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Apple rumored to be planning larger OLED iPad Pros for 2024 We last got an iPad Pro refresh in October 2022, when the premium 11-inch and 12.9-inch slates were updated with the Apple M2 processor. According to the rumor mill, those screens will be changing in 2024 when the next models are due to appear. This comes from display analyst Ross Young, speaking to MacRumors . First, the display technology will apparently be changing from the IPS LCD LED (11-inch) and IPS LCD mini-LED (12.9-inch) of the current iPad Pros to OLED – just like the flagship iPhones. That should mean even better screens in terms of contrast and darker blacks, though the panels attached to the current iPad Pro range are already impressive. We've been hearing rumors that Apple would switch to OLED on its iPads for some time now . Changing sizes There's also going to be a change in the display sizes, Young says. The 11-inch iPad Pro will become an 11.1-inch iPad Pro, while the 12.9-inch iPad Pro will b...

The iPad mini 7 is rumored to be on the way – but might not arrive until 2024 What with the iPad mini 6 launching in September 2021, it would be reasonable to expect a follow-up appearing in September 2022 – but of course we haven't seen any such tablet, and the rumor is that we might not get one until early in 2024. This comes courtesy of reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo , who reckons that the next small slate that Apple releases is going to start shipping by the end of 2023 or in the first half of 2024 (though it's not clear what that's dependent on). Kuo goes on to say that the "main selling point" of the iPad mini 7 is going to be a new processor. The current model carries the A15 Bionic chipset that also appeared in the iPhone 13 series that Apple unveiled at the same time as the iPad mini 6. Folding iPads This iPad mini claim was actually preceded by another bit of crystal ball gazing by Kuo: he says that a foldable iPad is  "unlikely" ...

Could 2023 finally be the year of the color Kindle? Color ereaders aren't new, we've had a fair few come through from smaller players in the ereader market, particularly from Chinese company Onyx and Switzerland-based Ukrainian brand PocketBook. We've even tested a few here at TechRadar – such as the Onyx Boox Nova 3 Color and the PocketBook InkPad Color – but we've never really enjoyed how the colors looked on screen. They look very washed out and unsaturated – and that's because of limitations in the screen tech that's been used so far. Most of the current color ereaders use E Ink Kaleido screens, which have the capability of displaying 4,096 colors at no more than 100ppi resolution. And the reason colors look faded is because of filters layered on the screen. Those washed-out colors on an ereader should soon be a thing of the past, however, with E Ink letting loose its Gallery 3 screen tech (announced earlier in 2022) to be mass produced, and this promi...

The all-new iPad Pro crashes to a record-low price – and arrives before Christmas If you're searching for a stellar iPad deal that also arrives in time Christmas, we've just spotted Apple's all-new iPad Pro down to a new-low price at Amazon. For a limited time, you can get the 11-inch iPad Pro on sale for $719.99 when you apply the additional $9 discount at checkout . That's a total saving of $80, and $10 less than Black Friday's recent deal. ( Not in the US? Scroll down to see the best iPad deals where you are. ) Apple's 2022 iPad Pro features an 11-inch Liquid Retina display and Apple's powerful M2 chipset, which delivers laptop-like speed, exceptional graphics, and all-day battery life. The tablet also includes a 12MP Wide camera, 10MP Ultra Wide back camera, and Face ID for secure authentication. Today's offer is the lowest price we've ever seen for the iPad Pro, and if you're ordering it today as a gift it'll arrive in time for Ch...

Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU spotted with new Raptor Lake CPU in gaming laptop Nvidia’s RTX 4090 laptop GPU has been spotted in an HP Omen gaming notebook, along with a raft of other Lovelace mobile graphics cards, plus these portables are all powered by an imminent new Raptor Lake mobile CPU. This leak comes from @momomo_us on Twitter (as VideoCardz flagged), who spotted the HP Omen machines listed on a European retailer’s website, but given that this is an unknown retail outlet, we need to be particularly careful around these rumored specs provided via product listings. pic.twitter.com/wGR7TFy4pl December 11, 2022 See more The retailer lists six variations of the incoming HP Omen 17 which are all powered by Intel’s Core i7-13700HX CPU – a mobile part expected to be revealed at CES – and they all have Nvidia Lovelace GPUs. The top-end model runs with the RTX 4090 laptop graphics card which is listed with 16GB of VRAM (no other specs are provided here, by the way, just the memor...

Future MacBook Pros could ditch the keyboard in favor of a big foldable screen Apple is working on a 20-inch foldable display, one that could be the shape of a future MacBook Pro to come. This is going by a report from Korean site The Elec (spotted by MacRumors ) which asserts that industry sources reckon Apple has just kicked off development of the display, so we’re still in the very early stages of the project apparently. The initial prototype is based on a 20.25-inch OLED display from an unspecified South Korean supplier. As The Elec points out, that puts it in the laptop-sized category, as when folded it would give the user a 15.3-inch screen, which would be well-suited to a MacBook Pro (it’d be 20.25 inches fully unfolded). Don’t be thinking you might see this innovation anytime soon, though. According to the report, the target for production of such a 20-inch foldable is 2026 to 2027, so it’s still half a decade away from being realized. If Apple doesn’t abandon the idea d...

Apple to allow Mac and iPhone owners in Europe to repair their own devices Apple has announced the expansion of its Self Service Repair scheme to Europe, including the UK. The Self Service Repair program has only been available in the US thus far ( since April 2022 ), and it allows owners of Apple Macs and iPhones to order relevant parts to repair their device themselves (plus instructions, and necessary tools to complete the job). As The Guardian reports, Apple now offers this scheme in the following European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. You can’t repair any device though, and only certain models of iPhone and Mac (contemporary devices from 2020 onwards) are eligible for a self-repair job. That includes iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 models (and the iPhone SE 3) plus the MacBook Air M1 (2020) , MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020), and MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch (2021). Analysis: DIY Mac or iPhone repairs certainly aren’t for every...

