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Apple unveiled so many great new products this week that you could be forgiven for suffering from a bit of decision paralysis.
iPhone Air or iPhone 17 Pro or regular old run-of-the-mill iPhone 17? Each model offers clear advantages, so it depends on your particular tastes and needs.
Apple Watch Series 11 or Apple Watch Ultra 3 or even the much-improved Apple Watch SE 3? Not a bad choice among them.
Read all our coverage — including our iPhone Air versus iPhone 17 Pro buying guide — to help you ease the pain of so many incredible upgrade options.
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One of the biggest surprises this week is that Apple won’t withhold some of the new products’ marquee features from existing hardware. Hypertension alerts and Live Translation will come to some older Apple Watches and AirPods.
All of Apple’s operating systems with the shiny new Liquid Glass user interface will arrive next week.
If you got your iPhone preorder squared away, now it’s time to think about protection. Our buying guide lists the best iPhone 17 cases you can buy right now, in a wide variety of styles.
The new AirPods Pro 3 sound great, with key upgrades including better audio quality and noise cancellation, as well as heart rate monitoring. Pro tip: If you want to trade up, sell us your old AirPods for some quick upgrade cash.
And if all the new Apple gear didn’t drain your bank account this week, check out these amazing deals on the Mac mini, the budget iPad, excellent SSDs from Samsung and Beats Studio Buds+.
Enjoy your weekend!
— Lewis Wallace, managing editor
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