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MacBook Pro 2016 release date, rumors: Apple to surprise fans with new laptop's launch in WWDC 2016?

Miguel Salonga April 07, 2016 07:40 AM EST

The Apple Macbook Pro (Retina) 13 2013 model. | Photo: WikiMedia Commons

Apple Inc. is having a very busy year with its March 21 unveiling of their new smartphone designs, especially the vanilla model iPhone SE. Aside from the news in the iPhone department, the highly successful tech company may be having an upgrade to their present laptop design this year, and one of the rumored Macintosh laptops to get a brand new look is the MacBook Pro. Dubbed as the "MacBook Pro 2016," it is rumored to be announced by Apple during the company's annual Worldwide Development Conference (WWDC) to be held at San Francisco, California in June.

It was previously reported that Apple will be releasing the new upgraded design for MacBook Pro in three different sizes that are likely to be the 12-inch, 13-inch, and 15-inch designs. Yibada reported that the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro 2016 designs will be borrowing the build and features of the latest 12-inch Macbook Pro 2015. If it is to verify, the MacBook Pro fans can expect the 2016 upgraded laptop versions to be slimmer than its predecessors while sporting the same device texture or color options with the present iOS laptops. Similar to the iPhones and iPads that are now featuring a variety of colors to choose from, the new MacBook Pro can be expected to have gold and rose gold colors.

One of the rumored specs of MacBook Pro 2016 that would make it the most powerful design in its line is the Intel Skylake chip processor and its combined efficiency with OS X 10.12. The rumored Skylake computer processor to be used in MacBook Pro 2016 is the latest sixth generation, meaning that the upcoming MacBook pro will feature a great boost in its system performance as well as being energy efficient. It can be expected that the new MacBook Pro to work for longer hours with higher level of productivity.

A report from TechRadar cited that the price of the 13-inch MacBook with Retina is possible to be at around $1,100. The 15-inch MacBook Pro, also with Retina feature and higher processing unit, will be priced higher at around $2,100. The non-Retina MacBooks, on the other hand, are reported to have a unit retail price of $999 upon release.

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