Alleged photos and videos of unannounced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 chip continue from appear on social media in what could be Apple's worst product leak since an employee accidentally left a prototype iPhone 4 in a California bar in 2010.
The latest video of a possible next-gen MacBook Pro was posted on YouTube Shorts today by Romancev768, just a day after another channel shared a similar video. The clip shows the box for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, which apparently features an M4 chip with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, three Thunderbolt 4 ports, and a finish Space Black.
According to the About This Mac menu shown in the video, the MacBook Pro in the video is said to be an unreleased November 2024 model.
Since this MacBook Pro has a standard M4 chip and not the more powerful M4 Pro or M4 Max chip, the leak could refer to the next entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro. If this is the case, it means that the minimum amount of RAM for the MacBook Pro line will be doubled from 8 GB to 16 GB, as previously assumed. A third Thunderbolt 4 port will also be an upgrade for the base model, as the current base 14-inch MacBook Pro only comes with two Thunderbolt 3 ports. Finally, Space Black will be a new color option for the base 14-inch MacBook Pro, as the base model is currently only offered in Space Gray and Silver.
All the other specs listed on the box are familiar, including display size and resolution, as well as other ports like MagSafe 3, HDMI and an SD card slot. Other than that, the 14-inch MacBook Pro doesn't seem to have any noticeable design changes.
Photos of this alleged MacBook Pro box were first shared by insider “ShrimpApplePro” on social media platform X last week. At the time, the authenticity of the photos was debated, especially because the box uses the same graphic design of the MacBook Pro that appears on the boxes of the current generation of MacBook Pros. Two unboxing videos raise the possibility that these leaks are legitimate, but there is no definitive proof.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000The source of these leaks is unclear. Last week, “ShrimpApplePro” claimed that at least one of the unannounced 14-inch MacBook Pros was apparently being offered for sale in a private Facebook group. In a subsequent post on X on Sunday, an insider said he saw someone online apparently advertising the sale of 200 unannounced 14-inch MacBook Pros, leading him to believe the leak came from a warehouse. It's unclear if these details are accurate, but this whole situation is clearly suspicious.
Even if these leaks are fake, some of the specs shown are likely accurate regardless. For example, the M4 chip already debuted in the iPad Pro earlier this year, and from this we know that the chip is indeed available with up to 10 cores.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said on Sunday that he expects Apple to announce the first Macs with the M4 chip series around the end of October, including the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip, older 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with the M4 Pro chip, and The M4 Max, a redesigned Mac mini with the M4 and M4 Pro chips, and the iMac with the M4 chip. He said that Apple plans to release “at least some” of these Macs on Friday, November 1.
Gurman previously said that Apple would likely hold an event this October to announce the new Macs, similar to how it introduced the current MacBook Pro and iMac models with M3 chips during a virtual event on October 30 last year. However, Apple has yet to announce an October event this year, and it's always possible that there will be press releases instead.
Apple is well known for its culture of secrecy, so leaks of this magnitude are rare for its products. As mentioned, this may be the most significant leak for Apple since Gizmodo obtained and shared photos of an iPhone 4 prototype that a company employee accidentally left behind at a bar in California. In that case, Apple involved law enforcement, but how it will act this time remains to be seen.