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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Mobile Industry Awards 2026!

The MIAs represent the gold standard of excellence in the industry - from the boardroom to the grassroots, the entrants represent the best and brightest the UK mobile industry has to offer.

The Mobile Industry Awards 2026 will take place on 17th September 2026 at the stunning Royal Lancaster London - the perfect setting for a night of fine dining, networking and industry celebration.

The MIA 2026 nominees are....

Best Mobile Service & Solution Provider

• ege
• Plan.com
• Salt Communications

Best Mobile/Gadget Insurance Service

• Asurion
• Barclays Tech Pack - powered by Likewize
• EE Gadget Cover
• insurance2go

Best Wholesale Service & Solution Provider sponsored by Business Mobiles

• eSIM Go
• VodafoneThree Wholesale

Best Customer Service (Business)

• Active Digital
• ege
• Pure Communication Group

Best Customer Service (Consumer)

• Envirofone
• Lebara Mobile
• Mazuma Mobile
• Saily
• Sky Mobile
• Talkmobile
• Tesco Mobile
• The iOutlet
• VodafoneThree

Best Place to Work (under 1,000 employees) NEW FOR 2026

• Bamboo Connect
• BusinessMobile.com
• Mova
• Pure Communication Group
• Saily
• The Big Phone Store

Best Place to Work (over 1,000 employees)

• EE Retail
• Tesco Mobile

CSR Initiative of the Year

• Active Digital – Closing the Gap on the Digital Divide
• Safer SIMs from EE
• Samsung Solve for Tomorrow
• Tesco Mobile’s Online Safety and Technology Grants
• VodafoneThree - everyone.connected: Closing the UK Digital Divide

Marketing Campaign of the Year

• GK Telecom Nationwide Omnichannel Customer Acquisition Campaign
• Lebara Mobile - The Smarter Choice
• Motorola - Brilliant Collection Launch

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

• Envirofone x ZSL London Zoo: Trade In, Give Back, Protect the Gorillas
• Likewize Circular Device Lifecycle Services
• The Big Phone Store
• The Fairphone (Gen. 6): The one that lasts

Sales Team of the Year (new for 2026)

• Belkin UK Sales Team
• Pure Communication Group
• VodafoneThree Indirect Sales Team Excellence

Team of the Year

• Samsung Mobile Experience (MX) UK & Ireland - Marketing, Omnichannel, Sales and Product team
• Tesco Mobile People team
• Virgin Media O2 CTO team
• VodafoneThree Discovery Team

Accessory Manufacturer of the Year

• Belkin International
• Motorola

Smartphone Manufacturer of the Year

• Apple
• Google
• Motorola
• Samsung
• TCL

Best eSIM Provider

• ByteSIM
• eROAMING eSIM
• EE Instant Connect
• Saily
• SureSIM

Best MVNO sponsored by GK Telecom Ltd

• iD Mobile
• Lebara Mobile
• plan.com
• Sky Mobile
• SMARTY Mobile

Best Network for Business

• BT + EE Business
• Vodafone Business UK

Best Network for Consumers

• Sky Mobile
• VodafoneThree

Best SIM Only Network

• iD Mobile
• Lebara Mobile
• Spusu Mobile

Innovation of the Year (Product or Service)

• Bamboo Connect: Optima and Device Intelligence Platform
• Freshwave 5G on Omni
• musicMagpie - 'Take it to Timpson' Trade-in Service
• Samsung – Galaxy S26 Series Privacy Display
• SIMPL’s Compass Platform
• SureSIM Travel ProtectO2 Satellite
• Vodafone Business - the UK's first commercial 5G network slicing service

Best Recycling and Refurbishing Service

• Likewize
• Mazuma Mobile
• musicMagpie
• Samsung in partnership with MTR
• The Big Phone Store
• The iOutlet
• VodafoneThree

Best Repair Service

• Likewize We Come To You Repair
• The Big Phone Store
• The iLab
• VodafoneThree Fix&Go

Distributor of the Year

• ege
• GK Telecom

Retailer of the Year (High Street and Online)

• EE
• musicMagpie
• The Big Phone Store
• The iOutlet
• VodafoneThree

For all awards updates visit our site www.mobileindustryawards.com - we look forward to seeing you on September 17 2026!

