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TrendForce: 16-Inch MacBook Pro Will Hit Shelves This Fall

Apple's rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/) will be released in the third quarter, aka early fall, according to Taiwanese research firm TrendForce (https://press.trendforce.com/press/20190807-3281.html).





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An excerpt from TrendForce's press release on notebook market share:

According to the 3Q outlook for notebook shipments, demand for Chromebooks remains strong thanks to the back-to-school period; at the same time, we see new products hitting shelves, such as Apple's 16-inch MacBook, Dell's products with 16:10 aspect ratio, Asus's dual-screen laptop, as well as various gaming laptops in increasingly hot demand.

The report describes the notebook as a 16-inch MacBook, but this very likely refers to the 16-inch <!---->MacBook Pro<!---->, as all other reports have indicated.





TrendForce is at least the fifth source to claim that a 16-inch <!---->MacBook Pro<!----> is coming in the fall, alongside TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ming-chi-kuo/), IHS Markit analyst Jeff Lin, DigiTimes, and the Economic Daily News, but reports have been conflicting about a September or October release month.





In the fall, Apple typically unveils new Macs in October. The company has hosted Mac- or iPad-centric media events in October in five of the past seven years, including 2016 and 2018, allowing it to focus on the iPhone, Apple Watch (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch/), and sometimes the Apple TV (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-tv-plus/) and accessories at its September event.





The 16-inch <!---->MacBook Pro<!----> will feature an all-new design (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/17/16-inch-macbook-pro-2019-kuo/), including a more reliable scissor mechanism keyboard (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/25/kuo-16-inch-macbook-pro-scissor-keyboard/), according to <!---->Ming-Chi Kuo<!---->. The notebook is also rumored to feature narrower bezels (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/29/16-inch-macbook-pro-narrow-bezels/), perhaps allowing the 16-inch display to fit in a notebook with a similar physical size as the current 15-inch model.





Meanwhile, Jeff Lin believes the 16-inch <!---->MacBook Pro<!----> will feature a 3,072×1,920 resolution (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/24/16-inch-macbook-pro-sept-2019-release-date-rumor/) and be powered by Intel's 9th-generation Coffee Lake Refresh processors (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/06/16-inch-macbook-pro-intel-coffee-lake-rumor/), suggesting the notebook will be configurable with up to an 8-core Core i9 processor in line with the latest 15-inch <!---->MacBook Pro<!---->.





Last year, Apple hosted its Mac and iPad Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/) event on October 30, so we could be two to three months away from the 16-inch <!---->MacBook Pro<!----> reveal.

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Source: TrendForce: 16-Inch MacBook Pro Will Hit Shelves This Fall (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/08/trendforce-16-inch-macbook-pro/)