Apple finally stumps up cash for MacBook customers hit by butterfly keyboard problems Do you own a MacBook with a butterfly keyboard which required a repair? Well, you might be able to claim some money as part of a settlement to a lawsuit on behalf of affected parties, with a judge in California now having granted preliminary approval to that settlement. Apple has had a number of controversies around its hardware (often labeled as ‘this-gate’ or ‘that-gate’), and one of those was the MacBook models that ran with the butterfly keyboard prone to flaws and indeed having to be replaced. As spotted by Macworld , the settlement for $50 million made by Apple – and initially agreed back in July – allows for $33 million to be distributed among MacBook Pro owners who have suffered at the hands of this issue, with sums of up to $395 payable to those individuals who have a claim. (Much of the rest of the money went in fees to the attorneys, as you might expect). To be eligible as a claimant...

Apple M2 Max leaked benchmark gets us excited for MacBook Pros in 2023 Apple’s M2 Max chip, which will succeed the current M1 Max , has been spotted in leaked benchmarks giving us an idea of how much faster the next-gen variant might be. As Wccftech reports, this comes in the form of Geekbench results picked up by Benchleaks on Twitter, which as always with leaks, we should be suitably cautious around. Apple M2 Maxhttps://t.co/aXcjUIB9bGhttps://t.co/8whb0JpWOI November 30, 2022 See more In Geekbench, the M2 Max racked up a tally of 1,889 points for single-core, and in multi-core pushed ahead to 14,586. Comparing that to the current M1 Max, which hits about 1,750 and 12,200 respectively, meaning that the M2 Max is shaping up to be around 8% quicker for single-core, and 20% more speedy in terms of multi-core performance. Analysis: A tidy potential performance boost It should be no real surprise that the M2 Max takes apparent further strides forward with multi-core perform...

Last chance: Get a heavily discounted ThinkPad X1 Carbon this Cyber Monday We love the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon series, and the latest Gen 10 model is no exception. It's a timeless design that Lenovo has subtly iterated on over the years, making for a stellar professional laptop for those who prefer Windows over macOS or Chrome OS. Even better, it's $1,151.60 down from $2,879 on Lenovo's website - a whopping discount. This discount is still going strong even after the official end of Cyber Monday - in fact, we reported on it previously, and it's actually gone down again by more than a hundred bucks. Lenovo clearly wants to shift its stock, and the consumer is the winner here. That's just one model on sale for Black Friday , too: there are a variety of configurations , all heavily discounted at better-than-half-price. The biggest reduction is the high-end $4,169 model, which has had almost half slashed off the retail price to bring it down to $2,090.75. Over...

Intel Raptor Lake laptop CPU benchmark points to a multi-core monster One of Intel’s incoming laptop processors for Raptor Lake has been spotted in a benchmark, and it beefs up the core count compared to its Alder Lake predecessor. First off, arm yourself with a skeptical attitude as always around these kind of leaks, but the mobile CPU in question is the Core i7-1370P which is the successor to the Core i7-1270P. (It’s part of Intel’s low-power range, which the ‘P’ denotes). Going by the benchmark which appeared on Geekbench, as surfaced by BenchLeaks on Twitter (via Tom’s Hardware ), the Core i7-1370P will have six performance cores and eight efficiency cores, making for a total of 14-cores (and 20-threads, as only the performance cores use hyper-threading). [GB5 CPU] Unknown CPUCPU: Intel CoreT i7-1370P (14C 20T)Min/Max/Avg: 3475/4486/4438 MHzCodename: Raptor LakeCPUID: B06A2 (GenuineIntel)Scores, vs AMD 5800XSingle: 1655, -4.2%Multi: 10184, -5.2%https://bit.ly/3imQLvK Novem...

One of our favorite productivity laptops is heavily discounted this Black Friday We love the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon series, and the latest Gen 10 model is no exception. It's a timeless design that Lenovo has subtly iterated on over the years, making for a stellar professional laptop for those who prefer Windows over macOS or Chrome OS. Even better, it's $1,289 down from $2,879 on Lenovo's website - a whopping discount. That's just one model on sale for Black Friday , too: there are a variety of configurations , all heavily discounted at better-than-half-price. The biggest reduction is the high-end $4,169 model, which has had a staggering $2,255.43 slashed off the retail price to bring it down to $1,913.57. Over in the UK, the discounts aren't quite as aggressive, but you can still save as much as a third on select models. We found a version closely matching the deal above, which is down 32% from £2,230 to £1,500 - a seriously good deal. Regardless of regi...

Black Friday Laptop Deals Under $299 Black Friday is finally here! The massive savings event is upon us and we're here to sift through the clutter and help you snag your next laptop and a bargain price. We're seeing huge savings to be had on laptops of ll kinds, from Chromebooks to 2-in-1 foldables.  Whether you're after a laptop that'll enable you to work on the go or a durable laptop you sling in your backpack and power through your classes there's a deal out there for you. If you're a little unsure of what laptop might be best for you, our best laptop for students and our best business laptops are worth checking out.  With so many deals flooding the market it can be overwhelming to even start your search, but we're here with our list of the best laptop deals under $299 this Black Friday. Check out our list of the Best Black Friday Macbook deals if you're after Apple's premium laptops.   HP 11.6-inch Chromebook: was $98 now $7...