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Mac-shaped pillow makers are back so you can cover your couch in computers - The Verge
iPhone 13 Pro Max Beats Pixel 6 Pro, Galaxy S21 Ultra in New Battery Drain Test Despite Featuring Smaller Capacity - Wccftech
'iMac Pro' Coming in 2022 With M1 Pro/Max Chips, 27-Inch Mini-LED Display, MacBook Pro Ports and More - MacRumors

Mac-shaped pillow makers are back so you can cover your couch in computers - The Verge

Posted: 31 Oct 2021 06:00 AM PDT

A company called Throwboy is back with another Kickstarter for a collection of pillows shaped like classic Macs, following its 2018 line of Apple-inspired plushes. It's fittingly called The Iconic Pillow Collection 2, and features pillows shaped like soft versions of Apple's Lisa, iBook, and both the cheese grater and cube flavors of Power Mac. For Apple history buffs who want to spruce up their living or bedrooms, it may be a campaign worth investigating.

In its original collection (which featured pillows shaped like the Finder icon, original Macintosh, and iPods), Throwboy tactfully didn't mention specific computer names, and it refrained from doing so this time around as well. The Lisa-shaped pillow is called the 1983, the iMac G4-esque one is branded the 2002, and so on. On its Kickstarter page, the company says it picked these specific computers because they were "swing for the fences" designs that people still love.

Truly, there are some stunning designs on display in this Kickstarter. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen a laptop-shaped pillow like the 1999, and I'm very sure I've never seen an iMac G4-shaped pillow. It's unclear how comfortable these pillows will be on a couch, or if they'll hold up in a pillow fight (though I already want to wield the 2002 like I'm Darth Mac), but as conversation starters they'd be hard to beat.

A note on crowdfunding:

Crowdfunding is a chaotic field by nature: companies looking for funding tend to make big promises. According to a study run by Kickstarter in 2015, roughly 1 in 10 "successful" products that reach their funding goals fail to actually deliver rewards. Of the ones that do deliver, delays, missed deadlines, or overpromised ideas mean that there's often disappointment in store for those products that do get done.

The best defense is to use your best judgment. Ask yourself: does the product look legitimate? Is the company making outlandish claims? Is there a working prototype? Does the company mention existing plans to manufacture and ship finished products? Has it completed a Kickstarter before? And remember: you're not necessarily buying a product when you back it on a crowdfunding site.

That's not even mentioning the ports — yes, at the same time Apple is adding back HDMI and MagSafe back to its real laptops, Throwboy has gone and added port-shaped stitching to Apple-shaped pillows. I'd say more about how much this fills me with joy, but I think I'll let the pictures say hello for themselves.

While Throwboy's Kickstarter campaign for the original Iconic collection appears to be successful (the comments are largely filled with people who received and are happy with their pillows, and you can buy them on Throwboy's website), it's always worth proceeding with caution when it comes to crowdfunding. Projects, even from successful creators, can run late, turn out different than expected, or even get cancelled for one reason or another.

If that's a risk you're willing to take (and it apparently is for a lot of people; the project met its $10,000 goal in its first day), these are some extremely fun pillow designs if you're in the market for some Apple-themed home decor.

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iPhone 13 Pro Max Beats Pixel 6 Pro, Galaxy S21 Ultra in New Battery Drain Test Despite Featuring Smaller Capacity - Wccftech

Posted: 30 Oct 2021 06:59 AM PDT

The iPhone 13 Pro Max features a sizable battery upgrade compared to last year's model, with the flagship now sporting a 4352mAh cell. Critics and reviewers have mentioned that this change makes Apple's latest and greatest smartphone offering one of the best when it comes to 'screen on' time. However, how well does it fare against the Pixel 6 Pro and Galaxy S21 Ultra? Pretty good, actually, but why spoil the fun when we can share all the details with you?

iPhone 13 Pro Max Had 25 Percent Battery Remaining at the End of the Test

The battery drain test was done by the YouTube channel PhoneBuff, which previously showed us that the iPhone 13 Pro Max barely beat the Pixel 6 Pro in an app speed test. Well, now let us see which flagship out of the three touts the highest endurance. A multitude of tests were carried out, each of them stressing the smartphone batteries extensively. If you check out the video below, it is the iPhone 13 Pro Max that ends up winning.

