Apple Rumored to Have a Creaseless Folding MacBook in the Works

Whatever Apple is cooking up in the kitchens inside of 1 Infinite Loop , it seems it ’s very interested in have a folding , but only on its own terms . The Cupertino , California caller is reportedly working on a folding MacBook that lacks any semblance of that annoying crease found on most other foldables .

But if Apple is work on a fold up laptop computer , we likely wo n’t hear from it until 2026 , at the early . Noted Apple supply chain analyst Ming - Chi Kuo from TF International Securities wrote on hisblogThursday that Apple is work with LG to develop these 20.2 - inch folding presentation . More interesting still , Apple could be developing an M5 chip specifically for this new folding twist .

As you might guess , none of this is get going to be cheap . Kuo claimed that Apple has some reasonably strict specifications for both panel and hinges . harmonize to Kuo ’s blog post , each body could be as much as $ 250 to manufacture , while the screens might be as gamy as $ 650 .

Apple has long been rumored to be working on a folding iPhone as well as folding tablets or laptops.

Apple has long been rumored to be working on a folding iPhone as well as folding tablets or laptops.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo

If true , those number hint at a braggy request price for Apple ’s first foldable , potentially its most expensive consumer - front product since theVision Pro . Though consider that the Vision Pro did n’t ship too many unit and thehype snuff it rather early on , Apple is mean of transport more than 1 million unit of this foldable gimmick , accord to the psychoanalyst .

If Kuo is to be believed , Apple could be thinking of dropping its first foldable iPhone sometime in 2025 or 2026 .

The US Patent & Trademark Office granted the party patents on afoldable headphone witha waterfall screen conception and a folding gadget with adisplay with “ self - cure ” belongings . That patent mentioned phones , but it also foldable tablets and laptops as well .

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Apple ’s laptop sales agreement lagged last year and only grew marginally at the beginning of this year . According to the Cupertino tech heavyweight ’s latest fiscal report , iPhone sales were also down overall . It make some sensation that Apple would move up the time tables on raw , more advanced MacBooks .

The lastMacBook ProandMacBook Airwere both quality machines with the latest M3 chip , but they were also very derivative of what we ’ve had over the past few year . If Apple ’s looking for its next big “ iPhone moment , ” a creaseless foldable might be its best stakes .

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