{"id":60014,"date":"2018-03-05T05:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T05:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=60014"},"modified":"2018-03-05T05:46:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T05:46:21","slug":"top-apple-insider-claims-a-cheaper-macbook-air-is-coming-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/top-apple-insider-claims-a-cheaper-macbook-air-is-coming-later-this-year.html","title":{"rendered":"Top Apple insider claims a cheaper MacBook Air is coming later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Top Apple insider claims a cheaper MacBook Air is coming later this year<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Over the past few years, there have been a few rumblings from the rumor mill pointing to Apple\u2019s plan to discontinue the venerable MacBook Air. Alas, the MacBook Air has remained alive and well for a good 10 years since its initial release back in January of 2008. Although the MacBook Air\u2019s relevance within Apple\u2019s notebook lineup has clearly diminished in recent years, a new report from reputed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicates that Apple has no plans to kill the iconic and svelte laptop anytime soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In a new research note obtained by MacRumors, Kuo relays that Apple is planning to offer a more wallet-friendly version of the MacBook Air sometime during the upcoming June quarter. While Kuo doesn\u2019t offer any specifics on price, the current entry-level MacBook Air retails for $999. Therefore, it perhaps stand to reason that Apple\u2019s next iteration on the Air might fall somewhere in the $800 range.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Of course, it remains unclear if Apple is planning to offer a revamped MacBook Air with beefed up specs at a more affordable price point or if the company is simply planning to lower the price on existing models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Kuo\u2019s note reads in part:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">We expect Apple (US) to roll out the new MacBook Air with a lower price tag in 2Q18. We forecast total shipments of MacBook models will grow 10-15% YoY in 2018 (vs. 0-5% YoY decline for the NB industry), up from 15.5-16mn units in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve seen any significant updates to the MacBook Air, so it would certainly nice to see a big update later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/bgr.com\/2018\/03\/04\/macbook-air-update-2018-chaper-model-on-the-way\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/top-apple-insider-claims-a-cheaper-macbook-air-is-coming-later-this-year.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Apple insider claims a cheaper MacBook Air is coming later this year Over the past few years, there have been a few rumblings from the rumor mill pointing to Apple\u2019s plan to discontinue the venerable MacBook Air. 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