Cheap MacBook: Apple would lower prices in 2026 thanks to the iPhone 16 Pro

At the end of the year, MacBook Pro would pass to the generation of M5 chips. The opportunity to gain performance once again, before making a major change in 2026. Recent information evokes a first MacBook model with the same processor as on the iPhone 16 Pro, which would allow Apple to lower prices.

A MacBook with the A18 Pro Puce from iPhone 16 Pro

According to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple would prepare an affordable macbook turning under a Puce A18 Pro – Or the iphone 16 pro chip. An ambitious project, which could also materialize very quickly.

The analyst talks about an entry into production at the end of 2025 or early 2026, thus suggesting the arrival of an even more accessible model than the MacBook Air 13 inches In the spring of 2026. As a reminder, the M4 model began € 1,191 in France and $ 999 in the United States.

On the performance side, the transition to an iPhone processor on a MacBook would not have great importance. Indeed, our tests reveal that the performance of the chips for iPhone and Mac are not that different.

For example, the A18 pro iPhone 16 pro poster 3,564 points in single-core8,904 in multi-core and 33,274 in 3D, against respectively 2,361, 8,587 and 31,859 for the M1 chip.

Faced with the M4 generation, the gap obviously widens, with scores of 3,746, 14,694 and 55,171 points. Ultimately close performance, which would undoubtedly go unnoticed for a user -oriented user.

As a bonus, the fact that the A18 PRO of the iPhone 16 Pro is integrated into a laptop chassis could improve performance thanks to better thermal dissipation.

Thus, the use of this component would have advantages for Apple – already produced in mass and potentially less expensive than the Apple Silicon fleas – and for the consumer. Indeed, this economy produced by the apple firm would affect the MacBook to lower its sale price.