Apple failed to make a longer-lasting MacBook Pro battery, but why?

The year 2016 has been a year full of unexpected launches especially for Apple. After unveiling their iPhone 7 flagship, the company went on to launch the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar feature later in the year. However, several reports have indicated towards how the new laptop’s battery life hasn’t exactly been up to the mark. Now a new report published by news agency Bloomberg explains why exactly this might have been an issue for the company.

According to the report, Apple was hoping to use a higher-capacity battery that was form-fit to the inside of the computer. But the design is said to have failed a ‘key test,’ leading Apple to scrap those plans and ship the laptop with an older battery design.

“When the company was developing the first 12-inch MacBook, Apple tested two primary prototypes,” the Bloomberg report read indicating towards the laptop’s Stealth Fighter and Stealth Bomber design. “The lighter model (Stealth Fighter) prevailed, but with engineers developing and testing two competing concepts, they had less time to figure out how to cram all the electronics into a thin slab of aluminium that would hold together. In the end, Apple shipped the laptop in 2015, months after its 2014 goal,” the report continued.

As for 2016, “Some Apple engineers wanted to add Touch ID fingerprint scanner and a second USB-C port (which would have made some power users happy). The update instead included a new rose gold colour option alongside a standard speed increase,” the report further added.

Apple has declined to comment on this particular speculation. However, the company CEO Tim Cook recently reassured its employees that ‘great desktops’ were on the way.