New Apple MacBook Pro 2016 With Touch Bar Now Available In India: Price, Specifications & Features

Apple launched its New Apple MacBook Pro 2016 laptop at the ‘Hello Again’ event in Cupertino in October. Now the Apple MacBook Pro 2016 laptop has gone on sale in India. An Apple Reseller in Kerala, IT Net Infocomm, has revealed on Twitter that the Touch Bar variant of the MacBook Pro 2016 is now available to buy in India. The price of 13-inch Touch Bar variant starts at Rs. 1,55,900 while the 15-inch variant will be available starting at Rs. 2,05,900.

New Apple MacBook Pro With Touch Bar

The talking point of the Apple MacBook Pro 2016 is a ‘Touch Bar’ located above the keyboard. The Touch Bar replaces the function key row with on-screen buttons. It comes in 13-inch and 15-inch variants and features a Touch ID power button that doubles up as a fingerprint scanner.

There is also a new 13-inch low-end variant that comes without Touch Bar and Touch ID and is priced lower than the models with Touch Bar. It comes with a trackpad, backlit keys and two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports.

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New Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (With Touch Bar): Specifications & Features

  • Processor: 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz)
  • Display: 13.3-inch IPS LED-backlit (2560×1600 pixels resolution, 227ppi pixel density)
  • RAM: 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3
  • Storage:  256GB /512GB PCIe-based SSD
  • Camera: FaceTime HD
  • Battery: In-built 49.2-watt-hour lithium-polymer
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, 4x Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports, USB 3.1 Gen 2, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt (up to 40 Gbps)
  • Touch Bar, Touch ID sensor, Pressure sensitive Force Touch trackpad

New Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (With Touch Bar): Specifications & Features

  • Processor: 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz)
  • Display: 15.4-inch IPS LED-backlit (2880×1800 pixels resolution, 220ppi pixel density)
  • RAM: 16GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3
  • Storage:  256GB /512GB PCIe-based SSD
  • Camera: FaceTime HD
  • Battery: In-built 76.0-watt-hour lithium-polymer
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, 4x Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports, USB 3.1 Gen 2, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt (up to 40 Gbps)
  • Touch Bar, Touch ID sensor, Pressure sensitive Force Touch trackpad

New Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (Without Touch Bar): Specifications & Features

  • Processor: 2.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz)
  • Display: 13.3-inch IPS LED-backlit (2560×1600 pixels resolution, 227ppi pixel density)
  • RAM: 8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3
  • Storage: 256GB PCIe-based onboard SSD
  • Camera: FaceTime HD
  • Battery: In-built 54.5-watt-hour lithium-polymer
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, 2x Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports, USB 3.1 Gen 2, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt (up to 40 Gbps)

Price & Availability

The 13-inch Touch Bar model of New Apple MacBook Pro 2016 starts at Rs. 1,55,900 while the 15-inch model starts at Rs. 2,05,900. The 13-inch low-end Apple MacBook Pro starts at Rs. 1,29,900 for 2.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor+8GB of RAM+256GB of flash storage variant. There is another variant of the device with 2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor+16GB of RAM+516GB/1TB of flash storage).

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