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AirPods Max are amazing headphones. They’re normally sold for $549 but you can get them on sale for just $429 on Amazon right now. AirPods Max has Spatial Audio, Active Noise Cancellation, transparency mode, Adaptive EQ and more. It also has the Apple H1 chip and has ports like the lightning port for charging. It looks like your typical headphones but has a more premium look and comes in 5 colors like Pink, Silver, Space Grey, Green, and Sky Blue. AirPods Max also has replaceable ear cushions which completely cover your ear to provide better sound quality. There’s also a power button and Digital Crown from the Apple Watch on it. FTC Disclaimer: The Apple Square earns a small commission when you use our affiliate links to purchase products.

AirPods Pro are great wireless earbuds. They we’re launched back in 2019 and they have a ton of features. You can now get them for just $189 on down from its original price which was $249. Click on the image. AirPods 3 have Active Noise cancellation, Spatial Audio, Adaptive EQ, Transparency mode and more. It also has an IPX4 rating for sweat and water resistant. A single charge will get you up to 4.5 hours of battery life. You can also charge it via the MagSafe case for a battery life of up to 24 hours. FTC Disclaimer: The Apple Square will receive a small commission when you purchase a product using the links provided in the article.

AirPods Pro and AirPods 3 are great options when choosing wireless earbuds. They both offer better sound quality and have a ton of features. Both AirPods models also fit comfortably in your ear. AirPods 3rd Generation Let’s start this review off with AirPods 3. AirPods 3 was recently launched at Apple’s October 2021 event. The new generation of AirPods has a new design with shorter stems. It also has features like spatial audio which gives you a surround sound experience. There’s also Adaptive EQ which adjusts the frequencies of your sound based on what you’re listening to. AirPods 3 can deliver up to 6 hours of battery life on a single charge, and with the wireless charging case you will get up to 30 hours of battery life. AirPods 3 also has an IPX4 sweat and water resistance rating. So you can do anything from working out in the rain or doing intense workouts. This rating also apply’s for the wireless charging case. AirPods Pro On the other hand the AirPods Pro are also great wireless earbuds. They we’re launched back in 2019 and they have a ton of features. The AirPods Pro has a similar design to the AirPods 3. They both have shorter stems and a rounded design. However, the AirPods Pro has rubber ear tips that seals your ears to provide better sound quality than the AirPods 3. The rubber tips on the AirPods Pro add more features like Active Noise cancellation or ANC which blocks out all sound from the outside world, and Transparency mode which allows you to still hear people when listening to music. There’s also Adaptive EQ and Spatial Audio. AirPods Pro can also last up to 4.5 hours on a single charge. With the wireless charging case you will get up to 24 hours of battery life on a single charge. AirPods Pro has an IPX4 rating which means it’s water and sweat resistant and you can workout in the rain or be doing other hard tasks with them on. Final Review Both the AirPods Pro and AirPods 3 have really good sound quality, they both have Spatial Audio and Adaptive EQ, but AirPods Pro offers ANC and Transparency mode which are amazing features. Also, The battery life is better on the AirPods 3 than the AirPods Pro. If you’re someone who’s just looking for a cheap pair of AirPods with decent sound quality, then you should get AirPods 3 for $179, but if you’re someone who wants to have really good sound quality while listening to music and also prefer having features like ANC and transparency mode, you should spend $70 more and get the $249 AirPods Pro. Regardless of which model you’re getting, you’re still going to have the MagSafe charging case, Hey Siri functionality, Automatic pairing, Audio Share, and Apple’s amazing software for AirPods.

The next generation iPad mini will be receiving a 120Hz pro motion display to eliminate the jelly scrolling issue which has popped up on the recently new iPad mini. The leak was posted on Twitter by Twitter user @FrontTron who doesn’t have a reliable track record and isn’t known for leaking information about Apple or their products. He claims that Apple is planning to bring an 8.3-inch display with a 120Hz pro motion display to the next generation iPad mini. He also claims the next generation iPad mini will be an iPad mini Pro which will have the new A15 chip and the base model will come with 128GB of storage and 4GB of RAM. The iPad mini will also reportedly be more expensive than the current generation iPad mini. Apple has recently just launched a new generation of the iPad mini with a complete redesign and a ton of new features back in September, so we might not get a refresh from them in a while.

