Best Black Friday Deals, Apple Disbands AirPort Team, iPhone 6s Battery Repair Program - MacRumors

Brought to you by: Get the Best Black Friday Prices on Apple Products and Accessories The day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. has long been known as Black Friday, the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season when retailers offer significant discounts to lure shoppers into their stores. Apple products are no exception, and a number of retailers will be offering great deals.  We've got a summary of the best deals, as well as retailer-specific discounts from both B&H Photo Video and MacMall, and the most complete list of deals is in our Black Friday roundup. Notably, Apple itself will be participating in Black Friday sales this year after sitting out in 2015. While it's a rare opportunity to get discounts straight from Apple, the early launch of the promo in Australia and New Zealand reveals Apple's offer consists of bonus Apple Store gift cards rather than price cuts and isn't valid on the latest hardware like the MacBook Pro, iPhone 7, or Apple Watch Series 2. Better deals can usually be had elsewhere, so make sure to check our roundup and stay tuned to MacRumors for all of the latest promotions as they're announced. Also keep an eye on carriers such as Verizon and T-Mobile that are trying to lure in iPhone 7 customers with trade-in deals, while a number of app developers are also offering discounts on their software.   Read Roundup Sponsored Stories It’s the END of Photo Editing as We Know It Photolemur for Mac is the world's first automatic photo enhancement solution. It bridges the gap between what your eyes see and what your cameras capture. Photolemur makes your photos great without manual human involvement and wasted time. We all take photos nowadays, but even the best cameras can't fully capture the beauty of the world, and not all of us have time to learn complicated photo editing or experiment with confusing software. Photolemur is powered by artificial intelligence that automatically makes all the necessary corrections and adjustments for vibrant, professional looking photos. It can fix dozens of your photos at the same time! Click here to meet Photolemur, learn more about the technology, and pre-order Photolemur for over 60% in savings.   Visit Sponsor Popular Stories Nov 24, 2016 Apple Ceases Development of 'AirPort' Wireless Routers as Engineers Reassigned to Other Products Apple has reportedly disbanded its engineering team focused on AirPort wireless routers, reassigning the employees to other projects such as the Apple TV. The move suggests Apple is getting out of the wireless router business, to the disappointment of many fans who have appreciated the design and ease-of-use of Apple's AirPort and Time Capsule products. Apple's AirPort lineup hasn't seen any updates since 2013, but it's likely Apple will continue selling the current devices until they become outdated enough to warrant their discontinuation, at which point the company will likely begin featuring third-party options in its stores.   Read Full Article Apple Launches Repair Program for iPhone 6s Devices Experiencing Unexpected Shutdowns After debuting a repair program last week to assist iPhone 6 Plus owners whose devices have experienced so-called "Touch Disease," Apple this week launched a separate program for iPhone 6s owners who have had problems with their devices unexpectedly shutting down due to a battery defect. The issue is limited to a small number of devices manufactured in September and October 2015, but if you're having trouble with random shutdowns, you might want to check with Apple to see if you're covered.   Read Full Article Phil Schiller Says 32GB RAM on New MacBook Pro Would Have Required Battery Compromising Design The controversy over Apple's decision to use components and a design that limit the new MacBook Pro to 16 GB of RAM continues, and Phil Schiller has once again weighed in to highlight some of those issues. Schiller says that Apple opted to use "very fast" LPDDR3 RAM, which is limited to a maximum of 16 GB with Intel's Skylake processors, because higher amounts would have required using DDR4 RAM. That RAM would have had a double whammy effect on battery life, as the RAM itself is much less power efficient and it would have required a different logic board design that likely would have reduced space available for the battery.   Read Full Article Jony Ive Said to Be 'As Connected to Product Design as Ever' Following Speculation About His Role Following Jony Ive's promotion to Chief Design Officer last year and a couple of recent developments including the release of Apple's $200 "Designed by Apple in California" photo book and Ive's work designing a festive holiday installation at a London hotel, there has been speculation that Ive may be scaling back his involvement in Apple's product design efforts. That speculation gained significant momentum last week when Daring Fireball's John Gruber noted on his podcast that he'd heard secondhand Ive has indeed not been as involved in Apple's products and instead spending more time on the company's upcoming corporate campus and retail store designs. Gruber's comments "shook a few well-placed little birdies out of the tree," however, allowing him to follow up with a blog post reassuring fans that Ive is "as connected to product design as ever."   Read Full Article Donald Trump Tells Tim Cook He'll Offer Apple 'Very Large Tax Cut' to Make Products in America Amid word that Apple recently asked Foxconn to look into the possibility of producing iPhones in the United States, President-elect Donald Trump revealed this week that he spoke with Tim Cook following the election earlier this month. Trump says he told Cook his goal was to have Apple build "many big plants" in the United States and that his administration will "create the incentives" to do it with a "very large tax cut" for corporations.   Read Full Article

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