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How Accurate Were Rumors About Apple's OLED Touchscreen MacBook Pro?
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How Accurate Were Rumors About Apple's OLED Touchscreen MacBook Pro?

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Rumors about Apple's work on a touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro started in 2023, when Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman said there would be a MacBook Pro with an ‌OLED‌ display and a touchscreen, but ‌OLED‌ rumors date back even further.

We heard a lot about the new Mac over the last few years, and we thought we'd take a look back to see what was right and what was wrong.

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2016 - In 2016, ETNews said Apple was considering ‌OLED‌ displays for future MacBooks.

2019 - The Elec said Apple was in talks with Samsung about ‌OLED‌ displays for a future 16-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌.

2021 - The Elec said a future MacBook would use an ‌OLED‌ display with a two-stack tandem structure , which is what Apple announced today.

2023 - ETNews claimed Apple was sourcing OLED panels in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes for the ‌MacBook Pro‌, which turned out to be accurate.

2023 - Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple would release the first MacBook with an OLED display by the end of 2024 at the earliest, which was incorrect.

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