According to a new article from iFixit, third party screen repairs for your iPhone 13 models could destroy the Face ID feature on your iPhone. iFixit normally breaks down new products including iPhones to review the components inside. In their latest test for the iPhone 13 they found out that a screen replacement can break Face ID. After replacing the original display with a new one on the iPhone 13, iFixit noticed how an error message would pop up when someone tried to use Face ID to unlock their iPhone. This could cause a lot of iPhone repair businesses to shut down because Apple is making it harder for third party repair services to repair their products. Products like the iPhone 13 can only be properly repaired by Apple or an authorized Apple repair service. Some third party repair services were able to work around this but the process of repairing the iPhone 13 was more complicated for them since they had to use microscopes and a bunch of other tools required by Apple to repair their products. Apple recommends that you get their products repaired by them or one of their authorized services. Even though the cost of repairing an Apple product without Apple Care+ by Apple is high, their service is more reliable than other third party repair services.

Apple announced Beats Fit Pro, which is a cheaper alternative to AirPods with a ton of new features and more geared towards fitness use. The new Beats Fit Pro have most of the features available on the AirPods like Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency mode, Adaptive EQ, and Spatial Audio. Beats Fit Pro also has the Apple H1 chip for support for “Hey Siri” commands or support for the Find My app. All of these features are available for just $200. The Apple H1 chip also makes the setup process easy. You can easily hold up your Beats Fit Pro to your Apple device and connect it just like AirPods. Beats Fit Pro have a stem that allows you to securely fit your Beats Fit Pro to your ear. The earbuds are geared more towards fitness users who don’t want to worry about their AirPods falling out of there ear during a workout session. Beats Fit Pro are available for purchase now for $199.

A new leak from Twitter user @dylandkt claims that Apple is working on a new redesigned iMac Pro which can come as early as next year. According to Dylan, Apple will bring the same display available on the new MacBook Pro to the 27-inch iMac Pro. The new iMac Pro will get a 120Hz Pro Motion Mini - LED display. Ross Young recently also reported that the iMac Pro will have a 27-inch display. Dylan also believes that the new iMac Pro will have black bezels. The 24-inch iMac has white bezels all around and Dylan believes it will be different for the Pro models. The new iMac Pro will have a similar design to the 24-inch iMac and the Pro Display XDR. But since its a Pro model, the iMac Pro might look more similar to the Pro Display XDR rather than the lower end 24-inch iMac. Dylan claims that Apple also tested Face ID for the new iMac Pro but it’s not confirmed if it will ever make it on this model. The new iMac Pro is expected to get new ports which include HDMI, SD Card Slot, and USB C ports just like the new MacBook Pro. There will also be an Ethernet port available on the charging brick just like on the 24-inch iMac. The iMac Pro will be powered by the new Apple Silicon chip. It will support both the M1 Pro and M1 Max chip. The iMac Pro will have 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage standard on the base models. The iMac Pro is expected to arrive as early as 2022 and Dylan claims the base model will start at $2000.

The new HomePod mini with multiple color options is now available to purchase in stores and online. The new color options include orange, yellow, and blue which are being sold with black and white which was already available since last year. HomePod mini can serve as a voice assistant and a music player. You can easily ask Siri to play your favorite songs or ask any questions you might want to get answered. You can also control smart devices in your house which are connected to Apple HomeKit using the HomePod mini. HomePod mini is still priced at $99, and the new model doesn’t have any new features except the new color options.

Microsoft passed Apple with a market cap of $2.45 trillion and became the most valuable public company in the world. Apple is now the world’s second most valuable public company. This happened right after Apple’s earnings call where Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple lost $6 billion in revenue due to supply chain issues. Apple also generated $83 billion in revenue this quarter which was lower than expected. The recent earnings call caused Apple stock to go down by 4%. Apple was the first public company ever to hit a $1 trillion market cap and they also hit a $2 trillion market cap the year after. Everything is still going well for Apple since they’re revenue increased in other areas. Currently, Microsoft’s market cap is sitting at $2.45 trillion and Apple’s market cap is sitting at $2.43 trillion.

