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The new generation of MacBooks will not only come with thinner designs, they reportedly will have a new hinge design.
According to DigiTimes, sources from the upstream supply chain claim that the new generation of ultra-thin MacBooks will have metal-injection molding-made (MIM) hinges. US firm Amphenol, which also supplies hinges for the Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, is said to have joined Apple's supply chain to produce these MIM hinges.
DigiTimes previously reported that consumers could expect ultra-thin 13 and 15-inch MacBooks to arrive by the end of Q2 2016, but it now states that they are likely to be launched in the second half of the year. An announcement at WWDC 2016 is still possible with availability scheduled a few weeks later.
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