Despite all the setbacks that have happened this year, Apple and Sony have been working hard and have just presented their newest lineup of merchandise this past week. You will probably buy some of these products, so get ready for your bank accounts to be depleted and for all the Christmas present requests.
Up first, Sony revealed only one new product, the PlayStation 5, otherwise known as PS5. That’s right, your PS4 is now no longer relevant. To own this gaming system, you will need to cough up $499.99 dollars, but if you’re feeling cheap, you can buy the digital edition for $399.99. This gaming system supports 8K output and 4K TV-gaming, with an ultra high speed SSD (PlayStation 5). You can preorder now, but you won’t receive it until November 12 (Gartenberg). A warning for those purchasing: several retailers have been having problems with preordering and if you get a preorder, you might not receive it on the launch day (Hollister).
On the other hand, Apple has a couple of new items, including updated Apple Watches and a new generation of iPads. There are two different Apple watches available now, the Apple Watch Series 6 and the Apple Watch SE. At the price of $399, the Series 6 now comes in 6 colors (Silver, Gold, Space Gray, Graphite, Blue, and Red) and can come with a Solo Loop, a new watch band that you can slip on and off. It can now take your blood oxygen levels and the screen size has also gotten larger. The SE is only $279 and has the same display size as the Series 6 but only comes in three colors (Silver, Gold, and Space Gray). These Apple Watches may seem like they might be too expensive to be useful, but if you ever lose your phone or it dies on you, you still have the capabilities right on your wrist. Now moving on to the iPads, there is the 4th generation iPad Air and the 8th generation iPad. The 4th gen iPad Air has a 10.9-inch screen and houses an A14 Bionic chip. It comes in Sky Blue, Green, Rose Gold, Silver, and Space Gray. The starting price is $599 and has up to 256GB of storage available. With up to 128GB of storage, The 8th gen iPad starts at $329 and has an A12 Bionic chip coming in three colors: Silver, Gold, and Space Gray. All of these products are available now for purchase (Apple Event).
Taking a note out of Disney’s book, Apple is also making a bundle subscription called Apple One to all their lineup of services including Apple Fitness+, Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and iCloud. For the price of $14.95/month, you can access Music, Tv+, Arcade, and iCloud with 50GB with an individual plan. For $19.95/month, this family plan will give you all the individual plan does, but with 200GB for iCloud. The premier plan at $29.95/month gives you access to all of the subscriptions listed above with 2TB on iCloud. This will all be available for purchase this fall.
So what are you waiting for? The bitten Apple and the need for bigger and better compel you.
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