After unveiling a slew of new products over the past few hours, including the iPhone 17e, the M4 iPad Air, the M5 Pro and M5 Max chipsets, the all-new MacBook Pro devices, the M5 MacBook Air, the Studio Display and the Studio Display XDR, Apple is gearing up to reveal its much-anticipated low-cost MacBook tomorrow, when it will also hold a hands-on 'Apple Experience' event simultaneously in various choice locations around the globe. Even so, a brief website glitch has revealed an important tidbit ahead of tomorrow's grand unveiling: the new device will be called MacBook Neo.
Apple's upcoming budget MacBook will be called MacBook Neo
A brief website glitch has now revealed an important tidbit: the upcoming budget MacBook will be called MacBook Neo (bearing the model number A3404).
As we detailed recently, Apple is looking to use a new manufacturing process for the aluminum shell of the MacBook Neo. This aligns with previous reports that had suggested that Apple might leverage the thermal design elements of the iPhone 16 Pro, which used a graphite-clad aluminum substructure.
Apple's MacBook Neo is also expected to sport the A18 Pro chip that featured in the iPhone 16 Pro Max, a 12.9-inch screen, and come with bright colors, with Apple reportedly having tested light yellow, light green, blue, pink, classic silver, and dark gray color options.
The device is expected to sport a USB 3.2 Gen 2 controller capable of speeds of either 1.0Gb/s or 1.25GB/s, and a haptic trackpad sans a backlit keyboard. Finally, Apple might price the MacBook Neo as high as $749, as per the latest anecdotes.
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