The 16-inch MacBook Pro has a mysterious 'lid angle sensor'
November 20, 2019
The 16-inch MacBook Pro still has some mysteries left after its initial teardown. Both MacRumors and iFixit have confirmed the presence of a “lid angle sensor” that appears to replace the usual Hall effect sensor (measuring the magnitude of a magnetic field) used to detect whether the laptop is open or closed. It’s not certain what’s different, but there’s also a…