Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

[rinks]

strawberry floating magnet paper, how does that work?

[Robbo-92]

No idea but I now want some.

[Rubix]

No idea but I now want some.

Why, what you going to do with it?

[Robbo-92]

No idea but I now want some.

Why, what you going to do with it?

Just satisfy my curiosity by placing on top off stuff

[KK]

Glad I went into John Lewis today to look at the new MacBook Air as it put me right off buying one. It was positioned almost next door to the Microsoft Surface 2 Laptops (though not the black model, unfortunately) and it really showed up what a disappointing screen the Air has (it's not bright at all, surprisingly) and how terrible the keyboard is. Maybe you do get used to it after a sustained amount of use, but the travel of the keys is almost nonexistent.

The 27 inch 5K iMac however was mightily impressive.

[KK]

10% off Black Friday sale at krcs.co.uk, with 0% interest over 10 months:

Mac Mini (i3, 8GB, 128GB SSD): £719
Mac Mini (i3, 8GB/16GB, 128/256GB SSD): £881
MacBook Air 2018 (8GB, 128GB SSD): £1,079
MacBook Air 2018 (16GB, 128GB SSD): £1,241
MacBook Air 2018 (8GB, 256GB SSD): £1,359
13" MacBook Pro 2018 (i5, 8GB, 256GB SSD): £1,574
13" MacBook Pro 2018 (i5, 16GB, 256GB SSD): £1,736
13" MacBook Pro 2018 (i7, 8GB, 256GB SSD): £1,817
13" MacBook Pro 2018 (i5, 16GB, 512GB SSD): £1,916
15" MacBook Pro 2018 (i7, 16GB, 256GB SSD): £2,114

John Lewis have also knocked £100 off, with the exception of the new Air (3 months of Apple Music instead).

[Robbo-92]

I wonder if the standard iPads will come down any more at John Lewis, currently £20 or £30 off depending on storage. So a 128GB iPad is now £379.

Do Apple offer incentives around Black Friday as well? I know they don't normally decrease the actual products but have heard about them giving vouchers worth a certain amount if you buy a certain item.

[Robbo-92]

https://9to5mac.com/2018/11/19/apple-sh ... er-monday/

Seems like Apple are definitely doing something between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we'll have to wait and see just what they're doing though.

[Floex]

Just speccing up a MacBook Pro and its looking like £3,500...

strawberry float my budget is blown so bad.

Here’s hoping Black Friday can help

[Robbo-92]

Certainly no harm in waiting a few more days, even if it turns out to be next to nothing.

[KK]

KRCS has knocked up to £621 off the MacBook Pro’s: https://www.krcs.co.uk/mac/macbook-pro-touch-bar?p=5

Additional 1% back through Quidco.

[Floex]

Ooh this could come in handy. Never heard of them before though, they good?

Cheers KK

[KK]

Never tried them myself, but they do have 3 physical shops and I have seen them promoted on places like Techradar and HotUKDeals. Apple Premium Resellers tend to be very good.

[KK]

I don’t understand why the screen on the Air is so dim. It doesn’t look good on a retail floor, that’s for sure.

I guess there’s a good chance it’ll get updated along with the processor in Q4 2019, if not earlier.

[Rubix]

Looking at a XS or X. Anyone jumped fron the X to the XS?

[RichardUK]

Looking at a XS or X. Anyone jumped fron the X to the XS?

I have been tempted but I don’t think I would notice much (if any) difference if I did, I am extremely happy with my X, if I were to upgrade it would be to the XS Max but I think it may be to big as the size of the X is the perfect size for both browsing and fitting in my pocket, I have the 256gb model so it has plenty of storage, it’s fast, great screen, great camera etc, I will be waiting until 2019 for a new iPhone

[massimo]

Looking at a XS or X. Anyone jumped fron the X to the XS?

Yeah I went from a X to a Xs max. Camera is noticeably better.

[Robbo-92]

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/22/ap ... nt-aus-nz/

Looks like it's just going to be gift cards of varying value depending on what you buy, anyone know if you can redeem the value off the same order?

[KK]

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/22/apple-black-friday-event-aus-nz/

Looks like it's just going to be gift cards of varying value depending on what you buy, anyone know if you can redeem the value off the same order?

Nope. Works in the same way as the Argos £5/£10 gift cards, and IKEA are also doing it on Christmas trees. You've got to put it towards your next purchase.

[Robbo-92]

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/22/apple-black-friday-event-aus-nz/

Looks like it's just going to be gift cards of varying value depending on what you buy, anyone know if you can redeem the value off the same order?

Nope. Works in the same way as the Argos £5/£10 gift cards, and IKEA are also doing it on Christmas trees. You've got to put it towards your next purchase.

Thought that'd be the case, will have to see how much they offer as a voucher for the 6th gen iPad then and see how much it could save me off a potential iPhone XR in the future.