Inconsistent Battery Life Causes Apple MacBook Pro To Fail Recommendation Test From Consumer Reports For The First Time
Ralphy Bonn SimApple's newest released MacBook Pro laptops have failed to receive recommendation ratings from Consumer Reports for the first time in the products history. Consumer Reports, one of the most legit group for publications to do testing on laptops, claiming that Apple's new MacBook Pros have problems with consistent battery life.
A substandard battery life performance was the main factor for the U.S. tech giant to miss out on a recommendation from the publication after extensive testing on three of Apple's new MacBook Pro models. Apple's latest MacBook Pro laptops are the first from the company not to receive a recommendation rating.
The tests included all three of Apple's new MacBook Pro models: the 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar, and both the 13- and 15-inch models with the Touch Bar, a new kind of touchscreen integrated into the laptop's keyboard.
"The MacBook Pro battery life results were highly inconsistent from one trial to the next. In a series of three consecutive tests, the 13-inch model with the Touch Bar ran for 16 hours in the first trial, 12.75 hours in the second, and just 3.75 hours in the third. The 13-inch model without the Touch Bar worked for 19.5 hours in one trial but only 4.5 hours in the next. And the numbers for the 15-inch laptop ranged from 18.5 down to 8 hours," stated Consumer Reports.
Apple's latest batch of laptops, which were released last October 2016, had reports with battery life inconsistency since they were released. It's bizarre because Apple was well-known in the past for an enduring battery life span.
After all the issues regarding MacBook Pro's battery inconsistency, Apple released a new update to its Mac operating system that removed the "remaining" indicator from the system.
"When combined with the differing ways people use their Mac throughout the day, the calculation of remaining battery life displayed as a measure of time has become less accurate," as stated by Apple Spokesperson.
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