Apple plans to launch a 20.3-inch Mac laptop computer with a foldable display screen in three years, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says.
Right here’s what he says in a tweet: Just lately, I’ve obtained many inquiries about whether or not Apple plans to mass-produce the foldable iPhone or iPad in 2025 or 2026. My newest survey signifies that at the moment, Apple’s solely foldable product with a transparent growth schedule is the 20.3-inch MacBook, anticipated to enter mass manufacturing in 2027.
This isn’t the primary rumor of a foldable Mac laptop computer. A July 2023 report from the Korean website, The Elec mentioned Apple is engaged on a 20-inch foldable system — apparently, a Mac laptop computer.
And that article reiterated a February 20203 Show Provide Chain Consultants (DSCC) report — as famous by MacRumors — analyst Ross Younger mentioned Apple is contemplating a 20-inch foldable MacBook. Younger mentioned a foldable laptop computer may type a brand new product class.
If it arrives, it could possibly be a dual-use product: in a position to work as a pocket book with a full-size on-screen keyboard when folded and as a monitor when unfolded and used with an exterior keyboard. The foldable may additionally enable for 4K resolutions or larger on the dimension Apple is investigating, Younger added.
As wild as the thought sounds, Apple has filed for a number of patents that trace at foldable Macs, iPhones, and iPads. Included amongst them are patent submitting 10,579,105 and patent submitting quantity 20190163233
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