According to a trusted analyst, Apple will drop the “Touch Bar” on its next line of MacBook Pro computers in favor of returning to physical keys.
Ming-Chi Kuo of TFI Securities writes this week that after five years, the iPhone maker will stop terminating the largely unloved feature, as the long, thin, interactive video strip on top of MacBook Pro keyboards never became the revolutionary tool Apple used for did not save the first time. 2016.
According to a MacRumors report, this is not the only major change Apple is making to the 2021 MacBook Pro series.
The upcoming 14-inch and 16-inch laptops will see a design change that will abolish the curved edges the computers have had over the past five years in favor of a more flat-panel design like the new iPhone 12 family.
They will also add more types of ports instead of the USB-C they have been limited to over the past few years, which means consumers do not have to buy expensive dongles to plug different wires and devices into their MacBook.
Apple is also bringing back its MagSafe charging connector after dropping it off when it introduced USB-C to MacBook. In older MacBook models, MagSafe allowed chargers to click quickly with magnets in and out of the computer.
Apple shares rose slightly on Friday morning, trading at $ 129.39.