Report: Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro may arrive Wednesday

As per a report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to release a new MacBook Pro model with a 16-inch display. Currently, Apple sells the MacBook Air in a 13.3-inch size, and the MacBook Pro comes in 13-inch and 15-inch models.

Last month, Apple’s MacOS Beta inadvertently revealed the 16-inch laptop buried in a Beta builds of MacOS 10.15.1 Catalina. According to the latest rumors and speculated information, the 16-inch MacBook Pro will have a 3,072 x 1920 px display and run Intel’s 9th-gen Coffee Lake processors with a possible 8-core i9 trim.

New design compared to current MacBook Pro 15

Apple announced the AirPods Pro suddenly so we didn’t expect it. Apple never previously acknowledged the existence of a 16-inch MacBook Pro. The laptop is believed to not much larger than the current 15-inch MacBook Pro thanks to slimmer bezels around the display. A larger MacBook Pro not only would appeal to a wider audience of content creators and professionals, but its larger size may also allow for improved cooling.

According to the same report, a new 16-inch MacBook Pro would start about the same as the entry-level 15-inch MacBook Pro – which is $2399. Apple is also rumored to announce an updated Mac Pro desktop sometime before the end of the year.

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