Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 for $99 or AirPods 4 from $84 with elevated trade-in offers, chargers, and more

While pre-orders on the , , , and more are now live, today we spotted some seriously notable ways to score some deals via trade-ins. Firstly Best Buy is offering on good condition Series 9 (41mm and 45mm) against Series 10 pre-orders – that yields for Apple’s latest. This same kind of thing is available for too – you can score your pre-order via AirPods 3 trade-ins, which delivers the lowest price we have tracked yet.

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Just because you can charge your iPhone faster doesn’t mean you should

One of the upgrades coming to the iPhone 16 line-up is faster wireless charging, and you may be tempted to upgrade to a new MagSafe charger, coupled to a beefier charging brick, to take advantage of the 25W charging speed.

But just because you can charge your phone faster doesn’t mean that you should

The original Qi standard for wireless charging was limited to 7.5 watts. MagSafe doubled that to 15W, with the Qi2 standard matching this.

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Here’s how fast iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro will charge

With the iPhone 16 lineup this year , Apple is making changes to charging speeds. Most notably, there’s a big boost to fast charging speed for MagSafe charging. Here’s everything you need to know about iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro charging speeds…

The charging speeds for the iPhone 16 lineup are the same across the entire lineup this year, including the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

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AirPods hearing aid feature is going to challenge social norms, and company policies

Apple’s announcement about the upcoming AirPods hearing aid capability hasn’t just upset the share price of existing brands – it’s also likely to lead to some social norms being challenged.

In addition, the uncertainty of whether someone wearing a pair of AirPods means that they either can or can’t hear you is likely to create some comedic moments …

Apple announced on Monday that a later update to AirPods Pro 2 will allow the in-ear headphones to be used as clinical-grade hearing aids, for those


How much heavier are the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max?

With the switch to titanium last year, Apple dramatically reduced the weight of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. This year, however, Apple has reversed some of that progress with the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max , both of which have bigger screens.

The iPhone 16 Pro features a larger 6.3-inch display, up from the iPhone 15 Pro’s 6.1-inch display. With that screen size increase, also comes an increase in


Meta scraped all public Facebook and Instagram posts since 2007 for AI training

Meta has admitted to scraping all public Facebook and Instagram posts made since 2007 in order to train its generative AI model, adding to the privacy contrast with Apple Intelligence .

While the admission was made during a public enquiry in Australia, the company’s statement applies globally …

The company has previously admitted to plans to use posts and photos to train its AI systems, but has not before agreed that it has already been doing so for a great many years.

Back in June, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans


OLED MacBook Pro ‘highly likely’ to launch in 2026 – consensus view [U]

Tech analyst Omdia said back in May that Apple is “highly likely” to launch its first OLED MacBook Pro models in 2026, despite some reports that the switch would happen in 2025.

Two more analysts have now expressed the same opinion, stating that Apple will stick to mini-LED screens for next year’s models …

to , tweeting that he now agrees that next year’s MacBooks will continue to have LCD screens with mini-LED backlighting.

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AirPods Pro hearing aid upgrade hits stocks of major brands

Apple’s announcement of the new AirPods Pro hearing aid feature has triggered a fall in the stock value of major standalone hearing aid brands.

The Cupertino company had long been expected to add hearing aid features to AirPods , and Monday’s event revealed the details …

Apple announced three hearing-related upgrades for AirPods Pro 2 .

First, a mix of passive and active noise cancellation to protect the hearing of users in loud environments.

In order to help users prevent exposure to loud environmental noise while preserving the sound signature of


AT&T ‘free’ iPhone 16 Pro offer requires $2,735 spend over three years

An AT&T ‘free’ iPhone 16 promo invites both new and existing customers to “get the new iPhone 16 Pro , on us, with eligible trade-in, guaranteed.”

As is usual with such offers, however, the headline giveth and the small print taketh away – with two big catches …

AT&T is offering three ways to get a ‘ ‘ iPhone 16:

  • New and existing customers get iPhone 16 on us or up to $830 off iPhone 16

Apple will give users the option to stay on iOS 17 and get security patches

Apple has already confirmed that it will release iOS 18 to the public next week , on September 16. The update brings a lot of new features, but some users may not want to install it right away to avoid bugs and compatibility issues with important apps. Because of this, Apple will let users stay on iOS 17 and get security patches.

Along with the release of iOS 18.0 RC (Release Candidate) to the public on Monday, the company also released a new iOS 17

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