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November 19, 2019 10:36 pm

Apples 16-inch MacBook Pro has a mysterious new lid angle sensor




Image: iFixit

Apple’s new 16-inch MacBook Pro not only has a bigger screen, but it returns to a scissor switch keyboard, has louder speakers, a better mic, and a... lid angle sensor?


MacRumors found the mention of the new sensor in a service document that was sent to Apple Authorized Service Providers. It shared the info with iFixit, which found the small sensor inside the computer and also noticed that the MacBook Pro’s hinge has a magnet inside it with an arrow that indicates the hinge’s polarity.


But that’s as much as we concretely know about the lid angle sensor. Based entirely on the name, it seems likely that the sensor can track the exact angle of the lid in some way. iFixit also speculated that the sensor helps keep a history of how much the...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/19/20973135/apple-16-inch-macbook-pro-lid-angle-sensor

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