If you have any questions or queries about how to attend or enter, get in touch at kate.smith@futurenet.com

Mass deportations would be felt across hospitals and emergency rooms, which already face persistent staffing shortfalls. The long-term healthcare sector will suffer the greatest disruptions, experts say.

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The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services in schools, but it hasn't made the latest information public.

The Vatican responded Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicating its bishops and priests.

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With alert volumes running into the hundreds of thousands, security teams have built habits around what to ignore. And attackers have learned to exploit them.

For years, security operations centers (SOCs) have dealt with sorting through the noise of security alerts by prioritizing vulnerabilities based on severity level.

As the enterprise technology stack became more complex with a growing number of endpoints, cloud infrastructure, and multiple identity systems, it became impractical, if not impossible, for SOCs to address every single alert that got flagged.

As a result, most teams have adopted an approach where they focus their efforts on mitigating the medium- and high-severity alerts and dismissing or deprioritizing those flagged as lower risk.

However, just because a threat is deemed “low risk” doesn’t mean it’s “no risk.” Recent large-scale analysis of enterprise security alerts found that around 1% of all incidents can be traced back to alerts initially categorized as low severity.

For an average enterprise with 450,000 alerts per year, this translates to approximately one real threat slipping by each week. Although the percentage sounds small, it does represent a number of real threats that are being dismissed instead of being addressed by security teams.

These findings challenge the current best practice of prioritizing alerts based on severity level. They raise a critical question for today’s security teams: how can they realistically consider low-severity alerts while managing the high volume of alerts they’re receiving every day?

Real Threats Are Hiding in the Noise

Companies get hundreds of thousands of security alerts every year, and that number can rise to over a million for the largest enterprises. At this scale, security teams might be dealing with thousands of alerts every single day, so it’s no surprise that several recent studies have found that over half of alerts are never even reviewed.

Given this volume, triaging alerts by severity has been a necessity to sort through the noise. Instead, SOCs focus their efforts on the threats that appear most impactful and urgent. This makes sense, of course, as it would be unwise (and potentially dangerous) to ignore a critical alert in favor of a low-risk anomaly that likely will never amount to anything.

However, when these low-severity alerts are ignored, they create the opportunity for real threats to persist undetected.

Attackers Favor Stealth

Threat actors would prefer to sneak in and remain hidden, quietly carrying out their attacks for as long as possible. Instead of launching high-impact attacks that would immediately raise alarm bells, they gain access and try to remain undetected so that they can move laterally throughout a network, escalating privileges and extracting data over time without raising suspicion.

Severity classifications don’t always reflect this reality. Alerts are typically categorized based on a number of factors, including how critical an affected system is, the impact if that system were to go down, known threat actor activity, and how confident the security system is that malicious activity is taking place.

For example, detection of mass file encryption might be categorized as a high-severity alert because it indicates ransomware execution, whereas a suspicious PowerShell command might be low severity because it could just as easily be legitimate activity from an admin. Yet in practice, that PowerShell command could be from an attacker downloading payloads, establishing persistence, or running recon within the environment.

In many cases, major security incidents are the result of a string of multiple low-severity actions that don’t appear malicious individually. This allows the attacker to continue conducting their activities for weeks or even months without being noticed.

Rethinking Alert Triage in the SOC

The challenge for modern SOCs is not only to work faster but to work with more complete information. Treating alerts as isolated events, each evaluated on its own merits and severity score, is a structural limitation that threat actors have learned to exploit.

