20-Inch MacBook With Nearly 'Crease-Free' Foldable Screen Rumored

[MacRumors]

LG is aiming to begin mass production of display panels for a MacBook with a 20.2-inch or an 18.8-inch foldable screen in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to information shared today by Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

In a post on Medium, Kuo said Apple is aiming to make the foldable screen "as crease-free as possible," which will require the use of high-cost components. As a result, he said the foldable MacBook could be nearly as expensive as Apple's Vision Pro headset, which starts at $3,499. The 16-inch MacBook Pro currently starts at $2,499.

Kuo estimated that foldable MacBook shipments will exceed one million units in 2026, suggesting that the device will launch in around two years from now.

He expects the device to feature Apple's next-generation M5 chip, which has yet to be announced.

Kuo is one of three sources to have mentioned a 20-inch MacBook, alongside display industry analyst Ross Young and Korean website The Elec. However, there is no guarantee that the device progresses beyond the prototyping stage.

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[hajime]

I want 20" MacBook Pro but I don't want it to be foldable.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I will accept an overly creased price tag.

 

[icanhazmac]

Until foldable is 100% crease free, hard pass. Can't say I really would want it anyway.

I wonder how/where this crease will be? When considering a foldable iPhone/iPad it is very easy to imagine using the "half" device and then unfolding it for basically a 2x size device, how does one fold a laptop?

 

[McWetty]

“Likely to be expensive…”

LOL. Welcome to Apple, Mr. Kuo.

 

[tomtad]

This guarantees an iPadOS/macOS merger by next year's WWDC at the latest if true

 

[Jarutais]

I fail to understand how a Macbook with foldable screen would benefit the user experience... A foldable device that transitions between an iPhone and an iPad would make more sense to me...

 

[Palliser]

An actual Mac rumor!

 

[Spock]

I don't see how they will make the mechanism thin enough for a MacBook and not have a noticeable crease.

 

[EugW]

I suspect this is in development in their labs, but I'm skeptical of such a release by 2026.

I fail to understand how a Macbook with foldable screen would benefit the user experience...

Think harder.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Oh boy ... here comes a full day of "anti-folding devices" postings..
ha!

 

[CalMin]

I don't see how they will make the mechanism thin enough for a MacBook and not have a noticeable crease.

Ah... you see that why they will call it the Apple Magic Display.

 

[turbineseaplane]

This guarentees an iPadOS/macOS merger by next years WWDC at the latest if true

That would be the good news here, no question.

I'd love to get my Apple desktop OS usage down to one single 11" iPad Pro (or thereabouts on size)
Portable and full blown Mac when docked = perfection!

 

[iMac The Knife]

20 inch screen, good lawd!

 

[kenny7]

How would this work? Where exactly would the screen fold?

 

[rippley5150]

Will I need a 2nd or reverse mortgage for this? lol

 

[Fishrrman]

This could turn out to be the worst design mistake Apple has made since the butterfly keyboard...

 

[osx64]

Can someone explain what a MacBook with a foldable screen even means? Where is the keyboard located? Sounds more like a tablet than a laptop to me.

 

[MrGunny94]

Quite curious to see this

 

[bscheffel]

Im guessing this will be a improved version of something like Lenovo X1 fold. You can use like a regular clamshell notebook with either virtual keyboard or overlay physical keyboard (like the HP Spectre foldable). The 2nd use case is unfolded for the full 20" experience with external mouse keyboard. As a traveling consultant I would welcome the extra screen real estate and ability to use like a desktop when stationary and as a more traditional clamshell laptop when traveling.
Will be interesting to see how much Apple can improve on the weight, thickness, crease, etc. for the existing HP and Lenovo folding notebooks.
The big news here of course is that Apple is FINALLY trying a different form factor other than the traditional clamshell, no touch design that they have had for decades.

 

[Iconoclysm]

I want 20" MacBook Pro but I don't want it to be foldable.

Sounds like you want an iMac with a carrying case.

 

[bscheffel]

Can someone explain what a MacBook with a foldable screen even means? Where is the keyboard located? Sounds more like a tablet than a laptop to me.

Research the HP Spectre foldable or the Lenovo X1 foldable notebooks - that will give you an idea of the design.

 

[Jarutais]

Think harder.

Still thinking... My guess is that Apple is approaching this tech the same way it did with the Vision Pro and will end up launching something gimmicky and unaffordable with exciting marketing.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I want 20" MacBook Pro but I don't want it to be foldable.

Yes, time for the return of Lapzilla.

 

[bmot]

Every notebook is a foldable. If the screen of a notebook is foldable this means it extends into the keyboard portion of the device. Sounds to me like touchbar 2.0.