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It’s not too late to give Mom something special. Make it an iPad from Connecting Point…and save!

It’s not too late to give Mom something special. Make it an iPad from Connecting Point…and save!

For Mother's Day, save $30 on iPad from Connecting Point

$30 Connecting Point Gift Card
with purchase of any new iPad

Connecting Point Gift CardOffer good through Sunday, May 10th, 2015. Apple, the Apple logo, and iPad Air are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Touch ID is a trademark of Apple Inc.

A roundup of this week’s new Apple product announcements

A roundup of this week’s new Apple product announcements

During yesterday morning’s special press event, Apple introduced a host of new products, along with some restructuring and repricing in their product lines (you can now get a new iPad for a little as $250, and a new Mac mini starts at just $500). Here are the highlights, along with availability information (as best we can determine—we will update this post as details emerge):

  • Apple iPad Air 2 familyiPad Air 2: The big splash was made by the debut of the iPad Air 2, a crazy-thin (just 6mm) iteration of its flagship full-sized tablet. It’s not only thinner, but faster, too. And you can now add a third color choice to the current Space Gray and Silver: Gold. The new color choice, along with the addition of TouchID, brings the iPad Air 2 in line with Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Prices start at $499.99. Available for pre-order immediately; we expect to begin filling orders in roughly two weeks. Find out more.
  • iPad Air: Yep, it’s sticking around—but it’ll cost you substantially less. Prices now start at $399.99. Available almost immediately. Find out more.
  • iPad mini 3: Similar specs to the original iPad mini 2, but now adds TouchID and the new Gold color choice. Available for pre-order immediately; we expect to begin filling orders in roughly two weeks. Find out more.
  • iPad mini 2 and iPad mini: Now cost much less than before. The Wi-Fi 16GB iPad mini, for example, now sells for $249.99—the lowest price ever offered for a new iPad. Available almost immediately. Find out more.

If you’re interested in a specific model iPad, contact us and we’ll get you the very latest availability and pricing.

Other announcements…

  • Apple iMac 27-inch running YosemiteiMac 27-inch with Retina 5K Display: The “5K” stands for “5000”—as in 5000+ pixels. The new flagship iMac boasts more than four times the pixels of its 27-inch brethren. That’s impressive enough, but the fact that it will sell for $2499.99—that’s just nuts. Most 4K standalone monitors sell for more than that. Basically, Apple’s throwing in a quad-core Mac with all the bells and whistles for free. Available for pre-order immediately; we expect to begin filling orders in roughly one week. Find out more.
  • Mac mini: The littlest Mac got a well-deserved, long-delayed makeover. The entry price point dropped a hundred bucks to $499.99—the lowest price ever for a new Mac. It now comes with two Thunderbolt 2 ports and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. Available for pre-order immediately; we expect to begin filling orders in roughly one week. Find out more.
  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The long-awaited major update to the Mac’s operating system looks to be an impressive one, with hundreds of new features and enhancements—and is available for free download immediately.

Deal of the Week | Jan. 24, 2014: Black 8-pin Lightning to USB cable for $2.99

Black Lightning 8-pin to USB cable for $2.99Sometimes, it all comes down to the simplest thing.

You’re frustrated because you keep forgetting or misplacing that Lightning cable that came with your iPhone (or iPad, iPod touch – whatever). And when you’re frustrated, you’re not being all that you can be. When you’re not being all that you can be, you’re not living up to your fullest potential.

Frustration can be so darned…frustrating.

Enter the aforementioned ‘simplest thing’: Another 8-pin Lightning cable to supplement the original. Like warm waves on a tropical beach, relief washes over you, lifts you up, bathes you in soothing vibes, in rippling concentric circles of improved productivity.

And making this ‘simplest thing’ all the more simple, we’re letting it go for less than three bucks. That’s the healing power of the Deal of the Week.

Find out all about it here.

iPad minis begin trickling in…

iPad mini: The full-blown iPad that fits in one hand.

We once thought them to be a mythical creature, akin to the unicorn or the jackalope, but we’re now True Believers: the iPad mini is real.

And we even have some available for sale. Specifically, our Medford store has the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB Wi-Fi models (only in black, and you may recall the LTE – AKA 4G – models won’t begin shipping until later this month).

Our Bend store has, at the time of this post, eight of the 32GB Wi-Fi models on hand — four in white, and four in black.

The iPad mini has been wildly popular and crazy-difficult to keep in stock. If you have holiday gifting plans built around one, you might want to act now. These are not going to be around for long.

UPDATE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12: Our Bend location is down to two 32GB Wi-Fi models (both white). But our Medford location has all Wi-Fi models and colors in stock, with the exception of 16GB white.

Apple, the Apple logo, and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.