Low-severity alerts rarely tell a complete story on their own. A login anomaly, a suspicious script execution, a privilege change, each one individually may be inconclusive or entirely benign. But when those signals appear across the same user, system, or time window, they describe something far more concerning. The ability to surface that pattern depends on whether the investigation goes looking for it.

This requires two shifts in how security teams operate. The first is contextual. Alerts need to be analyzed against what else is happening in the environment, not just against the criteria that triggered the original detection. The second is coverage. Teams cannot build a complete behavioral picture if a large portion of signals never get examined at all. When low-severity alerts are systematically skipped, the picture has gaps, and those gaps are where attackers persist.

The practical implication is that alert triage can no longer rely solely on human capacity to determine what gets investigated. The volume problem is real, and severity-based prioritization exists for good reason. But the teams best positioned to catch early-stage threats are those that have found ways to extend consistent investigative coverage across the full alert stream, not just the top tier, and correlate what they find into a coherent view of attacker behavior over time.

The question is no longer whether low-severity alerts deserve attention. The data shows they do. The question is how to build an operation that can actually give it to them.

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Employers added 57,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department said on Friday, as jobs growth slowed from the previous two months, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%.

A string of high-profile victories by democratic socialists is posing a challenge for Democrats as they look ahead to midterms and seek a path back to the majority in Congress.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Brad Lander, Democratic nominee for New York's 10th Congressional District, about the rise of democratic socialists in the Democratic Party.

Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital overnight into Thursday, with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, killing several people.

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Hostinger is a pretty well-known name in the web hosting industry, and it has ventured into the no-code space. Hostinger’s no-code platform, Horizons, taps into the demand for web app builders, and uses AI extensively to allow anyone to spin up web apps without writing a single line of code.

In this review, we’ll examine its features, interface, ease of use, target use cases, and how it stands against competitors in the booming no-code space. We’ll also run a test prompt to create a straightforward web app, and judge its performance by how the app responds, as well as the time taken to generate it.

You can also take a look at our run-down of the best no-code platforms.

Hostinger Horizons: Features

Horizons operates through a simple AI chat interface. You just describe your app idea using natural language, and the platform’s AI will translate it into a working web app. Very helpfully, Horizons supports over 80 languages, which allows non-English users to build apps using the platform’s AI.

In addition to written prompts, you can converse with the platform using voice prompts, helping make Horizons more accessible. You can also upload user interface sketches and designs to the AI to ensure it understands your requirements.

Like most platforms, Hostinger allows you to publish your apps on a custom domain as well. In fact, Horizons also takes advantage of Hostinger’s infrastructure to offer web hosting, domain services, professional email, and other tools. This helps Horizons pitch itself as an all-in-one solution, which you don’t get with most other no-code platforms.

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While credits are required for AI generation, standard questions about the project you’re building are not charged. You can also edit text and images in the project without using AI credits, and if no-code is just something you’re using to save time but you have development skills, you can switch to the code and make manual revisions and tweaks in the visual editor.

Web apps created with Hostinger Horizons are responsive and mobile-friendly, which means they’ll work and look good on desktops, as well as on smartphones. That said, remember that web apps created with the platform can’t be published as native mobile apps on the Google Play Store, or the Apple App Store.

Hostinger Horizons: Interface and ease of use

Horizons has a straightforward interface, with an AI text box in the middle of the screen. Simply enter your prompt, or select from one of the listed example prompts.

It will analyze the prompt, break it down into tasks and tell you how it plans to approach the build before it spins it up. When it’s done, it will also show you a preview of what it will build. You can then make modifications, or just ask it to build the app as per the preview.

Horizons will helpfully suggest ideas to help extend the app. For instance, when I asked it to create an ecommerce web app, it suggested I improve it by connecting it to a database for real product data storage, add a shopping cart, and checkout functionality, implement user authentication, and more.

And you can roll out these features simply by asking the AI.

