Stories by Gary Ng

Apple today has hyped up its upcoming iPhone 16 series pre-orders, noting that the ability to pre-configure your order ahead of Friday morning ends on Thursday night at 9pm PT (12am Friday ET). After this time, the online Apple Store will go down and you won't be able to configure your order ahead of tomorrow...

Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile will launch iPhone 16 series pre-orders in Canada on Friday, September 13, 2024. That’s according to the website’s main page, noting iPhone 16 series pre-orders will start at 5:01am PT/8:01am ET (just like Apple.ca but 1 minute later). The fine print says Apple Intelligence is coming December 2024, which is when Canada...

Will Apple’s sleep apnea notification feature launch in Canada? It’s not entirely clear. Sleep apnea is a condition that happens when someone stops breathing for a few seconds while they’re sleeping. It can result in snoring or gasping for air, making people feel super tired by the next morning after a terrible night of sleep....

Apple held its September special event yesterday, unveiling its iPhone 16 series smartphones, Apple Watch Series 10 and new AirPods 4, along with other minor updates. Below are all the promo videos Apple shared during its special event, via its YouTube channel. Note that the full event replay has yet to hit YouTube, but is...

Rogers-owned Fido has tweaked its plan pricing again, this time increasing its plans by $5 per month. Compared to mid-August, plans have increased to the following (after automatic payments discount): $44/20GB (was $39) $49/40GB (new) $54/60GB (was $49) The $44/50GB plan has been eliminated, and instead $49/40GB has appeared. Fido, like parent company Rogers, charges...

Does the new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro in Canada still have physical SIM card slots? The answer once again is yes. Back when Apple launched the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, the company eliminated the physical SIM card tray in the USA, to focus on eSIM. But at the time, all iPhone...

Back at WWDC, Apple unveiled a new Messages via Satellite feature that was aimed at users to communicate easier when outside of network coverage and Wi-Fi. This feature, which has end-to-end encryption in iOS 18, lets users receive texts, emoji, and Tapbacks over iMessage and SMS while outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage. How? Supported...

With today’s unveiling of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro series smartphones, Apple has dropped the price of older models in Canada. The company also axed iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max sales naturally, to funnel customers to the newest iPhone 16 Pro series of course. The iPhone 14 series from 2022 has...

Apple today unveiled an update to its AirPods lineup, debuting all-new AirPods 4 in two versions. One has Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and one does not. Of course, this means two price points. AirPods 4 - $179 AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation - $249 As for the aging AirPods Max (they will be 4...

Here’s Canadian pricing for the all-new Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 refresh today. The new Series 10 gets a larger display and is also thinner than before. Ultra 2 gets a new colour and a titanium Milanese Loop band that does look pretty nice. Check out the Canadian pricing below, now...

Apple today announced its iPhone 16 series smartphones, new AirPods updates and also Apple Watch updates as well, including the new Series 10. As for when Apple will release iOS 18? Apple announced the release date is set for Monday, September 16. Also coming on this date will be iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia 15....

Apple today announced its new iPhone 16 series smartphones at its special event at Apple Park in California. We now have iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max Canadian pricing. These smartphones are getting even more expensive every year. Check out the full iPhone 16 series Canadian pricing below......