Apple launch event: new MacBook Pro, US TV app and more - as it happened
Apple announced first new MacBook Pros in more than a year, with a 'Touch Bar' above the keyboard that can be used for typing emoji
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MacBook Pros
The new MacBook Pro comes in two flavours, 13in and 15in, and the headline new feature is the Touch Bar, a touch-sensitive display along the top of the laptop, where the function keys used to be. Also added is a Touch ID sensor. It will retail for $1799/1749 and $2399/2349 up.
Related: Apple launches new MacBook Pro laptop with Touch Bar for instant emoji
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UK pricing: 1449, for the 13in without Touch Bar, 1749 for the 13in, and 2349 for the 15in respectively. Basically, straight conversion from dollars, minus 50.
This isn't Apple inflatingits international prices, either: a straight conversion from dollars to pounds, plus 20% VAT, results in much the same prices.
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