Month:March 2025

Apple yesterday announced the new M3 iPad Air, and Best Buy is already offering $50 off to My Best Buy Plus/Total members when pre-ordering. This marks the first official deal on the latest iPad Air, and we aren’t tracking any similar discounts on the new 11th generation iPad yet. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner …
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Following the introduction of new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with M4 chips, Apple has discontinued the M2 and M3 variants on its online stores. Both models were available to buy new from Apple up until today. Apple launched the ‌M2‌ ‌MacBook Air‌ in July 2022, and the M3 ‌MacBook Air‌ became available in …
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Apple today unveiled the M3 Ultra chip, its fastest Mac chip ever released. It is available in the new Mac Studio that was also announced today. Apple says the M3 Ultra chip is essentially two M3 Max chips fused together with its “UltraFusion” technology, so the chip’s specs are all doubled compared to the M3 …
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Apple today announced that it has updated the Mac Studio with M4 Max and M3 Ultra chip options, Thunderbolt 5 ports, and more. The new M3 Ultra chip features up to a 32-core CPU, with 24 performance cores and eight efficiency cores. Apple says the M3 Ultra chip is up to 1.5x faster than the …
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Apple today announced refreshed 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air models, now featuring the M4 chip, an upgraded camera, and a new “Sky Blue” color option. “Sky Blue” is an all-new blue finish that joins Midnight, Starlight, and Silver. Apple describes it as a “beautiful, metallic light blue that creates a dynamic gradient when light reflects …
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Qualcomm believes its latest X85 5G modem will set a “huge delta” between the performance of high-end Android devices and Apple devices, largely thanks to its AI-powered features. Announced at this year’s ongoing Mobile World Conference 2025 in Barcelona, Qualcomm’s next-generation X85 modem supports 5G mmWave, 400MHz download bandwidth in the Sub-6GHz spectrum with 1024-QAM …
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