More importantly, the new keyboard вЂњcould improve the typing experience by offering longer key travel and durability by adopting glass fiber to reinforce the keys' structure.вЂќ Kuo said the new scissor keyboard might be slightly thicker than the butterfly keyboard, but most users wonвЂ™t be able to tell the difference between the thickness of the two keyboard designs. Last week, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the Cupertino tech giant is planning on doing away with the butterfly keyboard and replace it with a new keyboard thatвЂ™s вЂњbased on scissor switches.вЂќ He added that the keyboard might be made of glass fiber. If a report from last week is correct, however, we can expect the new MacBook Pro to feature an entirely new keyboard thatвЂ™s different from the problematic butterfly keyboard that marred AppleвЂ™s name.

Nothing is known about the new 16-inch MacBook Pro except that Ruiyi will supply backlight modules for it. Ruiyi, which is AppleвЂ™s sole supplier of backlight modules for the iPad and MacBook Pro, also announced that it was able to earn revenues amounting to 4.466 billion yuan (about $648.59 million USD) in June, вЂњan increase of 14.7%.вЂќ It also said it was able to earn an accumulated 27.84 billion yuan (about $4.04 billion USD) during the first half of the year, вЂњan increase of 26.8%.вЂќ A report from China seems to line up with his claim.ДЄccording to a report from Chinese publication Economic Daily News (translated via Patently Apple), Apple backlight module supplier Ruiyi will start the mass production of a new iPad this month, and will also start the mass production of an all-new 16-inch MacBook Pro sometime during the fourth quarter of 2019. This information comes from noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who said the Cupertino tech giant is preparing to launch a new MacBook with an вЂњall-newвЂќ design and one that might feature a 16- or 16.5-inch display. Previous reports cite rumors of a 16-inch MacBook Pro coming at an undetermined date.

Apple will reportedly start producing new iPads this month, and will start producing a new 16-inch MacBook Pro in the fourth quarter this year.

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