Apple will reportedly release new Mac notebook models with 5G cellular connectivity sporting a ceramic antenna component for enhanced 5G performance in the second half of next year.
First 5G cellular MacBooks expected next year
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DigiTimes: 16″ MacBook Pro has skinnier bezels to fit a bigger screen inside a 15″ enclosure
Apple's next Mac notebook won't just mark a return to the more reliable scissor mechanism keyboards, but also squeeze a bigger LCD-based screen measuring sixteen inches diagonally into a similarly-sized enclosure like the company's 15-inch MacBook Pro model.
DigiTimes: a laser-powered 3D rear camera is coming to 2020 iPhones
A laser-powered 3D sensor that accurately determines distances between objects and the lens will reportedly be a feature of iPhones releasing in 2020, potentially resulting in improved augmented reality and enhanced photography with faster focusing and other perks.
Apple allegedly shuts down its rumored augmented reality glasses project
A major hardware project on Apple's roadmap has reportedly been cancelled.
DigiTimes is claiming that Apple is removing 3D Touch from iPhones for good
The hit-and-miss Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes is reporting today that none of the upcoming iPhone models that will probably get announced in September will feature 3D Touch.
Foxconn boosting investment in micro-LED display tech in a bid to win future iPhone orders
According to a supply chain report published Tuesday in the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, relayed by DigiTimes, contract manufacturer Foxconn has continued to deepen its deployments in micro-LED technology "through a multi-pronged approach in order to win display orders from Apple for its next-generation iPhone devices."
Kuo: Apple to adopt mini-LED backlight starting with a 31.6″ standalone display in 2019, 10-12″ iPads and 15-17″ MacBooks in 2021
Apple is expected to adopt mini-LED backlights across a range of upcoming products, beginning with a brand new 31.6-inch display coming later this year and continuing with an all-new 15 to 17-inch MacBook Pro model due in the first half of 2021 and ten to twelve-inch iPads reportedly launching between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.
Next year, Apple could finally give iPhone SE loyalists what they’ve been clamoring for
Apple's current-model iPhones feature 5.8, 6.1 and 6.5-inch panels, and that's expected to hold true for the upcoming models due in the fall. Screen sizes should however change next year when the Apple handsets are expected to switch to both smaller and larger displays.
2020 iPhone to see another miniaturization leap as TSMC is said to build 5nm A14 Bionic chips
2018's A12 Bionic filed as the world's first seven-nanometer mobile processor, and it still smokes competition! But iPhones due in 2020 may give would-be iPhone killers another pause. According to sources, Apple's tentatively named "A14 Bionic" chip powering 2020 handsets will be fabricated on TSMC's cutting-edge five-nanometer process technology.
DigiTimes: iPad mini 5 rumored to arrive later in 2019
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Compal Electronics is expected to build Apple's fifth-generation iPad mini tablet that should arrive "later in 2019".
DigiTimes: health-tracking AirPods are supposedly on their way in the first half of 2019
Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes ran a report this morning which alleged that an AirPods revision with built-in health sensors could be on its way in the first half of this year.
DigiTimes: iPad mini 5 and a replacement for the 9.7″ iPad launching in the first half of 2019
Apple could launch the next iPad mini along with a new entry-level iPad in the first half of 2019.