Labor Day is just around the corner and with it come much-anticipated Labor Day sales. Over the holiday, you’ll have the opportunity to collect some of the best tech at amazingly discounted prices. Even better, in the run-up to Labor Day, retailers are offering some equally tempting discounts on the best gear. At Target, you’ll find deals on tech like Powerbeats true wireless earphones, Canon printers, Roombas, Vizio flatscreen TVs, and more. These are some of the best discounts we see all year, so don’t let them pass you by.
However, if for any reason you miss these deals, there are always Target Black Friday deals to look forward to.
This is an awesome bare-bones printer if printing photos and documents are all you need. Unlike more expensive versions, this Canon printer doesn’t scan or copy. Instead, it’s appeal is in its ultra-compact size, wireless capabilities, and reliability. It’s only 5.9 inches 12.5 inches by 15.9 inches and weighs less than 14 pounds. It can print black and white pages at 13 pages per minute, and nearly seven pages per minute with color, which is super fast. Canon has set it up to print excellent square photos as well. Best of all, because of its wireless setup, it’s all set to print from your phone, tablet or other mobile device.
The Powerbeats Pro ere some of the best true wireless in-ear earphones you can buy. Apple-owned Beats redesigned these with an improved ear hook to not only make them look cooler but to ensure they stay on your head and give a much better fit. There’s of course strong, balanced sound with technologically advanced dynamic range and noise isolation. Also, there’s a rock-steady Bluetooth connection base, water resistance, and better call handling. The icing on the cake is nine hours of battery life, backed up by Fast Fuel, where a five-minute charge provides 1.5 hours of playback. What else do you want?
Have vacuuming? So do we. Thankfully, a smart robot vacuum like the iRobot from Roomba can remove us from the equation. Roomba learns your habits for cleaning and then provides you with custom schedules to make your life easier. This vacuum is built with an edge-sweeping brush to get into hard to reach places, has dirt-detection technology to find what needs to be vacuumed, and can cut down on dust and pollen particles during allergy season. Best of all, it’s Google Assistant and Alexa compatible, so you don’t even have to lift a finger when it’s time to clean.
Whoever thought we’d see the day when you could get a 65-inch 4K TV for under $500? This one by Vizio has some amazing features for that price. It has a 3,840 x 2,160 resolution for lifelike motion pictures, backed up by HDR 10 and industry-leading Dolby Vision HDR compatibility. All this means the most precise, bright, beautiful images you’ll ever want. For the sake of convenience, it uses the Vizio SmartCast platform, which already has Google Assistant and Alexa pre-installed. It also supports HomeKit and Siri, so you’re covered in terms of hands-free. On top of this, there are apps like Netflix and Hulu already built in — and then there are three HDMI ports and a USB to support your consoles and any other tech you’d like to attach. Transform your home theater with the 65-inch Vizio V-Series 4K TV for only $470.
We love the IdeaPad as an everyday PC laptop — it kicks butt. It’s sleek and light and up to date with current laptop specs. Its engine is a Ryzen 7-4700U Octa-core processor which is boosted by 16GB of RAM to deliver plenty of power for multitasking, easy gaming, and streaming. Also, in terms of storage, there’s a plenty-big 512GB solid-state drive. This has more oomph than you’ll need for everyday tasks for work or entertainment, and Lenovo is renowned for its reliability. On top of all this, there’s a Radeon graphics card, which can handle more than a little light gaming if that’s how you’d like to make use of the big, beautiful, 15.6-inch screen, with its 1,920 x 1,080 Full HD Resolution. No matter how you look at it, this laptop looks good.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.