Longtime MacBook customers have it actually good proper now. On high of the historic efficiency that Apple laptops supply, the corporate introduced again a number of options that customers longed for, together with an SD card reader, MagSafe on MacBooks, and the startup chime. Now we’re listening to about yet one more characteristic that Apple may revive: the illuminated Apple emblem.
In line with a patent submitting found by Patently Apple, Apple is engaged on “A backlit partially reflective mirror [that] could also be used to kind a emblem or different construction in an digital gadget.” And based mostly on the contents of the patent doc, this expertise might be used for a glowing Apple emblem on the lid of a MacBook.
Apple stopped utilizing the illuminated Apple emblem with the MacBook in 2015. Whereas Apple didn’t give any motive for the change, some speculate it’s due to manufacturing prices, whereas others really feel prefer it was finished for design causes (i.e. to make the show thinner). Nonetheless, it was a much-loved characteristic that many Mac customers hope will come again.
This new illuminated Apple emblem wouldn’t simply be the glowing white emblem from the previous introduced again, however a modernized model of it. The patent contains descriptions of a reflective mirror that might give the brand shine with a backlight whereas blocking the power to see contained in the lid. The mirror might be a “impartial colour similar to gentle grey or might have a non-neutral colour similar to gold.”
And Apple might have greater plans for this emblem tech than simply laptops. The patent states that the expertise can be utilized on a laptop computer, but additionally “a pc monitor containing an embedded pc, a pill pc, a mobile phone, a media participant…a wristwatch…a headphone or earpiece gadget, a head-mounted gadget similar to eyeglasses [or goggles],” and extra. That certain looks like generic references to the iMac, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods, and Apple’s yet-to-be-released VR/AR headset, respectively.
