Kuo: Apple Planning 20-Inch MacBook With Foldable Screen

[MacRumors]

Apple is planning to release a 20-inch MacBook with a foldable screen in around three years, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

"Apple's only foldable product with a clear development schedule is the 20.3-inch MacBook, expected to enter mass production in 2027," said Kuo, in a post on X today. He did not provide any additional details about the device.

Kuo is the third source to mention the possibility of a 20-inch MacBook, alongside display industry analyst Ross Young and Korean website The Elec.

The largest laptop that Apple currently sells is the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The company also once offered a 17-inch MacBook Pro, which was discontinued in 2012. The new foldable MacBook would have a screen that measures around 20 inches diagonally when fully expanded, but Kuo did not provide any details about the device's exact design.

Kuo said the 20-inch MacBook is Apple's only foldable product with a clear development schedule, suggesting that a foldable iPhone or iPad are not coming any time soon.

Article Link: Kuo: Apple Planning 20-Inch MacBook With Foldable Screen

 

[breenmask]

this is where folding screens makes sense.

not stupid folding phones.

 

[0xjf]

So...I'm assuming that would be a touchscreen 20-inch?

 

[jz0309]

I believe it when I see it…
Kuo is not what he used to be anymore…

 

[turbineseaplane]

If people thought the AVP was expensive .... whoooo baby

Buckle up
Actually -- maybe think about selling the car

 

[sherwinzadeh]

Folding MacBook means you are typing on a glass keyboard and have TouchBar-like controls on the bottom half of the screen. Doesn't sound like a good idea at all.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Bend gate, crack gate, battery gate, keyboard issue gate

This product might set a record for "gates per product"

 

[vegetassj4]

pfffft only 20".....go all out or go home

 

[saudor]

slowly but surely, the 27 inch macbook is edging ever closer. Now where's the 19 inch iphone

 

[MazingerZND]

Yeah, sure, Kuo.
And tell us, is that 20-inch Macbook in the room with us right now?

 

[Orange Bat]

Sooooo starting at $5,000?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Sooooo starting at $5,000?

8GB/256GB
"Good enough for most people"

 

[Jim Lahey]

9GB base RAM!

 

[Jim Lahey]

8GB/256GB
"Good enough for most people"

Sells well IIRC 👍

 

[mukiex]

1. That's actually potentially a really good use of a foldable screen
2. It is going to bomb hard. I don't think Apple has a single device in the price range this would undoubtedly hit that hasn't been all but discontinued (e.g. never updated) inside of a year or two. We're still glancing over at the Mac Pro 'n Vision Pro, one of them might be the first.

 

[mukiex]

8GB/256GB
"Good enough for most people"

I honestly don't understand why they think it's a good idea to look like an underpowered piece of garbage compared to the $500-700 table at Walmart. Like, 8GB to start was questionable in 2020. It's been 4 ****ing years. RAM isn't expensive, I honestly don't care if it's on the package.

Wait no I'm dumb, I know exactly why; 'cause people are buying it. If that stopped, maybe they'd figure out why.

 

[mozumder]

Likely equivalent to the Touch Bar, where the current MacBook pro's screen extends down to the base area and adding a few more inches of touch screen area. This is probably the first of touch-screen Macs, as a redesigned MacBook Pro.

 

[nfl46]

I don’t even want to imagine the price of this thing. Lol. AVP will definitely have some competition starting price wise.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I honestly don't understand why they think it's a good idea to look like an underpowered piece of garbage compared to the $500-700 table at Walmart. Like, 8GB to start was questionable in 2020. It's been 4 ****ing years. RAM isn't expensive, I honestly don't care if it's on the package.

Wait no I'm dumb, I know exactly why; 'cause people are buying it. If that stopped, maybe they'd figure out why.

Really tells ya how much juicy profit there is in those overpriced component upgrade prices they charge

Whole situation has become ridiculous -- a borderline running joke at this point

(typed from my 9 year MBP that shipped with 16GB RAM)

 

[Johnstrass2]

So...I'm assuming that would be a touchscreen 20-inch?

I believe the big boss himself said that they have no intention and making a touchscreen op when they can still convince suckers like myself to buy both laptop and an iPad

 

[SonOfaMac]

Where do I sign? 20 inches for a notebook is like IMAX is to the Cinema!

 

[sunny5]

Foldable technology sucks and Samsung proves it.

1. Durability will be bad. Really bad.
2. The battery will be limited. You gotta put two separate batteries on both sides which will cause more weight and yet less performance.
3. Folding is not yet perfect and it makes a gap where OLED is being folded.

It sounds like a large iPad Pro with macOS. I have a bad feeling about this especially since a Touch Bar failed.

 

[Jim Lahey]

Color options just in;

Bacofoil Silver
Scratched Black

 

[EugW]

When the 17" PowerBook and then the 20" lampshade iMac came out in 2003, we made jokes about a 20" PowerBook.

Now here we are... or not yet actually... A 20" MacBook Pro in 2027? I'm not convinced, but it would be interesting. It should be noted that Apple has a lot of designs that never make it to market, the most obvious one being the cellular MacBook Pro that actually made it into the wild (but not to market).

Coincidentally just yesterday I happened to see a dual-screen Windows laptop at Tim Hortons. From afar I thought it was a fold-out screen as it was twice the height of a normal screen which I thought was hinged in the middle, but turned out it was just a third party screen clamped onto the top of the laptop screen, and I believe connected via USB.

Anyhow, back when I used to travel for business, I would take BOTH my 12" MacBook and my 10.5" iPad Pro, and then use the iPad Pro as a second screen with Sidecar for Excel, PowerPoint, and Keynote. But that's because my screen was only 12". 12" was actually fine for lighter business usage, but for heavier business usage, the added iPad Pro screen was helpful. That might still be a great solution for some people going forward, so I wonder how tiny a portion of the market such a 20" behemoth would be aimed at.

Foldable technology sucks and Samsung proves it.

1. Durability will be bad. Really bad.
2. The battery will be limited. You gotta put two separate batteries on both sides which will cause more weight and yet less performance.
3. Folding is not yet perfect and it makes a gap where OLED is being folded.

It sounds like a large iPad Pro with macOS. I have a bad feeling about this especially since a Touch Bar failed.

It depends if it's a true foldable screen or just two screens with a hinge.

 

[MichaelAdam]

Why ?!!!! When glasses provides for all the screens and sizes you want ….