4 reviews of this exact model. Quotes are short, word for word, and each links to the article it came from. Every one was checked against that article on . MacIQ gives no score and no stars, and averages nothing.
Articles read Specifications and sources for the MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
A count of the reviews we quote on this page that have a quote on each topic, from the findings shown below. A review may say more on a topic than we quote, so it counts what is quoted here, not everything each review covers, and it says how often a topic is quoted, not what was said about it. Battery, performance and heat are counted over the 4 reviews of this exact model.
A reviewer’s own figure beside Apple’s claim, each as its author printed it. Where the tests are of the same kind (web browsing, or the movie playback or streaming test Apple names, and only where the reviewer says so) that is said; where they are not, the two are shown and not compared. A video loop that the reviewer does not describe as Apple’s test, or ran from a stored or downloaded file, is shown, not compared. Figures are never ranked, subtracted or pooled across methods.
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Apple’s claim
12 h, iTunes movie playback. Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) - Technical Specifications, read 15 September 2026
Engadget’s measurement
11 hours and 23 minutes, from “Engadget's video looping test, using an episode of Breaking Bad I purchased through iTunes”. Engadget
Newest first, in the order of the date each article prints (which may be an update date, not a first-publication date). Each quote links to its article; the date is the one the article prints, labelled as the article labels it. “Published” and “Updated” appear only where the article prints that word beside the date; “Dated” means the article prints that date with no label, so the date itself does not say whether it is the first publication or an update. A later update that an article mentions only in an editor’s note is not used as its date.
Roman Loyola
Tested: 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (early 2015), 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (the entry-level model with 128GB flash storage)
Force Click has me using the trackpad more often because it’s so useful.
Andy Vandervell
Tested: 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (2015), 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Core i5-5257U), Intel Iris 6100, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
Our web browsing simulation, which refreshes a single page every 15 seconds for an hour, depleted the battery by 8%.
Figures in this quote are the reviewer’s own measurements.
The 2,560 x 1,600 resolution equates to 227 pixels per inch, which is plenty for a screen you don’t inspect that closely.
The built-in stereo speakers are pleasantly crisp and detailed, with just enough mid-range to prevent them being tinny.
Michael Passingham
Tested: 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (early 2015), the base model: 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Core i5-5257U), 256GB SSD
There’s a very slight amount of backlight bleed at the bottom of the display, but it’s minor and only really noticeable when you’re looking at very dark images.
When pushed hard, the laptop’s fans begin to whir and the upper section of the keyboard tray get very hot, becoming almost painful to touch.
Dana Wollman
Tested: 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (early 2015), 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Intel Iris 6100, 8GB RAM
I logged 11 hours and 23 minutes in Engadget's video looping test, using an episode of Breaking Bad I purchased through iTunes.
The reviewer’s own figure: 11 hours and 23 minutes, from “Engadget's video looping test, using an episode of Breaking Bad I purchased through iTunes” (a looped-video battery test; the reviewer does not say it is the movie-playback or streaming test Apple names).
two USB 3.0 connections, a full-sized HDMI socket, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, an SD card slot and a headphone jack.