Today's roundup of tech deals from around the web includes $150 off Apple's new MacBook Air with Retina display, $110 Beats Pill+ portable speaker, Sony's PlayStation Classic Console for just $40, and much more. But you better hurry, these prices won't last long!
In the market for a new vacuum cleaner? You've come to the right place! Today's deals roundup features heavily discounted robot vacuums and 20% off select Dyson products. We also have deals on Logitech gaming mice, the latest MacBook Air and much more. But you better hurry, these prices won't last long!
Apple's annual Back to School promotion went live earlier today in Japan, where the Cupertino technology giant is treating customers to free gift cards with select Mac and iPad Pro models.
iPhone X, which launched with a $999 price tag, is no longer sold by Apple but the company's Refurbished Store is now offering good-as-new iPhone X, starting at $769 shipped.
Apple's iPhone battery replacements are no longer available at a deep discount so repair site iFixit has decided to extend its own DIY iPhone battery discount through 2019.
iFixit wrote:
When Apple first announced their $29 battery replacement program in December 2017, we lowered the price of our DIY iPhone battery kits to match. Last month, Apple’s discounted battery replacement program ended, and they raised the price of their battery service from $29 to $49 (or $69, depending on your model).
In the wake of last year's iPhone throttling drama, the repair site lowered the price on all of its DIY iPhone battery fix kits to $29 or less. According to Barclay’s, 519 million iPhones were eligible for Apple's discounted program but the company replaced only eleven million batteries.
That means there are still hundreds of millions of affected iPhone owners who didn’t get a battery replacement—or didn’t know they needed one. So in a fit of righteous solidarity, we’re guaranteeing our iPhone battery prices will remain at $29.99 for at least the rest of the year.
The iFixit kits include everything you need to open up and swap your own battery. And unlike Apple's own program, iFixit's battery kits are available for older iPhones like iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.
iFixit notes that the eleven million batteries Apple replaced is ten times the company's average repair rate of about one to two million iPhone battery replacements a year.
A year ago, Apple was charging $79 for iPhone batteries.Apple currently charges out of warranty battery replacements at $69 a pop for iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. Older models like iPhone SE, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus "and all other eligible models" are subject to a $49 battery replacement fee.
Of course, if you have AppleCare+ protection, battery replacements are free.
Sid Meier’s excellent Civilization VI for iPhone and iPad is free to try for the first 60 turns. To get the most out of it, however, you have to download the optional expansion packs, of which there are six and none of them comes cheap. Thankfully, developer Aspyr Media is temporarily offering all six expansion packs free of charge through the rest of December.
If your iPhone's battery does not last as long as it used to, now is the perfect time to consider purchasing a first-party battery from Apple at just $29 because the huge discount they're giving on iPhone replacement batteries is officially ending on Monday, December 31.
Apple's online store now offers refurbished units of the 9.7-inch iPad model which released in March of last year starting at just $329. The inexpensive Apple tablet is available with up to a fifteen percent discount versus its brand new counterpart.
Google has discounted its YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium subscription plans for full-time college students in the United States.
Apple is giving away the monochromatic platform puzzler Starman: Tale of Light, a $4 saving.
Apple has updated its [US] online store with refurbished Series 3 models of Apple Watch. Customers in the market for the wearable, which just launched in September, can pick up a GPS-only version for as little as $279.
Apple usually drops prices for older iPhones right after new models arrive. However, a sketchy supply chain report would have you believe that iPhone X, the best and most expensive iPhone model ever made, might receive an unexpected price cut come as soon as early 2018.