Touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple Pencil
Photo credit: Sarang Sheth
Apple is set to close out 2021 with a bang, with the first most likely coming next month for their iPhone 13 unveiling. What some people are most looking forward to is the next-generation MacBook Pro powered by the M1X chip. Unfortunately, this model is probably not going to have a touchscreen display nor Apple Pencil support. Industrial designer Sarang Sheth shows what such a device would look like, based on a recently approved patent filing.


Touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple Pencil
Photo credit: Patently Apple
One feature that may not make it to the final production design is the Touch Bar, which is rumored to have been removed for this upcoming M1X model. However, it it were to be kept, a miniature Touch Bar could be used for Siri as well as access to a slew of other apps. We imagine that a touchscreen MacBook Pro will not be released until the entire iPad Air line is axed, as this would definitely cut into sales for the latter.

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Touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple Pencil
Touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple Pencil
Touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple Pencil
Touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple Pencil
Touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple Pencil

Uniquely, a high-end lighting system is built-into the retainer and the Apple Pencil wherein the Pencil can replace the top F-Key row with the functional key symbols illuminated on Apple Pencil with full functionality,” said Patently Apple.

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