Today, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook’s new company name will be, Meta. The new name was announced today at the Facebook Connect conference. Zuckerberg claims the former name, Facebook, only focused on one product that the company created and the name change would help reflect their shift to focusing on the metaverse. Facebook doesn’t want to be known as just being a social media company since they’re focusing on things like Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Zuckerberg also said that the company’s leadership won’t be changing but it will change how it reports financial results in earning calls and more. Facebook will now report on two segments which include Family Apps and Reality Labs. They also plan to start trading under a new stock ticker called MVRS. This name change is very similar to how Google changed their name to Alphablet back in 2015. The new name change will put Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus under the Meta name. The rebranding comes a couple of weeks after a Facebook whistle blower leaked all of the company’s internal documents and research notes. Facebook has been receiving a lot of backlash lately and rebranding the company during this time felt more like a PR stunt to drift away from the bad press. Mark Zuckerberg believes the name change was important because they are more than just a social media company.

Image: RendersbyIan Apple has already announced new redesigned Mac products with is two year transition to Apple Silicon. Next in the line is the new MacBook Air refresh which is expected to have a new design similar to the iMac. According to a new tweet from @dylandkt on Twitter, Apple is planning to launch the new MacBook Air as early as 2022. Dylan also claims that the new MacBook Air will have MagSafe for charging with a 30W power adapter, USB-C ports, a 1080p front facing camera like on the new MacBook Pro, and no fans inside the chassis like the previous generation MacBook Air. Jon Prosser recently shared new updated images of the new MacBook Air and both Dylan and Jon Prosser claim that there will be white bezels on the MacBook Air like how there are on the 24-inch iMac. Dylan isn’t too sure about there being a notch on the new design like how there is one on the MacBook Pro, but Jon Prosser claims that there will be a notch. Prosser also claims that the new MacBook Air will have a white keyboard. The new MacBook Air won’t have an HDMI port or SD Card Slot like the new MacBook Pro. It will also be powered by the new M2 chip instead of the M1 Pro and M1 Max which were recently announced for the new MacBook Pro. Dylan and Jon Prosser also claimed that the new MacBook Air will come in colors like the 24-inch iMac and the iPad Air which had a design refresh last year. This has been leaked by Jon Prosser a while back when he gave us a first look at the new MacBook Air. Finally, Jon Prosser claims that the new MacBook Air is not going to have the same wedge design we have been seeing since it has been out. The new MacBook Air is expected to launch sometime in Q1 or Q2 of 2022 so there’s a possibility that a lot could change by then.

Development of a second generation of AirPods 2 has been rumored for a while now alongside the recently released AirPods 3. The AirPods Pro have been rumored to launch sometime next year. A new image shared by Macrumors which was sent to them by a source with no track record claims that the images of the units they shared are the second generation AirPods Pro. The design looks very similar to the first generation AirPods Pro but the charging case now has speaker grills on the bottom right next to the lightning port. Apparently these speakers are for Find My detection which can give out a sound so people will know where to find them. There’s also a metal loop on the side of the case which allows people to attach a strap or lanyard to the AirPods Pro case. This hasn’t been done with any AirPods model before so it’s unclear if Apple will ever take this approach. There aren’t any design changes with the AirPods itself. It still has the same stems and the same rubber ear tips. Previous rumors from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman suggested that the new AirPods Pro 2 will be getting a new design with no stems and a design similar to the Galaxy Buds, Echo Buds, and Pixel Buds. There were rumors that Apple had a hard time getting all the components they needed to fit into the new small round chassis, so there is a possibility that the design changes were scrapped. AirPods Pro did receive an update last week which included the new MagSafe charging case which new models now ship with. The second generation AirPods Pro are expected to launch sometime in 2022. It‘s still unclear if the design will remain the same or if we will get a new design.