New MacBook Pros have non-upgradeable SSDs, seemingly under-sized batteries

Re:New MacBook Pros have non-upgradeable SSDs, seemingly und... by Someone on Saturday November 19, 2016 @04:22PM (#12995765)

Here's something that jumped into my mind:

- Samsung recently recalled their flagship phone because of battery problems (http://www.samsung.com/us/note7recall/)

- Intel recently recalled all their Basis Peak smart watches because they might overheat (https://www.mybasis.com/safety/)

The Samsung thing, especially, must have worried Apple's engineers (their marketing and sales departments probably was ecstatic) I expect they will have bought dozens of these phones, attempting to figure out what went wrong.

Could Apple have made a last-minute change to the batteries because they do not want this to happen to them?

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Re:New MacBook Pros have non-upgradeable SSDs, seemingly und... by IMcD23 on Saturday November 19, 2016 @04:43PM (#12995858)

I highly doubt it. It's not like there is any leftover space inside these laptops. They made them thinner, and took out some of the screen bezel, making it a smaller width and height as well. The battery life did not get worse, since they also use lower TDP chips (4980HQ -> 6920HQ on the highest end) and made other power improvements.

A change to the battery size is definitely not a last-minute design decision you could make, since it depends on the logic board size and case size.

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