Whenever you use the AI to add new functionality, Horizons will also tell you how to test it. Some processes like adding social logins require some running around, but the platform does its best to guide you through the process with clear step-by-step instructions.

Hostinger Horizons: Integration and Extensibility

Horizons builds web apps in Node.js, and creates the necessary HTML, CSS, and JSS files.

You can use Horizons to fuse your app with third-party tools, for things like emails, payments, and user authentication. These integrations require varying levels of configuration beyond the Horizons tool itself, but these external features have improved considerably since the platform launched, and where necessary, Horizons does its best to lay out the steps for you.

Hostinger Horizons initially offered Supabase cloud-based database support, but this is no longer required. Instead, the platform stores data in the Horizons integrated backend.

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You can also add a payment gateway, for instance, with Stripe or Razorpay. PayPal isn’t currently supported, but Horizons says you’ll be able to integrate any backend services to your app built on the platform, as long as the service has an API, and you provide the integration information Horizons asks for. For example, you can integrate authentication via Google OAuth.

That said, adding certain backend functionality might be easier than others, for the time being, as the platform is still under active development.

Hostinger Horizons: Deployment and maintenance

After your prompt is entered and the web app is ready, you need to deploy it to make it live. As with other no-code platforms, Horizons will publish the app with a random URL. By default, this will be to a Hostinger subdomain.

But, as usual, you can publish the app to your own custom domain as well. Also, you can unpublish your web app, and come back to it to tune it further, and republish it.

If you’d like to look at the code for your web app, you can use the Export function on the platform to download it. This will roll all the HTML, CSS, and other files into a zip file ready to download to your computer.

You can also ask the Horizons AI to help you add your web app to your existing website. It’ll recommend adding the app as an embedded component, but will also offer the option to include the app as an iFrame. As usual, it’ll generate the necessary code for both approaches, along with instructions on how to go about both procedures.

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Horizons also has a version control system, and you can undo a change, or revert to a previous version with a single click. Just like with Lovable, you can use the Horizons AI to help fix any errors.

However, Horizons can’t export your code to code sharing websites like GitHub, which is something you can do with alternatives such as Lovable. Also, while you can edit the code offline, there is no way to import it back to Horizons, and continue refining it with its AI.

If it encounters an error while building the app, the platform will usually give you the Ask to fix button. When pressed, the platform will analyze the error, and try to mend it on its own. You can also copy or describe the error to the AI, and ask it to help you solve it.

Hostinger Horizons: Creating a Crypto Price Comparison App

To understand how Hostinger Horizons can efficiently create a web app with no coding required, I’ve created a specific test prompt.

Using a single prompt that has also been tested on other no-code platforms, I requested the creation of a cryptocurrency price comparison tool. The aim of this is to display the current price of popular cryptocurrencies in USD, GBP, and EUR, when a specific budget is entered, pulling the data from a free API service. A default figure of $1000 should be displayed, and the tool should have a dark mode toggle and a refresh button.

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The prompt is as follows:

Build a tool that compares the price of a specific asset (like Bitcoin) against multiple fiat currencies simultaneously.

Functional requirements

API Integration: Connect to a free API (like CoinGecko or ExchangeRate-API).

Input Handling: A field where the user enters a "Budget" (e.g., $1,000$).

Dynamic Calculation: A list or table that automatically updates to show how much of the asset that budget buys in USD, EUR, and GBP.

Toggle Switch: A "Dark Mode" or "Refresh" toggle to test UI state management.

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Running this in Hostinger Horizons demonstrated a few interesting points. First, the process was pretty quick, and generated within 5 minutes. However, the initial attempt crashed, so I retried and this completed within around 10 seconds (presumably just re-running the code, rather than regenerating). Testing the web app, I found it responded well, and delivered the correct information.

