Apple appears to have prematurely revealed the name of its rumored lower-cost MacBook model, which is expected to be announced this Wednesday. A regulatory document for a “MacBook Neo” (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple’s website. Unfortunately, there are no further details or images available yet. While the PDF file does not contain the “MacBook Neo” name, it briefly appeared in a link on Apple’s regulatory website for EU compliance purposes.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Well, with how things are going with Windows and laptop OEMs, it’s still a better deal than those.

    A lot of user need an iPad with a touchpad and keyboard for their needs, which is precisely what this is.

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      22 hours ago

      I’m personally waiting for a folding iPhone. I use an (old, 2nd gen) iPad to mix guitar tracks that I record, but it’s to the point where I can’t run effects and my DAW without having both crash. My phone’s also a bit long in the tooth so having one device that can do both jobs would be ideal for my particular use case.

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        18 hours ago

        To be blunt, I dunno if that’s coming? Apple’s designs are pretty conservative these days; I doubt they’d make a big folding iPhone.

        iPhones do go on firesales from some carriers, sometimes even below cost.

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          16 hours ago

          Eh, rumor is September along with the iPhone 18 and whatnot. Time will tell.