 2016 until 2021, when it began to phase it out with the introduction of revamped 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros. This was done in place of adding touch screens to laptops. But since then, the technology has spread to numerous Windows laptops, and an abundance of iPad add-ons have essentially transformed the tablet into a MacBook.
OLED technology is a significant further upgrade coming to Apple’s MacBooks. Apple is reportedly preparing to release a MacBook with an OLED display, most likely by the end of 2024, according to claims from both Gurman and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Last but not least, according to yet another fresh report by Kuo, Apple is preparing to release a new generation of AirPods, which might be priced at $99 and be less expensive than the original.
AirPods Max is a potential additional new audio product from Apple, while no other information is available. These new products could be available in the second part of 2024 or perhaps 2025.
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