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  • Apple offers limited-edition AirTags, retail promotion to help celebrate the new year in Japan

    Apple offers limited-edition AirTags, retail promotion to help celebrate the new year in Japan

    If you’re over in Japan, you’re going to like this.

    To help celebrate the Japanese New Year, Apple has begun offering a two-day promotion as well as limited-edition AirTags.

    Customers within Japan can receive a gift card worth up to 32,000 yen with the purchase of an eligible Apple product from January 2 to January 3. They range from an 8,000 yen gift card with an Apple Watch or up to 32,000 yen for specific Mac models.

    During the promotion, the first 30,000 customers who buy a new iPhone SE, iPhone 12, iPhone 13, or iPhone 13 mini will receive a limited-edition AirTag with a Year of the Rabbit engraving. That iPhone purchase also includes a gift card worth 8,000 yen.

    Assorted terms and conditions also apply, and customers who purchased an eligible iPhone in the Apple Store App do not qualify for this promotion and will not receive a special edition of AirTag. The promotion is available at both Apple’s retail stores in Japan and the company’s online store.

    If you’re in Japan and have an opportunity to snag this deal, please let us know about your experience in the comments.

    Via AppleInsider and Apple

  • Apple Black Friday through Cyber Monday retail event underway

    Apple Black Friday through Cyber Monday retail event underway

    APple’s annual four-dat Black Friday through Cyber Monday sale has begun in Australia and New Zealand, and has kicked off in the United States. As usual, customers are able to receive a free Apple gift card with the purchase of select products through November 28.

    The offer extends to iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, AirPods, Beats, and accessories. A number of Apple’s latest products are excluded, including the iPhone 14 series, Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra, and Mac Studio.

    The shopping event also extends to Canada, the UK, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and select other countries.

    In the U.S., gift card values are as follows:

    $50 for the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 12, and iPhone SE
    $50 for the iPad mini and iPad Air
    $30 for the ninth-generation iPad
    $250 for the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 chip
    $200 for the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 chip
    $150 for the MacBook Air with M1 or M2 chip and the 24-inch iMac
    $100 for the Mac mini
    $50 for the second-generation Apple Watch SE
    $25 for the second-generation AirPods and third-generation AirPods with Lightning case
    $50 for the second-generation AirPods Pro
    $75 for the AirPods Max
    $50 for the Beats Studio3 Wireless, Solo3 Wireless, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Fit Pro, and Beats Studio Buds
    $25 for the Beats Flex
    $25 for the MagSafe Duo Charger, second-generation Apple Pencil, and Smart Keyboard Folio
    $25 for the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro

    The promotion is also applicable to products on Apple’s online store, in the Apple Store app, and at Apple Store retail locations. Refurbished products are not eligible for gift card discounts, and the offer cannot be combined with educational pricing.

    Apple gift cards are now all-in-one and can be used towards the purchase of products, subscription-based services like Apple Music and Apple TV+, App Store apps, iTunes Store content like TV shows and movies, iCloud+ storage, and more.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via MacRumors

  • Rumor: Purported images show thinner iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini notch, about 30% space savings compared to previous generations

    Rumor: Purported images show thinner iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini notch, about 30% space savings compared to previous generations

    While the overall chassis design of the iPhone 13 is expected to remain almost identical in appearance to the iPhone 12 units, the rumor mill has issued word that the notch will be getting smaller.

    The display notch first appeared on the iPhone lineup with the iPhone X in 2017, when Apple shrank the screen bezels dramatically. The design and size of the notch remained unchanged with the following three generations of iPhone. It seems this year Apple is finally ready to make some design improvements in that area.

    Based on a trio of images leaked by one DuanRui on Twitter, pictures of alleged screen protectors for the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini’s notch, seem to be getting smaller in width while the inset height remains about the same. 

    Apple is apparently reclaiming this space by hoisting the earpiece upwards and into the top screen bezel. The infrared and camera components remain in the visible notch region. The photos show how the screen protectors accommodate for that change by intentionally not occluding the earpiece.

    By overlaying the photos, it’s estimated that the new notch is about 30 percent smaller in width than its predecessors, allowing for a bit more screen real estate for the iPhone 13 to show content. Still, this comes across as more of an aesthetic change to make the design of the iPhone more modern in the face of competition from Android smartphones, many of which have already advanced to punch-hole style display cutouts.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via 9to5Mac and @DuanRui