According to the latest report from IHS Markit, the production for the 16-inch MacBook Pro could begin as soon as September and that the 15.4-inch Pro will be phased out. IHS Markit expects production to hit about 39,000 units a month to start with. The 16-inch model will differ old one by only it’s slimmer bezels and the lager screen and the form factor for it will remain same as that of 15.4-inch.
In terms of specs, the report only mentions that the laptop will carry the same Coffee Lake H Refresh Intel CPUs that the current generation 15-inch MacBook Pros come with. While newer 10th Gen Intel Ice Lake CPUs are out, they’re low power variants that will not be powerful enough for users looking to buy the 16-inch models. Given that newer mobile GPUs are also not available yet, we expect the rest of the specs of the 16-inch model to remain the same for now. Coffee Lake H is currently the fastest option available to anyone.
In other Mac-related news, it appears that Apple has been granted a patent for bringing FaceID and a ‘smart wake’ feature to its Macs. This is a feature we’ve been waiting a long time to see, and if it works as described, could be extremely convenient for logging into Apple Macs and for general authentication purposes.