New MacBook Pro Nears Mass Production, But Four Bigger Upgrades Expected Next Year

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Apple's adjacent MacBook Pro models volition participate wide accumulation soon, according to the latest accusation shared by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said helium continues to judge the caller MacBook Pro models volition beryllium released astatine immoderate constituent betwixt precocious 2025 and the archetypal 4th of 2026, meaning they should beryllium disposable to bid by March astatine the latest.

Apple often releases caller Macs successful October, but some Gurman and Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo antecedently said the adjacent MacBook Pro models might not get until aboriginal 2026. Apple announced the MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips in January 2023, truthful determination is precedent for specified a timeframe.

The adjacent 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro are expected to beryllium powered by M5/M5 Pro/M5 Max chips, but nary different large changes person been rumored truthful far.

In precocious 2026, the MacBook Pro is expected to person 4 bigger upgrades, including an OLED display for improved opposition ratio, a interaction screen, a thinner design, and M6/M6 Pro/M6 Max chips fabricated with TSMC's latest 2nm process.

It has besides been rumored that Apple might adhd cellular connectivity to Macs, truthful possibly the MacBook Pro models with an OLED show volition beryllium equipped with a mentation of the custom-designed N1 chip that debuted successful the latest iPhone models, oregon a next-generation N1X oregon N2 chip. Plus, the notch surrounding the beforehand camera might get smaller.