Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Apple might launch thinner MacBook in coming months

A slimmed-down MacBook could be in the works, with rDigitimes article, which cites Taiwanese supply chain manufacturers as its source. eports suggesting the newly svelte device will ship near the end of this year or very early 2015. Production's already started on the line, according to the
The tipsters reckon 80% of Apple's Mac sales can be attributed to the MacBook line-up, marking it as vital to Apple's business plan.

The MacBook Air's current thickness slopes from 1.7cm down to a dieted down 0.3cm. The MacBook Pro with Retina Display touts a slightly beefier 1.8cm girth. The thickest of the lot, the 13.3-in MacBook Pro, sports a positively obese 2.4cm waistline, but the report says this model will be retired by the end of the year.

Seems like Apple's pouring a lot of its time into adjusting form factor with the upcoming release cycle, with size changes also expected for both the iPad and the iPhone. Earlier today we heard that Apple might be readying up a sizeable 12.5-in iPad for early next year, which would make it the largest Cupertino slate yet.

Apple's update to its flagship blower line-up, the iPhone 6, is expected to ship in two sized-up variants; a 4.7-in model and a 5.5-in model, both trumping the current 4-in corner-to-corner iPhone 5S.

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