Amazon this week has discounted the all-new 11-inch iPad Pro by as much as $70 for select configurations. Both Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + Cellular models are available in the sale, with the lowest priced iPad starting at $759.00 for the 64GB Wi-Fi model, down from $799.00. These are currently the lowest prices available online for the configurations listed below, although they are being matched at MacMall and B&H Photo in a few instances.
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Also on Amazon, Anker has a new crop of promo codes available for shoppers this week, aimed at anyone looking for a few last-minute holiday shopping ideas. Amazon Prime members have until Saturday, December 22 to order items with free two-day shipping in time for Christmas, which would put items to arrive on Christmas Eve.
In another sale, Best Buy has the Apple Watch Series 3 discounted by as much as $50 this week. The cheapest Apple Watch in the sale is the 38mm Aluminum model with GPS, priced at $229.00, down from $279.00. Those looking for the larger sized Apple Watch can purchase the 42mm Aluminum model with GPS for $259.00, down from $309.00.
There are GPS + Cellular models available at a discount as well, starting at $329.00, down from $379.00 for 38mm Aluminum. Those looking for Stainless Steel cases will also find a few devices discounted in Best Buy's sale, with these options starting at $579.00 for 42mm Space Black Stainless Steel and rising from there. Head to Best Buy to check out the full list of Apple Watch Series 3 devices on sale.
Best Buy's 20 Days of Doorbusters event is nearly over, and today has a few notable deals. The main discount is Sony's Wireless Noise Cancelling Over-the-Ear Headphones for $114.99, down from $249.99. You can also save on Anki robots: Vector is available for $164.99, down from $249.99, and Cosmo is priced at $125.99, down from $179.99.
Be sure to visit our Deals Roundup for more information on all of the best sales to keep an eye on during the final week of holiday shopping.
Thursday January 23, 2025 6:41 am PST by Joe Rossignol
iOS 18.3 should be released to the public next week, following beta testing since mid-December. While the software update is a relatively minor one, it still includes a handful of new features, changes, and bug fixes for iPhones.
Below, we recap everything new in iOS 18.3.
Notification Summary Changes
Examples of inaccurate Apple Intelligence notification summaries
Apple Intelligence...
Friday January 24, 2025 1:55 am PST by Tim Hardwick
Apple is set to release iOS 18.3 next week, bringing further refinements to Apple Intelligence features, a couple of neat new capabilities to iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 devices, and bug fixes.
While not quite as packed with new features as Apple's preceding iOS 18 point releases, iOS 18.3 still introduces capabilities that aim to make your iPhone smarter and more intuitive. Below, we've...
Friday January 24, 2025 8:16 am PST by Joe Rossignol
iOS 18.3 is expected to be widely released next week, and that means the first iOS 18.4 beta for iPhones should be just around the corner.
Apple has previously implied that iOS 18.4 will be released in April, as that is when it promised to make Apple Intelligence available in even more languages.
Below, we outline what to expect from iOS 18.4 so far.
Apple Intelligence for Siri
Siri ...
Thursday January 23, 2025 7:32 am PST by Joe Rossignol
Walmart still does not accept Apple Pay or other NFC payments at its more than 4,600 stores across the U.S., and it stood firm on its reasoning for that today.
A spokesperson for Walmart today informed MacRumors that its position on contactless payments has not changed since we last reached out about the matter in 2022. The big-box retailer said it remains focused on its own convenient...
Wednesday January 22, 2025 6:01 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
A new Apple TV is expected to be released later this year. In this article, we recap rumored features and changes for the device.
The next Apple TV will be equipped with Apple's own combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. He said the chip supports Wi-Fi 6E, which would be an upgrade over the current Apple TV's standard Wi-Fi 6 support. Wi-Fi 6E extends the...
Tuesday January 21, 2025 4:31 pm PST by Juli Clover
Apple provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate version of iOS 18.3 today, and with it comes release notes confirming what's new. While we knew about several of the features that are in the update, there are some lesser known tweaks and bug fixes.
The update adds new Visual Intelligence features for iPhone 16 models, it tweaks Notification summaries on all...
Friday January 24, 2025 9:09 am PST by Juli Clover
The upcoming iPhone 17 models that Apple plans to release this year will not feature a smaller Dynamic Island, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today.
On social media, he said that he is expecting the size of the Dynamic Island to remain "largely unchanged" across the iPhone 17 lineup. His statement is contrary to prior rumors that we've heard about planned changes for the iPhone 17 models.
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Saturday January 25, 2025 5:07 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
Apple's retail stores will be rolling out "merchandise/floor marketing updates" next week, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Gurman did not explicitly say if the store updates are related to any upcoming product announcements, but he did mention that next week is around the time that Apple rolls out its annual Black Unity watch band for the Apple Watch.
In each of the past four years, ...
Thursday January 23, 2025 2:48 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
It's also time for Apple's first product announcement of the year.
Last year, Apple said it would be launching Powerbeats Pro 2 in 2025, and the wireless earbuds are expected to launch very soon.
Powerbeats Pro 2 images found in iOS 18 code
In his Power On newsletter last weekend, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the Powerbeats Pro 2 are "due imminently." In addition to Apple filing the...
Are the lower iPad Pro prices on Amazon a temporary thing? I was planning to pick up one after Christmas, but if this is a limited-time sale, I may just pull the trigger...
Most (if not all) Apple products are overpriced by a good 30%. They seem to fall into same mediocrity which they were during pre Steve Job’s days. Then public opinion gets skewed in opposite direction and they keep on falling into a deep abyss.
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