Notably, the new scissor switch keyboard design that Apple is currently working on, will be a whole new design than anything previously seen in a MacBook,
Apple is apparently planning to ditch the controversial problematic butterfly mechanism that we are seeing in MacBooks since 2015 to replace it with a newer keyboard design based on scissor switches for increased durability, as hinted by long-time Apple analyst Ming–Chi Kuo.
Manufacturer costs of the new keyboard should less than the butterfly ones and maybe will effect some minimal price drop of the laptop itself.