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Standard iPhone models rumoured to expand to ProMotion in the future

An exclusive staple of Apple’s iPhone Pro models is allegedly coming to non-pro iPhones in as little as two years.

Ross Young, the CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, tweeted an outline regarding display-related technology coming to future iPhones. It shows that ProMotion will be enabled on standard iPhones by 2025.

This new addition will allow the display to reach a 120Hz refresh rate, smoothing out both scrolling and video playback on the device.

Additionally, including ProMotion would allow older models to scale down to lower refresh rates, making for better power efficiency.

ProMotion was initially reserved for Pro models in the iPhone lineup, but Apple is no stranger to expanding its exclusive features to standard models as time goes on.

The roadmap tweeted by Young goes on to hint that the alleged iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Plus will also feature ProMotion as well as an always-on display.

Source: @DSCCRoss Via: MacRumors

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Koodo to end $10/mo Lunar New Year discount on February 14

Koodo, Fido and Virgin Plus launched a Lunar New Year discount back in mid-Janaury, but it looks like the deal could soon come to an end.

Telus flanker Koodo now lists February 14th as the last day to get the deal. While Fido and Virgin haven’t added similar notices to their websites, they’ll likely follow suit soon.

End date for Koodo’s Lunar New Year discount.

The deal, for those unfamiliar with it, gives customers a $10/mo discount for 12 months on select plans ($120 in total). In the case of Koodo, it’s available with three plans, the $55/8GB, $60/10GB and $65/15GB options.

If you’re looking for a new phone plan, you might want to claim this offer before it goes away on February 14th. While not the best offer from Canadian wireless providers, $10 off each month is better than nothing — even if it’s only for a year.

You can read the original post here.

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Last chance for $50/40GB Boxing Week plan at Fido, Koodo, Virgin

Today looks to be the last day for the $45/20GB and $50/40GB Boxing Week plans at Fido, Koodo, and Virgin Plus. Both Fido and Koodo now list the plan as ending on January 9th — Virgin Plus didn’t have a similar label at the time of writing, but it likely will follow the other two.

Koodo first launched the plans on December 13th, and Fido and Virgin launched their versions of the plans the following day. The plans have been available since then, but they were limited-time promotional offers, so it’s no surprise the plans are going away.

At all three providers, the plans actually cost $60/20GB and $65/40GB, but come with a $15/mo credit for 15 months. The downside is that anyone who signs up will need to be ready to switch carriers in 15 months’ time unless they’re okay with paying a higher monthly price. That said, Black Friday and Boxing Week 2023 will happen within that time frame, which means customers could potentially switch to a different promotional plan before the credit expires.

The deal isn’t as good for those looking to get a phone with one of these providers, as the phone contracts are 24 months long, so customers will be stuck paying the higher cost for the last nine months of their contract.

Aside from the large data buckets, these plans also include unlimited Canada-wide text messaging, unlimited Canada-wide calling, and other features that vary from provider to provider, such as voicemail, call display, international texting, and more.

If you’re in the market for a new plan, you may want to pick up one of these deals before they go away — it’s unclear what plan options will be available tomorrow, but they’ll likely cost more and have less data. Before the flanker providers added the Boxing Week plans, they had $60/10GB and $65/20GB plans.

You can check out Fido’s plans here, Koodo’s plans here, and Virgin’s plans here.

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Koodo, Fido remove $60/20GB and $55/10GB promo plans

It looks like Koodo and Fido finally ended $60/mo 20GB promotional plans the carriers have offered since July.

Judging by updates to both providers’ websites on October 4th, the $60/20GB and $55/10GB promo plans are no longer available. Interestingly, Bell’s Virgin Plus still has both of these promotions, as well as the limited-time $5/mo bill credit for 12 months. However, I’d expect this will leave soon too.

In place of the promo plans, Telus flanker brand Koodo now offers a $55/8GB plan, $60/10GB plan, and a $65/15GB plan. Moreover, Koodo had added notices to the promo plans on its website that said they would go away on October 3rd — looks like that’s exactly what happened.

Rogers flanker brand Fido likewise offers $55/8GB, $60/10GB, and $65/15GB plans. Fido previously removed its $5/mo for 12 months discount for these plans but re-added the promotion shortly after.

It’s definitely a bummer to see these plans go, given the (debatable) value relative to the Canadian wireless market. The Big Three offer plans starting around $85/mo for 25GB of data — while those plans do include 5G access, that benefit remains minimal as carriers are still in the early stages of rolling out 3,500MHz spectrum.

You can check out Koodo’s new plans here and Fido’s new plans here. Although, with the holiday season around the corner, it might make more sense to wait and see what, if any, deals come with it.

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Koodo, Fido still offer $65/20GB promo plan slated to end July 4th

Back in mid-June, Koodo, Fido, and Virgin Plus rolled out a promotion that added 5GB of extra monthly data onto each provider’s respective $65/mo 15GB plan, bringing it up to 20GB of monthly data. At the time, all three providers listed the promo as running until July 4th, but only Bell’s Virgin Plus has held to that.

As of July 5th, Virgin Plus no longer lists the $65/20GB promo on its website — instead, it’s back to the $65/mo 15GB plan the provider previously offered.

Virgin Plus $65/15GB plan as of July 5th

Meanwhile, Rogers’ Fido and Telus’ Koodo have removed the July 4th end date from their $65/mo 20GB promotional plans. Both still list the plan as a “limited time offer,” but there’s no longer an end date. In other words, if you wanted to grab this plan and haven’t, now’s probably a good time to get it since it’s not clear how much longer it’ll be available.