Using a task management tool (top on Ubuntu), I kept an eye on the process for my browser (Firefox) and saw that following the running of the prompt, the Resident memory (“res”) used by the process increased by around 300MB. This is within acceptable limits, and does not indicate that the AI used local processing – rather, that the code of the web app is being displayed (local processing would typically show an increase of 2GB or more).

The generated web app can be edited by clicking into the fields. Where a dotted border is applied, the field can be edited, with changes made and confirmed with a click of the OK button. You won’t see the revisions “live” however – instead, the preview needs to be refreshed. If you’re happy with the changes, the web app should be republished to see the revised live page.

Finally, Hostinger Horizons’ integration with the Hostinger hosting platform means that deployment is easy. I simply clicked the Publish button, and selected a domain to point it to. Instant publishing to existing hosting with Horizons is a major advantage over rival no-code tools.

(Image credit: Hostinger Horizons)Hostinger Horizons: Pricing and documentation

Hostinger Horizons was rolled out to a limited audience in February 2025, before its general availability on March 4, 2025.

Since then, all existing users with a Hostinger hosting subscription can use Horizons for free with a limit of five messages/day. This is enough to develop an idea over the course of few days, but if you need more in-depth no-code development, you will need a separate Horizons subscription in addition to the hosting plan (for deployment).

To get started, the Explorer plan is just $9.99 a month and offers 30 AI prompts/month. Next up is the Starter plan at $19.99/month, which comes with 70 AI prompts/month. Then there’s the $55.99/month Hobbyist plan with 200 messages, and the $99.99/month Hustler plan with 400 messages.

The number of messages has been reduced in each plan since launch, but on the positive side Hostinger regularly discounts these plans. If you need more AI messages, top-ups are available. These range from $4.99 for 10 AI credits to $499 for 1000, and again, these are often discounted.

You can publish 50 web apps with all the paid plans, and they all also include one month of free hosting, unlimited bandwidth, and 50 mailboxes with 1GB of storage each.

In terms of documentation, Horizons has several official guides that’ll handhold you from building your first app, to integrating it with other services such as Google AdSense. Besides illustrated text tutorials, Hostinger also has a bunch of instructional videos on YouTube. You also get 24/7 customer support with all the paid plans.

Hostinger Horizons: The competition

Hostinger Horizons is the newest entrant in the no-code web app builder market, and faces stiff competition from several well-established platforms.

For starters, there’s Bubble. While Horizons uses AI to generate web apps based on natural language descriptions, Bubble requires users to manually design and configure their apps. Although Bubble has a steeper learning curve than Horizons, it provides more flexibility for building custom web applications.

Then there’s Adalo, which can build both web, and mobile apps. It has a drag-and-drop UI, as well as a plethora of pre-built components to help you put together your apps. While Adalo does offer some AI capabilities, its strength is its mobile app-building capabilities.

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Horizons closest competition is with Lovable. Both platforms make extensive use of AI to create, edit, and debug web apps. However, Horizons is still very new to the markets, and doesn’t yet offer all the features you get with Lovable, such as the two-way sync with a GitHub repo.

But in Hostinger Horizons’ favor, it offers an integration with hosting that none of the competitors can deliver. It also stands out against other hosting companies, where the aim of no-code is purely to create a website template for a familiar backend like WordPress. Hostinger already offers this as an option, but Horizons puts it on par with Bubble, Lovable, and others.

Hostinger Horizons: Final verdict

Horizons’ use of AI to cover all aspects of app development, from creation, to editing, makes the platform truly democratic for everyone, including those with no coding experience. Our testing found that Horizons was fast, completed the job fully remotely using Hostinger’s cloud AI servers, and produced a web app that perfectly delivered the desired crypto pricing tool.

The platform’s support for multilingual and audio prompts makes it a good option for non-English developers or those with accessibility needs. Also, unlike other platforms it takes advantage of Hostinger’s infrastructure to offer an all-in-one solution to create and deploy your web apps.

