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Apple updates MacBook Pro with 16-inch display and redesigned keyboard; $7,612 fully loaded

Apple unveiled its long-awaited 16-inch MacBook Pro today featuring a larger, 16-inch Retina display, a redesigned Magic keyboard, 100Wh battery, better microphones and speakers. Apple claims it offers 80 percent better performance than previous models. Notable features of the new MacBook Pro 16: 16-inch Retina display Magic keyboard (1mm travel) 100Wh battery (US FAA maximum) […]

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Patent hints at potential Touch ID, embedded antennas within the band for next-gen Apple Watch

The next generation of Apple Watch could feature both antennas in the band as well as Touch ID in the display. Per a recently-published Apple patent application, Apple could be adding Touch ID to the display. The description highlights stretchable antenna elements embedded into the watch band. The watch band provides wireless communication via an […]

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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo notes improved antenna system for iPhone SE 2

Some additional tidbits have come in and according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the so-called iPhone SE 2 will feature an LCP aka liquid crystal polymer antenna design for improved wireless transmission. In a research note with TF International Securities today, Kuo said Career Technologies and Murata Manufacturing will begin supplying Apple with antenna components […]

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Rumor: Apple working on in-display Touch ID system for 2020 iPhones

Anonymous sources reportedly similar with Apple’s supply chain have stated that the company is working on a Touch ID fingerprint system for the 2020 model iPhones. A new report claims that Apple is currently testing an iPhone model with a new version of Touch ID that uses sensors underneath the display. Rather than the previously separate home […]

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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple will incorporate in-display fingerprint sensing technology into 2021 model iPhones

Wise Apple sage, seer, and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated that Apple is looking to launch an iPhone equipped with both Face ID and an in-display fingerprint sensor in 2020. In a recently released note to investors, Kuo based the prediction on Apple’s patents related to fingerprint on display (FOD) and the continued use of […]