It seems that the latest rumors about the 12-inch variant of the 2016 Apple MacBook Air are actually similar to the previous rumors about the iPhone 6C, thus, it is best to take all information about the version of the notebook line with a very fine grain of salt.
It could not be that the 12-inch version that has made the rumors lately refers to the 2016 MacBook Pro because the latter would really come out bigger, being a full laptop device.
It is likely that the 2016 MacBook Pro would come out no less than 15 inches and reports have it that the laptop would come out in June next year, some three months after the release of the 2016 MacBook Air.
There have been previous reports that Apple would release both the 2016 MacBook Air and the 2016 MacBook Pro in October last year but the company reportedly delayed the release of the devices to this year for one major reason.
Apparently, Apple does not want its 2016 MacBook Air to go head-to-head in the market with the iPad Pro because the latest laptop could actually eat up on the market of the giant tablet. The Cupertino-based tech company has positioned the iPad Pro as a laplet or a combination of a laptop and tablet so releasing a new full-fledged laptop would cannibalize the market of its latest iPad.