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TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS:
Apple’s gorgeous 21-inch Retina 4K iMac 3.1GHz/8GB/1TB is on sale for $1,290 shipped (Reg. $1,499)
Caudabe’s ultra-thin Veil XT iPhone 7 case is the best option for a true minimalist, save 30% w/ this exclusive code: $14 + $3 shipping
Daily Deals: LG 55-inch 1080p Curved 3D OLED Smart HDTV $1,000, Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse $30, more
Grab a brand new current gen MacBook Air for nearly $250 off: $950 shipped (Reg. $1,199)
Amazon launches its Black Friday Store with new deals every five minutes + gift guides to make shopping easier
Amazon Startup Week Deals: TarDisk 256GB Storage Expansion Card for 13-inch MacBook Air $100 off, more
App Store Free App of the Week: Sonic CD goes free for the first time ever (Reg. up to $5)
The Room Three for iOS is now matching its lowest price ever: $2 (Reg. $5)
Jaybird’s new $130 X3 Bluetooth Sport Headphones are now official & we’re giving them away, enter now!
Review: Nomad’s Silicone Strap is the Apple Watch Sport Band that should’ve come from Cupertino
Apple won’t sell you an Apple Watch Nike+ Sport Band, but Amazon already has some low-priced knockoffs
MORE NEW GEAR FROM TODAY:
Amazon is discounting its Kindle E-readers by as much as 25%, priced from $60: Paperwhite $100, Voyager $180
- KMASHI 15000mAh External Battery Power Bank $13 Prime shipped (Reg. $17), more
- Games/Apps: New Nintendo 3DS XL in black or red $140, more iOS freebies
- Today only, save 35% at Gap/Banana Republic + Amazon’s Gold Box: up to 70% off coats
- Kindle First eBook freebies for November: Ocean of Storms, Walk into Silence, more
MORE DEALS STILL LIVE:
The Roku Streaming Stick is perfect for your bedroom HDTV, on sale now for $40 shipped (Reg. $50) w/ added bonuses
VIZIO’s 38-inch 2.1-ch. Soundbar w/ Wireless Subwoofer is an Amazon best seller, on sale for $138 shipped
Filed under: Apple
Chinese supply chain sources report Apple AirPods not shipping until January 2017
Apple initially unveiled the AirPods, Apple’s truly-wireless earbuds, alongside the iPhone 7 in September with the intention to ship in late October. However, the company delayed the launch at the last minute citing it needing extra time to finish up the product.
A new availability date was not given as part of Apple’s official statement, however a report from Economic Daily News (via Digitimes) is suggesting it will be a while, with suppliers not expecting AirPods to begin shipping until next year, in January 2017.
Filed under: Apple
New 15-inch MacBook Pro appears to offer fastest SSD performance on the market
ComputerWorld notes that if the latest 15-inch MacBook Pro benchmarks anywhere close to its claimed SSD performance, it will offer the fastest drive read and write speeds of any stock computer available – and that Apple is around two years ahead of most of its competition.
Computerworld‘s own benchmark tests with Blackmagic software on a 2015 13-in. MacBook Pro with Retina display revealed it could pin the needle at more than 1.4Gbps for writes and more than 1.3Gbps for reads. The new MacBook Pro’s specs smoke its predecessor.
The 2016 13-in. MacBook Pro‘s specs claim it has sequential read/write speeds of 3.1Gbps and 2.1Gbps per second, respectively. The new 15-in MacBook Pro ups the write speeds to 2.2Gbps, while the reads remain the same as the 13-in [which would make it] the highest performing stock system on the market …
Filed under: Apple
Touch Bar reportedly made by Samsung, as Apple tests OLED for main MacBook screens
A report from Korea’s ETNews says that the OLED Touch Bar panel in the new MacBook Pro was made by Samsung, and that Apple is currently testing OLED panels suitable for use in MacBooks.
According to an industry , Apple installed Samsung Display’s OLED panel for touch screen bar for its new MacBook Pro. This panel is rigid-type OLED that is produced from Samsung Display’s A2 Line […]
“Apple is currently looking into ways of using OLED panels for MacBooks and testing their performance.” said a different representative.
It’s of course a no-brainer that Apple would be looking at a switch to OLED for future MacBook displays given the benefits these offer …
Filed under: Apple
Apple’s Eddy Cue to attend Code Media conference in February
Eddy Cue is on the schedule for Recode’s Code Media conference in February where the Apple exec will likely discuss the company’s evolving content and services strategy. Cue, Apple’s SVP of Internet Software and Services, is in charge of Apple Music, iTunes, iCloud, Apple Pay, and a lot more.
Filed under: Apple
iFixit tears down 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro (no Touch Bar), finds smaller battery, new keyboard, custom SSD unit
iFixit is back again with another Apple product teardown, this time of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro that features physical function keys but lacks the new Touch Bar. The 13-inch sports 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports and is positioned as the cheaper option in Apple’s lineup, priced at $1499.
iFixit has disassembled the laptop revealing some significant internal changes over the previous iteration, including a 25% smaller battery, a custom SSD controller (although the drive itself is theoretically removable) and much more — more photos after the jump …
Filed under: Apple
Comment: Does Apple have a plan for an external keyboard with the Touch Bar?
One of the comments people have been making about the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is that it will be irrelevant to those professionals who mostly use their Mac at their desk with an external monitor and keyboard. Unless Apple can offer an external keyboard with a Touch Bar, the feature may not see much use.
So does Apple have a plan to offer an external keyboard with a Touch Bar? To offer an Even More Magic Keyboard … ?
Filed under: Apple
Reports seemingly clarify Phil Schiller’s explanation of why there’s no 32GB MacBook Pro
Some of Apple’s decisions regarding the new MacBook Pro models are causing as much heated debate on the Internet as its removal of the headphone socket from the iPhone 7. In particular, the decision to limit the maximum RAM to 16GB rather than 32GB has been the subject of huge controversy.
Phil Schiller briefly commented on this, stating that 32GB ‘wouldn’t be power-efficient enough for a notebook’ but without going into more detail. Others have now chimed in with what appears to be a fuller explanation …
Filed under: Apple
KGI: Apple to drop MacBook Pro prices, introduce new 32GB RAM option in 2017
Apple may have just announced its latest MacBook Pro refresh, but a new note from reliable Apple analyst King-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities is already offering a look at what Apple has in store for next year’s models. According to the note, Apple is planning both a price cut as well as an internal hardware refresh for its MacBook Pro lineup.
Filed under: Apple
Apple reportedly considering Apple Music price cut bringing price to $7.99 for single user, $12.99 family
According to a new report from Digital Music News, Apple is considering a price cut to its Apple Music streaming service. The report claims that Apple is considering a price cut as steep as 20 percent, which would allow the company to better compete with services like Spotify and Amazon Music.
Filed under: Apple