Moreover, Koodo and Fido still offer $55/8GB plans, while Virgin Plus does not. These plans aren’t new, but Koodo has listed its $55/8GB option as a “promotion” since discounting it by $1 in May.

Anyway, if you’re looking to get a little extra data for your dollar, now might be the last good chance to get the $65/20GB promo before it’s gone.

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The Source sending out $10 ‘Bonus Cards’ to some customers

The Source is sending out emails offering customers $10 off their next $50+ purchase, in-store or online.

Twitter deal king Lbabinz shared a screenshot of the offer, which is reportedly being sent out via email to customers. It’s not clear if The Source targeted the promotion or not — presumably, you at least have to be on The Source’s email list to get the email. Several Twitter users replied to Lbabinz, noting that they also received the offer.

According to the email screenshot, people who receive the email can claim a $10 “Bonus Card” for use in-store or online at The Source. Fineprint at the bottom notes that customers must claim and redeem the Bonus Card before January 14th, 2022.

Ultimately, you may want to keep an eye out for an email from The Source. $10 off isn’t exactly the best deal ever, but a discount is a discount.

Source: @Lbabinz

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Ubisoft’s 35th-anniversary sale offers games up to 80 percent

Ubisoft is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a new sale. 

The promotion is ongoing until November 11th and includes titles like Rainbow Six Siege: Deluxe Edition, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Immortals Fenyx Rising.

Here are some of the games below:

Most of the games above are PC-only, but that’s not the case for all the titles on sale. A lot of them are also available for consoles.

You can check out the titles, here.

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Rogers deals could get you an iPhone 12 mini for $2/mo or even $0/mo financing

Rogers has some decent iPhone 12 mini deals going on right now if you’re in the market for a new iPhone and don’t want to spring for a 13 series.

First, RedFlagDeals user ‘redflagmat’ posted that he received an “exclusive” offer via the MyRogers app for an iPhone 12 mini at $2.08 monthly financing using the carrier’s Upfront Edge program (spotted by iPhoneInCanada). $2.08 over two years works out to $49.92.

As for the Upfront Edge portion, the program works by discounting the monthly financing cost of a phone if customers agree to return the device after two years or pay back the discounted amount. For the iPhone 12 mini, the Upfront Edge cost works out to $190, which means all-in you’re looking at $239.92, which is frankly an excellent price for an iPhone. Moreover, you could choose to return the device and get a new phone instead, effectively paying about $50 to borrow an iPhone 12 mini for two years.

And for those worried they would have to change their plan to claim this kind of deal, user redflagmat says they didn’t and are on a $55/mo plan with 20GB of data, which isn’t a bad deal at all.

While it’s definitely worth checking your MyRogers app to see if the deal is available for you, it’s also worth noting that Rogers has another offer on the iPhone 12 mini that seems more accessible. On the carrier’s website right now, there’s a promotion to get an iPhone 12 mini 128GB for $0/mo financing when you trade in an iPhone XR (assuming you get the full $360 trade-in credit). Once again, it’s an Upfront Edge deal, but it’s not so bad if you’re not paying anything in financing.

You can learn more about this offer here, or check out the RedFlagDeals post here.

Source: RedFlagDeals, Rogers Via: iPhoneInCanada

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Developers will need to update iPhone apps to take full advantage of 120Hz

It seems app developers will need to make some tweaks to take full advantage of the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max’s new 120Hz display.

According to iMore, Apple posted a developer article detailing that iPhone apps require a key added to a ‘.plist’ file to “unlock” 120Hz support.

The clarification came after some developers reported that scrolling in an app used 120Hz, but animations were capped at 60Hz. By adding the plist entry, apps can start taking advantage of the higher refresh rate.

Apple also noted that the iPad Pro doesn’t require this special configuration. While it isn’t entirely clear why, Engadget suggests it may be a limitation to help preserve iPhone battery life — the iPad wouldn’t need a similar limit since the larger battery would experience less of a hit from 120Hz.

Further, Apple also confirmed a fix was incoming for some apps ‘Core Animation’ animations. In short, the bug limited the speed for these apps, but a future iOS 15 update should remedy the issue.

Overall, if you’re one of the lucky ones out there with a brand-new iPhone 13 Pro and you notice some apps aren’t as smooth as others, it might be because developers haven’t updated the apps yet. As with all significant changes to iPhone displays, it may take time for developers to add support.

Those interested can view the full Apple developer article here.

Source: Apple Via: iMore, Engadget

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Perrie Edwards having ‘absolute blast’ following split

Perrie Edwards is ”having an absolute blast” after splitting from Zayn Malik.

The former One Direction hunk dumped the Little Mix star last month after four years together, but the 22-year-old beauty has insisted she’s staying positive thanks to her bandmates Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

Asked about life following the split, she said: ”Do you know what? I’m good. I’m having an absolute blast in America, things are going so well, and I just wake up every day and I thank my lucky stars I have these three girls.”

Despite Perrie’s heartache, the band have been in the US promoting their new single ‘Black Magic’ and were invited to join Taylor Swift on stage at her show in Santa Clara, California over the weekend, which they described as an ”incredible” experience.

Leigh-Anne gushed: ”It was incredible. Do you know what? She is the most loveliest person ever, she’s so lovely.”

And the girls revealed they were particularly excited about the surprise appearance at the ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker’s concert, because she chartered a private jet just for them so they were able to hang out and have a ”girly chat”.

Speaking on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’, she added: ”We flew back with her on the way back and it was so nice, we had a girly chat and it was wicked, she’s so business-minded.”