Apple recently launched the 16-inch MacBook with the redesigned scissor-switch keyboard, and it looks like a new 13-inch variant could be on the way as well in the first half of 2020.
A new report in Taiwan-based DigiTimes claims a 13-inch MacBook Pro with the scissor-switch keyboard will be introduced soon.
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DigiTimes is citing industry sources for this and claims the display will be 13.3-inches with Wistron and Global Lighting Technologies being the suppliers for the keyboard.
Earlier Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo indicated that Apple will be revamping its entire MacBook lineup in 2020.
Kuo in a note said all the new notebooks will include the scissor-switch keyboards. Apple finally ditched the unreliable butterfly keyboard with the 16-inch MacBook Pro.
The Butterfly mechanism was thinner but more prone to breaking down and faced a lot of criticism from users and reviewers alike.
According to Kuo’s earlier predictions, he believes the scissor mechanism will have more durable keyboards.
The new 16-inch MacBook Pro‘s keyboard has a physical Escape key and an inverted-T arrow key layout as well. It is not known if Apple will introduce this to other MacBooks in 2020.
With the 16-inch MacBook Pro, Apple has also not upgraded the processor to Intel’s latest 10th generation, though it has increased maximum RAM offered to 64GB. There’s also a chance that the 2020 MacBook lineup will include the new generation of processors.