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Apple has introduced a touchscreen MacBook Pro, abandoning its long-held position against touch displays on Mac laptops. The new model starts at $2,899, roughly $1,000 more than the standard MacBook Pro, and executives including CEO John Ternus and marketing chief Greg Joswiak discussed the change publicly.
Apple will send Sébastien Gros, its Director of Government Affairs for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, to speak at Web Summit in Lisbon from November 9–12. The topic of his session has not yet been disclosed. Former Apple executive Tony Fadell is also among the more than 850 speakers set to attend.
Craig Federighi told Donald Decodes that Apple has built an API letting developers read the iPhone Duo's hinge angle to within about five degrees, as well as detect the device's overall 'pose,' such as book, table or tent positions. He also described the outer screen's translucent preview effect when opening the device as a deliberate, subtle design choice meant to create continuity between the closed and open states.
In an interview with MKBHD, Apple's Craig Federighi addressed concerns that the foldable iPhone Duo could overlap with the iPad, particularly the iPad mini. He compared it to how users naturally settled into distinct usage patterns for iPad and Mac, predicting the same will happen with iPhone Duo and iPad. Federighi also emphasized that Apple built iOS for the Duo's form factor from scratch rather than stretching an existing interface to fit.