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MacBook With Foldable Display Will Actually Have 18.8-Inch Screen, Analyst Says

Less than two hours after Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said a MacBook with either an 18.8-inch or 20.2-inch foldable screen (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/23/20-inch-foldable-macbook-crease-free-rumor/) would launch in 2026, display industry expert Ross Young has said the device will indeed feature around an 18.8-inch screen.



<div class="center-wrap">(https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2024/05/Foldable-Screen-MacBook-Concept-Astropad.jpg)A foldable-screen MacBook concept by Astropad (https://astropad.com/blog/foldable-mac-screen/)</div>

In a post on social media platform X (https://x.com/DSCCRoss/status/1793657931910816161), limited to his paying subscribers, Young said he expects the device to be equipped with an 18.76-inch display instead of a 20.25-inch display for "cost reasons." In a folded position, Kuo said an 18.8-inch MacBook would be similar in size to a traditional 13-inch or 14-inch MacBook.



It is expected that a MacBook with a foldable screen would feature an all-screen design with a virtual keyboard, but exact design details have yet to be rumored.



Kuo said Apple is aiming to make the foldable screen "as crease-free as possible," and he said this could result in the device being nearly as expensive as Apple's Vision Pro headset, which starts at $3,499. He also said the foldable-screen MacBook will be equipped with Apple's next-generation M5 chip, which has yet to be announced.



It seems like a foldable-screen MacBook is still a few years away, and Apple will firm up its plans for the device as its launch gets closer.<div class="linkback">Tags: Ross Young (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ross-young/), Foldable MacBook (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/foldable-macbook/)</div>
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