Apple Adds Touch OLED and Dynamic Island to MacBook Pro at $2,900

Apple has officially introduced redesigned 14.2-inch and 16.3-inch MacBook Pro models equipped with touchscreen displays, an upgraded hinge, and the new M5 Pro and M5 Max processors. The traditional display notch has been replaced by the Dynamic Island, migrating the status and alert pill from the iPhone to the Mac.

The headline hardware shift is the "PROLED XDR" panel, a tandem OLED design featuring two light-emitting layers. By lighting pixels individually, the panel eliminates the backlight halos common on previous mini-LED screens. Apple claims a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness, a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate, and coverage across both P3 and Adobe RGB color gamuts.

Touch functionality covers standard navigation gestures like pinch-to-zoom, finger drawing, and in-app interaction, such as playing virtual keys in Logic Pro. To avoid requiring a complete software rewrite from developers, the operating system translates finger taps into mouse click events. To counter the classic problem of vertical touchscreens wobbling under finger pressure, Apple redesigned the lid hinge to remain rigid during taps.

The Dynamic Island cutout handles contextual activities, music playback controls, incoming calls, and AirDrop transfers. Connectivity includes three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI, an SDXC card slot, a 3.5 mm audio jack, and MagSafe charging, alongside Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support. Advertised battery life reaches up to 24 hours.

The hardware upgrades arrive with a sharp price hike. Shipments begin November 6, 2026, with the baseline 14-inch model (M5 Pro, 24 GB of unified memory, and 1 TB SSD) starting at $2,900. A maxed-out 16-inch version with an M5 Max, 128 GB of RAM, and a 16 TB SSD reaches $14,400. Matte nanotexture glass remains an optional $150 add-on.

Source: habr

Announcement: Apple Newsroom