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In response to frugal shoppers looking to beat inflation, retailers are starting holiday deals earlier than ever. End-of-year discounts on tablets tend to offer the lowest prices of the year. Although Black Friday deals are typically aggressive, October savings are just as generous. In fact, you can get the lowest prices ever on some of the industry’s best tablets today. Looking for bargains on premium tablets from Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft?...

To help you make the choice for your next work or gaming laptop, let’s look at the details now that more official information has surfaced about Tiger Lake CPUs after Intel’s August reveal. AMD Ryzen 4000 Based on the Zen 2 line of microprocessors, the Ryzen 4000 CPU’s headline specs are the 7nm chip size ( the smallest on the market), and the 8 compute cores housed within. This translates to a low-power consumption, high-performance part capable of complex workloads, such as video rendering....

This comes off the back of the European Union’s new rule for all devices to require a single charging solution by Autumn 2024, to eliminate unnecessary electronic waste. We’ve seen Apple respond to this with a slow migration of all its devices to USB-C — most recently including the new 2022 iPad, and rumors are pointing towards the iPhone 15 packing this universal port. But as was abundantly clear from the answer Apple’s senior vp of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak gave to The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern about replacing the lightning port at the publication’s Tech Live conference, the company is not feeling great about feeling forced to do so....

When I told the Laptop Mag crew that I planned on diving into the Android vs. iPhone debate for our “Ask a Phone Expert” series, I couldn’t help but chuckle over Laptop Mag Assistant Managing Editor Sean Riley’s reaction. I could tell he, our resident phone specialist, was internally rolling his eyes — needless to say, he’s in the mildly irked camp. Phones with the best battery life 2022 iPhone 13 mini vs iPhone 12 mini: Which small iPhone should you buy?...

Design If Top Gun’s Maverick had a laptop, this would be it. The X5S v5 looks as if it’s ready to hit Mach speeds. What few lines you see running along the anodized aluminum lines are subtle yet striking, drawing the eye to the mirrored backlit eagle emblem. The line bisecting the top of the lid is accented by a small, but distinctive, white star. Thankfully, the notebook’s interior doesn’t look like most gaming laptops on the market....

Apple AR/VR headset release date In a research report, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed the key investment planning for the Apple AR/VR headset. In January 2023, Apple plans to reveal the head-mounted display (HMD), which is expected to be priced from $2,000 to $2,500. Plus, expect low shipments of less than 1.5 million units. The expensive mixed reality headset will need to prove itself “to reduce investors’ doubts,” according to Kuo....

What does this mean for you? Promising gains in performance and efficiency, Apple Silicon is poised to bring faster speeds and longer battery to your next MacBook. Even more interesting is the addition of iOS app support on MacBooks, which will bring your favorite games and tools from your phone to your notebook. MacBook Pro 2020 (13-inch) reviewBest MacBook in 2020: Apple laptops to buy this holiday seasonMacBook with Apple Silicon: Release date, rumors and specs...

Gurman states in his newsletter that the redesigned Mac mini will arrive in “the next several months” with an M1X chip. Although Apple has yet to announce the creation of a new M1X chip, rumors have been swirling for a while that Apple has been working on a new chip to supplant the current M1 in performance. The best MacBook deals for August 2021The best laptop deals in August 2021Back to school laptop deals 2021: MacBooks, Chromebooks, Windows PC...

The company is planning to unveil a new budget MacBook in September that would feature a 13-inch screen, Digitimes is reporting, citing sources. Those people said that Apple had plans to release the MacBook in the fourth quarter of 2017 with a 10nm processor, but faced problems in manufacturing. The new MacBook launching next month will come with an easier-to-produce 14nm Intel Kaby Lake processor, according to the report. MORE: What the Hell Is Happening with the MacBook Air?...

Personally, I’ve had an iPhone since 2017, and I can personally report that you still really can’t control your phone while wearing gloves unless you purchase special gloves or have a pair with the flippy fingertips that allow you to flip the tip back and expose your fingers to the cold and your screen. Finally, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple said patent relating to the new glove touch detection mode and expands on how it works....

