iPhone SE quietly gets a larger capacity 128GB variant

The iPhone SE is one of the best options for a small, capable, and powerful 4-inch device. Apple has now made the smallest iPhone bigger, at least in terms of capacity. Along with the slew of Spring updates today, including iPad, (PRODUCT) RED iPhones and Apple Watch straps, the iPhone SE is getting a larger capacity version.

iPhone SE is now available in either 32GB or 128GB variants (CAD $579 for 32GB, $709 for 128GB). The 64GB variant has been retired and the specs remain the same.

Apple Watch getting Spring bands, Nike Sport Bands now available separately

It's Spring, so Apple has lavished the Apple Watch line with a new collection of bands and has also made available the Nike Sport bands which were previously only available for the Nike+ variant of the Apple Watch. While the Nike bands, which are sure to be popular as a more breathable version of the flourolastormer band. What you don't get are the Nike-specific watchfaces, app and shortcuts

There are new colors and variations of the Striped Woven Nylon, Nike Sport and Apple Watch Hermès Bands. Among the new bands are 3 new colors for the Sport band, 6 new colors for the Woven Nylon band, and 3 new options for the Classic Buckle which also now sports a new buckle design. Below is the listing of new bands.

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iPhone 7 and 7 Plus coming in (PRODUCT) RED versions on March 24

Apple's just lauched the first iPhone's that feature exclusive (PRODUCT) RED colour variant. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available on March 24 in aluminum red colours. The new iPhone variants have been released to commemorate Apple's involvement in the (PRODUCT) RED non-profit which has raised AIDS awareness. Since it was founded in 2006, (RED) has generated more than $465 million for the Global Fund, with more than $130 million from Apple alone.

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO says that “the introduction of this special edition iPhone in a gorgeous red finish is our biggest (PRODUCT)RED offering to date in celebration of our partnership with (RED), and we can’t wait to get it into customers’ hands.”

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You can now save Instagram live videos

When being able to save live streams was first omitted from the service, Instagram’s product head Kevin Weil says this was to take away pressure from users to live stream since it won’t be kept permanently. Now, it seems Instagram is backtracking and is following in the footsteps of Facebook’s own Live feature and Twitter’s Periscope. Users can now save their live videos. You just need to tap on Save in the upper right corner of the window to save the video. It won’t save anything interaction you’ve had while you were live, though. When your done saving it’ll be saved in your gallery or camera roll but won’t be in the app anymore. The update is coming to version 10.12 of the app on iOS and Android.

Source: The Verge