On Tuesday, October 12th, U.S. Eastern time, Apple officially issued an invitation to the media. It will be held at Apple Park at Apple Park, California headquarters, starting at 10 am next Monday, October 18th (1 am Beijing time). On the live broadcast of the special event.
This is Apple’s second conference this fall after releasing new products such as the iPhone 13 last month. Although Apple did not disclose what content it will release, judging from the slogan “Unleashed” set by Apple for this event, the media speculated that Apple is suggesting that it is expected to be equipped with a high-end version of the M1 chip-the M1X chip. The new version of the MacBook Pro computer will be “coming out after a long time.”
Apple released the low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro equipped with the M1 chip in November last year, but the high-end MacBook Pro has not released a new version for two years. The high-end new version was originally a new product that the outside world expected Apple to release in September this year, but it did not appear in September. Some media said that Apple may cancel the September release at the last minute.
The use of M1X chips means that for the first time, Apple will replace Intel’s chips with self-developed processors on the MacBook Pro, the main product that contributes 10% of the company’s total sales. Earlier news said that Apple’s first batch of MacBook Pros with M1X chips will be available in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes.
Well-known consumer technology journalist Mark Gurman commented that the new version to be released will be the biggest design revision of Apple’s high-end notebook MacBook Pro since October 2016.
In addition to the above two sizes reported on the Internet, Gurman mentioned that the new version of MacBook Pro will restore the HDMI port abandoned in the current version, and will cancel the controversial Touch Bar touch bar.
Earlier this year, Apple’s “Prophecy” and senior analyst Guo Mingchi disclosed that the high-end MacBook Pro will re-enable MagSafe, a magnetic wireless charger, remove the Touch Bar and increase the built-in IO port. There is also news that the high-end version will retain the Touch ID button, in addition to HDMI, it will also be equipped with an SD card reader.
The Wall Street article mentioned last month that, according to market news, Apple’s MacBook Pro released in October this year will use MiniLED. The LCD screen upgraded with this technology is regarded as the vane of the notebook product industry.
Due to the miniaturization of the lamp bead size, MiniLED can individually adjust the brightness. Compared with OLED, MiniLED has a longer service life, good anti-drop performance, relatively cheap price, low technical requirements, and strong reproducibility. Once it starts mass production, the structure and template of the product are basically stable.
In addition to the high-end MacBook Pro, the media predicts that next week Apple may also release the low-end laptop Mac mini supported by the M1X chip, as well as the new generation of wireless Bluetooth headset AirPods 3, which was previously rumored to be released in September. In addition to hardware, Apple may also release the latest version of the Mac operating system macOS Monterey.
This article is from “Wall Street Insights”,Author: Li Dan, 36氪 released with authorization.
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