{"id":217599,"date":"2026-02-26T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/apples-rumored-699-macbook-sounds-like-a-2017-macbook-air-with-an-iphone-chip-according-to-new-code-leaks\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:40:08","slug":"apples-rumored-699-macbook-sounds-like-a-2017-macbook-air-with-an-iphone-chip-according-to-new-code-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/apples-rumored-699-macbook-sounds-like-a-2017-macbook-air-with-an-iphone-chip-according-to-new-code-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s rumored $699 MacBook sounds like a 2017 MacBook Air with an iPhone chip, according to new code leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/apples-rumored-usd699-macbook-sounds-like-a-2017-macbook-air-with-an-iphone-chip-according-to-new-code-leaks\">Apple\u2019s rumored $699 MacBook sounds like a 2017 MacBook Air with an iPhone chip, according to new code leaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/apples-rumored-usd699-macbook-sounds-like-a-2017-macbook-air-with-an-iphone-chip-according-to-new-code-leaks\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/apples-rumored-usd699-macbook-sounds-like-a-2017-macbook-air-with-an-iphone-chip-according-to-new-code-leaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-26 07:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"175d28e8-a17c-4e3a-99d0-4c7eb0be1d00\">\n<li><strong>The rumored low-cost MacBook could lack a slate of key features<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>That includes True Tone, speedy SSDs, Wi-Fi 7 support, and more<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>That would make it similar to the MacBook Air from 2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"910329b6-f932-4717-8246-64c58d3407b0\">We know that Apple\u2019s rumored low-cost MacBook \u2013 due to arrive at Apple\u2019s March 4 event \u2013 is going to come with some compromises. After all, Apple can\u2019t just magically reduce its price without leaving some features out. But new information has just emerged that apparently reveals the scale of Apple\u2019s cost-cutting measures, and it means the forthcoming laptop could be reminiscent of an Apple laptop from close to a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The data has surfaced on Chinese social media site Weibo, while news outlets AppleInsider and MacRumors have both said they\u2019ve seen the leaked material, either as part of a \u201ctechnical analysis of an internal test build of macOS\u201d or in an email sent by the leaker.<\/p>\n<p id=\"910329b6-f932-4717-8246-64c58d3407b0-2\">According to the leak, the new MacBook\u2019s display will miss out on Apple\u2019s True Tone tech (which dynamically adjusts the screen\u2019s color temperature) and could have brightness below the MacBook Air\u2019s 500 nits, which would line up with a claim from Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman that the MacBook will feature a \u201clower-end LCD display.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The storage will supposedly be limited to 256GB and 512GB capacities, with a 128GB drive possibly available for educational institutions. That means no storage options of 1TB or above. As well as that, the device\u2019s SSD speeds could be slower than existing MacBooks due to the use of a single NAND chip.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the leak suggests that the MacBook will lack fast charging, keyboard backlighting and support for high-impedance headphones. Finally, the use of an iPhone chip \u2013 expected to be an A18 Pro \u2013 means it won\u2019t come with Apple\u2019s N1 wireless chip. The upshot of that is a lack of support for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread, as well as the absence of improved reliability for AirDrop and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/apples-rumored-usd699-macbook-sounds-like-a-2017-macbook-air-with-an-iphone-chip-according-to-new-code-leaks\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s rumored $699 MacBook sounds like a 2017 MacBook Air with an iPhone chip, according&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QrpYw9xJ5DUK39hn9KseLc-1920-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-217599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-macintosh","tag-macbook-air"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217601,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217599\/revisions\/217601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}