According to a recent patent filing, Apple may be preparing to catch up and perhaps even surpass its rivals by applying reverse wireless charging across virtually its full lineup (via PhoneArena). Apple iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 2020) reviewBest MacBooks 2020: Apple laptop reviews and ratingsIs Apple customer service good? 2020 rating The standard grain of salt warnings apply here as with all patents, companies contemplate lots of ideas that never end up coming to light, but given Apple’s propensity for tightly integrating its entire product lineup this does seem like a plausible move....

According to Notebookcheck, Apple is preparing for there to be sales of 2.5 million new devices featuring Apple’s homegrown Apple Silicon ARM-based CPUs. These are huge numbers when you consider they equate to 20% of MacBook sales for all of 2019. New MacBooks could demolish Windows laptopsNew MacBook Pro and MacBook Air will launch next weekBest cheap MacBook deals of November 2020 Further feeding the excitement is a report from Nikkei Asia in which sources are quoted saying Apple is “asking suppliers to produce 2....

That’s according to Japan-based Apple-tracking site Macotakara, citing unnamed people with knowledge of the company’s plans. The report claims an iPad Pro with a 10.9-inch screen would get rid of the physical button, instead moving it beneath the iPad’s glass screen. The button would support Touch ID, even though it wouldn’t work like a standard physical button. MORE: Best Tablets Rumors have surfaced in the last several weeks suggesting Apple is working on a sizable update to its iPad line, with the most popular claim being that the iPad Pro will add a new size....

The home repair kits currently support the iPhone 12 and 13 series along with the iPhone SE (2022). In the future, Apple claims it will add repair kits for your M1 Mac computers. Best MacBook in 2022: Which Apple laptop is best?Best iPhone dealsRight To Repair bill faces a battle from Tech Giants How to get Apple’s iPhone repair kit You can go to Apple’s self-service repair website and rent a repair kit to fix your iPhone....

Best MacBook in 2022: Which Apple laptop is best?iPad Buying Guide: iPad vs. iPad Air vs. iPad Pro vs. iPad miniCheck out today’s best daily deals! As stated Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter, these products are expected to launch sometime during fall, which means we may expect multiple events like 2021’s September and October launch events. Interestingly, Gurman claims the iPhone 14 lineup will ditch the mini model for a presumably larger iPhone 14 Max....

The verdict? Late 2020. Rumors about an iPad Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro with a MiniLED display have run rampant over the past few weeks. Kuo was among the first to speculate about such devices, and had initially estimated a late 2020 or early 2021 release. His latest timeline suggests Apple is on pace for the earlier time slot. For those confused by the alphabet soup of display technology, MiniLED uses more LEDs than OLED....

Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the plans, says Apple could reveal in-house ARM-based chips for the MacBook at its WWDC developer conference on June 22. The annual event will be all-digital this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Which MacBook should you buy? MacBook Air vs MacBook ProBest MacBook in 2020MacBooks with custom ARM CPUs could arrive later this year We don’t expect to see MacBooks running on custom Apple chips until 2021 but an early announcement would let developers get a jump start on the change....

As discussed in his Power On newsletter, Gurman said internal sources had indicated the launch window for the new MacBook Pro models. Moreover, they had corroborated a few rumors around the new iPhone 13. More: Best Apple dealsBest MacBooks in 2021Best MacBook deals New MacBook Pro arrives in a few months Let’s start with the much-hyped 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, which will reportedly feature miniLED screens, upgraded M1X processors, and more ports, including the return of Magsafe....

In fact, it’s one of the best Apple deals we’ve seen this year. If it sells out, you can get it at Walmart (opens in new tab) for the same price. The Apple Watch Series 7 is one of the best smartwatches around. In our Apple Watch Series 7 review, we found its health/fitness tracking and intuitive interface impressive. We also liked its large, bright display and stylish design. We gave the Apple Watch Series 7 an overall rating of 4....

When the Apple Watch arrives this fall we may have a new larger display option available; DSCC’s Ross Young and Haitong International Securities’s Jeff Pu separately have claimed the Series 8 will offer a 1.99-inch and 2-inch display, roughly 5% larger than the Series 7 (via MacRumors). How big is too big for Apple Watch? The slight size disparity between the two claims is easily explained away as rounding given and the reliability of both analysts that have supply chain sources this rumor a high degree of credibility....