Apple Developing Thinner MacBook Pro, Apple Watch, and iPhone

[richardpage]

How about an iWatch with two weeks battery life? If Huawei can produce smartwatches with up to 3 days smart mode and up to 2 weeks of ultra-long battery life why can't Apple do the same? Apple's goal for battery life is 18 hours after an overnight charge! Time they set new goals for their developers to focus on.

The reason Chinese watches and phones have extremely long battery life is that everything you have to pay for has to be done via your phone or watch so a long battery life is absolutely essential.

 

[samrod]

Oh hell no! The MacBook Pro is thin enough. Apple should return the MacBook Air to its original theme: thin as Air, and make it conform to the 12' MacBook form factor. I guarantee that Apple will be unable to meet demand of an M4-based tiny, ultra-thin MacBook with AT LEAST 2 USB-C ports.

Basically, iron out the issues with the MacBook, pop in an M4, and reap the rewards.

 

[jorgk]

I'd even love an ethernet jack

Yes, it's missing on the MBP. How can such laptops be cut off so stupidly?

 

[smidgeondutchrabbit]

Apple intends to slim down the MacBook Pro, Apple Watch, and iPhone, with the new ultra-thin M4 iPad Pro a sign of the company's new design trajectory, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

When the M4 iPad Pro was unveiled last month, Apple touted it as the company's thinnest product ever, and even compared it to the 2012 iPod nano to emphasize its slim dimensions.

Writing in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Gurman says that like the iPad Pro, Apple is now focused on delivering the thinnest possible devices across its lineups without compromising on battery life or major new features.

Gurman writes that the new iPad Pro is the "beginning of a new class of Apple devices," and that Apple's aim is to offer "the thinnest and lightest products in their categories across the whole tech industry."

Apple now reportedly has its sights on making thinner versions of iPhone, Apple Watch, and MacBook Pro over the next couple of years.

Gurman's sources tell him Apple is now focused on developing a significantly skinnier iPhone in time for the iPhone 17 line in 2025, corroborating a May report by The Information. According to the latter report, Apple is planning to launch an all-new thinner iPhone 17 model next year that will allegedly feature a "major redesign" akin to the iPhone X.

Gurman previously reported that Apple is planning a complete revamp of the Apple Watch for the device's tenth anniversary, dubbed "Apple Watch X."

Since the original Apple Watch was unveiled in 2014 and launched in 2015, Gurman is unsure whether the ‌Apple Watch X‌ will be released in 2024 or 2025. However, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today claimed that this year's upcoming Apple Watch will have a larger screen and thinner design, which sounds like the sort of major overhaul and design signature that Gurman has suggested.

In 2021, Apple significantly redesigned the MacBook Pro, making it thicker and heavier. A major highlight of the redesign was the reintroduction of several ports that were removed in previous iterations in favor of chassis thinness. MacBook Pro models now include an HDMI port, an SD card slot, MagSafe 3 charging port, three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports, and a headphone jack.

Article Link: Apple Developing Thinner MacBook Pro, Apple Watch, and iPhone

not a good idea at all apple. give us something else. i dont need it thinner. i wouldnt mind it thicker either. give us something better like more performance, battery life, storage, or even modular storage. something better than thinner because thinner doesnt always mean better

 

[smidgeondutchrabbit]

How much can then shave from the lower part of the MBP if the HDMI port is still there?

I guess they could make the rounding sharper?

i just dont want them to make it thinner. wither they could do that, remove hdmi completely, or (i dont want them to do it) make it ergonomic and bulge out which i dont want them to do at all. macbooks are known for not having that and adding those ergonomics ruin the macbook. what is apple doing.

 

[juanjoseluisgarcia]

I want it. Battery life has already reached the point where it no longer matters. How many days does a laptop have to run on battery for you and why? The all-day battery is enough, there is no need to carry a larger battery inside at all times especially since we have fast charging and devices consume so little power. Now is the time to lighten those devices.

My M3 Max barely last 4 hours running 20 containers in Docker, and compiling in Go and iOS and Javascript. So I guess we all HAVE A POINT. Make the MacBook Air thinner with copper. Leave MacBook Pros, well, Pros.

 

[juanjoseluisgarcia]

Lol, not really. 14" and 16" are heavy, no way around it.

One word. Phil Schiller wants to pee in the Apple Silicon pool so he tells he is more senior. Everything that man has been involved is tainted. Even the App Store is getting threaten in Europe to disappear because his practices forcing everyone to make in-app purchases.

 

[pksv]

My M3 Max barely last 4 hours running 20 containers in Docker, and compiling in Go and iOS and Javascript. So I guess we all HAVE A POINT. Make the MacBook Air thinner with copper. Leave MacBook Pros, well, Pros.

You can discharge a Tesla Plaid with a 360-mile range in literally 20 minutes on the Nurburgring. So extreme examples are no argument, those 4 hours still look like a great result of battery life. With the development of AS and the reduction of the process to 3nm and below, I think we can safely require smaller and lighter chassis. Besides, my or your opinion does not matter, because Apple according to rumors will release a new generation in 2025/2026 anyway, which is to be lighter and slimmer.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

let's hope they drop the HDMI port on MacBook Pro. HDMI is anything but pro.

if you're ready to concede a thunderbolt 4 port for an useless HDMI one, this shouldn't be a product made for you.


edit: after interacting with a few users, I wonder how you managed to live without HDMI port on your iPhone Pro

The HDMI port is very useful when you rock up to a client and they have a screen to plug into and a HDMI cable for it. I've had exactly this.

And that's why they put it back in, because back during the 2016+ Butterfly generation of MBP's HDMI was THE standard for connecting to screens, and removing it caused a lot of annoying, awkward situations in professional situations. Apple started losing corporates and creatives as customers, so actually started a Pro Workgroup to find out what such customers really wanted. A lot of these changes first entered with the first 16" Intel MBP, and were a big hit. So Apple stuck with them with the Apple Silicon MBP's.

Now sure, these days external screens with USB-C connectivity are pretty standard, but there's still a lot of HDMI connectivity, and until it is dead, having an HDMI port is fine by me, even if I rarely use it.

It was damn annoying when Apple got rid of USB-A, and still remains so tbh. I do of course carry USB adaptors in my laptop bag, and various cables, so it's no big drama. USB-A is far from dead, and will remain that way for a long time, simply because USB-C costs more to implement, and is only an advantage if you need higher speed or power, and plenty of devices need neither.

 

[Algr]

actually started a Pro Workgroup to find out what such customers really wanted.

Apple has such a baffling inability to listen to their customers. The trash can mac was another example. After years of total paralysis in the face of its failure, they ended up bringing back almost the same Aluminum block they'd replaced.

And then they sit there wondering why so few mac desktops sell.