When the Pixel 6 Pro's battery completely drained, Apple's flagship had 33 percent remaining, while the Galaxy S21 Ultra was barely hanging on with 13 percent energy. After Samsung's high-end smartphone was forced to power off, the iPhone 13 Pro Max continued to chug along with 25 percent juice remaining, which is highly impressive.

According to the tests, the three models gave the following runtime.

Pixel 6 Pro - Active time 8 hours, 48 minutes | Standby 16 hours | Total 24 hours, 48 minutes
iPhone 13 Pro Max - Active time 12 hours, 6 minutes | Standby 16 hours | Total 28 hours, 6 minutes
Galaxy S21 Ultra - Active time 9 hours, 28 minutes | Standby 16 hours | Total 25 hours, 28 minutes

As you can clearly tell, the iPhone 13 Pro Max delivers the best battery endurance, which is commendable after you find out both the Pixel 6 Pro and Galaxy S21 Ultra have a larger 5000mAh cell inside their premium housings. This shows the level of optimizations Apple has incorporated in iOS while also giving the iPhone 13 Pro Max battery-saving components.

We were genuinely surprised that the Pixel 6 Pro was beaten by the Galaxy S21 Ultra, bearing in mind that Google's flagship was running the latest Android 12 update. Perhaps it has to with some additional tweaking, and the Pixel 6 Pro may just slip past Samsung's most premium handset. If some changes to the software arrive in the near future, we will see if another battery drain test happens and will update our readers accordingly, so stay tuned.

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News Source: PhoneBuff

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'iMac Pro' Coming in 2022 With M1 Pro/Max Chips, 27-Inch Mini-LED Display, MacBook Pro Ports and More - MacRumors

Posted: 30 Oct 2021 08:59 AM PDT

The next-generation iMac that's in the works could be called the "‌iMac‌ Pro," according to leaker Dylandkt. The device will feature the same M1 Pro and M1 Max chips that Apple introduced with the MacBook Pro models, and there could possibly be "an added configuration."

2020 iMac Mockup Feature 27 inch text
Apple is said to be using the "Pro" naming to differentiate the upcoming ‌iMac‌ from the 24-inch ‌iMac‌ that was released earlier this year. As it will use the ‌M1‌ Pro and Max chips, Apple considers it a "Pro" device and is calling it the ‌iMac‌ Pro internally, according to Dylandkt

iMac (Pro)
Promotion and Mini Led
Base model 16gb Ram 512gb Storage
M1 Pro and Max
Dark bezels
HDMI, SD Card, Usb C
Similar design to iMac 24 and Pro Display XDR
Starting price at or over 2000 dollars
Ethernet on brick standard
Face ID was tested (Not confirmed)
1H 2022 — Dylan (@dylandkt) October 30, 2021

The leaker claims that the ‌iMac‌ will feature a 27-inch mini-LED display with ProMotion technology, though some prior rumors have indicated that the next-generation ‌iMac‌ will have a larger display. Unlike the 24-inch ‌iMac‌, the "‌iMac‌ Pro" will feature dark bezels, and bezel size could be slimmed down.

Design wise, it could look similar to the 24-inch ‌iMac‌ and the Pro Display XDR, and Apple has apparently tested Face ID for the machine, but this is not a confirmed feature.

The base model ‌iMac‌ will feature 16GB memory and 512GB of storage, and all models will be equipped with an HDMI port, an SD card slot, and several USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, similar to the MacBook Pro. Apple is also said to be including an Ethernet port on the power adapter.

Dylandkt says that the ‌iMac‌ will have a starting price at or over $2,000, and it will be launching in the first half of 2022. The upcoming "‌iMac‌ Pro" will replace the current Intel-based 27-inch ‌iMac‌ models.

We haven't heard much about Apple's larger ‌iMac‌, but Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has confirmed that such a machine is in the works. Apple reportedly paused work on the bigger ‌iMac‌ to work on the 24-inch model, but now that the 24-inch ‌iMac‌ is out, development can resume.

Display analyst Ross Young has also said that Apple is working on a new 27-inch iMac with a mini-LED display and ProMotion display technology.

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