Even though Horizons is relatively new, we would definitely suggest all existing Hostinger users to take Horizons for a spin. The platform is evolving rapidly, but since it doesn’t offer a free tier, it might be a good idea to give it some time to refine itself before you jump in to sign up.

If you own one of the best Samsung phones, and have a habit of mislaying your wallet or keys, then the Samsung SmartTag 2 is exactly what you need. Samsung’s answer to the Apple AirTag, the dinky SmartTag 2 can be attached to, or inserted in, practically anything you can think of. If you lose said item, you can use your Samsung device to track it down.

And right now you can grab a 4-pack for the low price of just AU$71.06 at Amazon for a limited time. That’s just under AU$18 per tag, which is a surefire bargain.

If you're the proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy phone, then there are few more valuable accessories to add to your arsenal than the Galaxy SmartTag 2. Whether you’re always losing your keys, you travel often and don’t want your suitcase going missing, or are sick of losing your wallet, the SmartTag 2 will reunite you with them with no trouble. Make sure to apply the 5% coupon for the full saving.View Deal

The SmartTag 2 is incredibly simple to use. Just connect a tag to any object, register it with the SmartThings Find app and use Search Nearby to find your item. You can also make the Galaxy SmartTag 2 play a sound if it's near enough to find with its ringtone feature.

You can track the Galaxy SmartTag 2 so long as it stays attached and intact. And, don't worry, with a battery life of up to 700 days and IP67 rating for protection against dust and water, it will last long enough for you to find your items, even if they somehow find their way to the desert or the bottom of the pool.

If you're looking for an iOS compatible smart tag, try the Apple AirTag 2, which is also seeing a discount on the 4-pack at Amazon, now down to AU$132.82 thanks to a AU$6 saving at the checkout, but I’d wait to see if these drop in price further come Prime Day 2026 in Australia.

If you want a smart tag that works for multiple devices, including iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, and Google Pixel, try the much cheaper Life 360 Tile, which is now AU$55.95 for a 4-pack.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with "positive progress made," and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said.

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The large-scale attack with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones damaged buildings and civilian infrastructure across the city. Many residents took shelter at metro stations.

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Amazon Prime Day starts in Australia on July 7, 2026, and runs to July 13. But just like last year, there are already early Apple deals available.

So we’re already checking prices every day across AirPods, iPad, Apple Watch, iPhone, Apple accessories and MacBook, and we’ll keep updating this page as new deals appear or prices drop.

Of course, not every Apple discount is worth buying, especially if a deal only applies to one colour, one size or a product that has been cheaper before. So we’re focusing on the Apple deals that are genuinely good after comparing to Apple’s official pricing and what else is available at Amazon or elsewhere.

Want discounts on more than just Apple? Check out our full Prime Day deals page for the latest discounts across all brands.

Quick links to the best Apple deals on Amazon

These direct links are the fastest way to check the main Apple categories on Amazon before =delving into the individual deals below.

• Amazon Prime Day: shop the main Prime Day sale
• Apple at Amazon: browse everything Apple in one place
• AirPods deals: check the best AirPods prices
• iPad deals: shop iPad offers at Amazon
• Apple Watch deals: see the best Apple Watch prices
• iPhone deals: check current iPhone deals
• Apple accessories: browse AirTags, chargers, cables and more
• MacBook price checks: find MacBook restocks and price drops

Best early Amazon Prime Day Apple deals

These are our favourite early Amazon Prime Day Apple deals. We’ve split them by product type so you can easily compare deals on AirPods, iPad, Apple Watch, iPhone, accessories and MacBooks.

If you don't see any products in a particular category, check back later as we'll be working hard every day to find more deals.

On June 26, Apple raised prices in Australia across Macs, iPads, Apple TV 4K and HomePod.

Check out our price rise guide to find out more.

Best AirPods Prime Day deals

AirPods are usually one of the easier Apple products to find discounted at Amazon. The cheapest option here is the open-fit AirPods 4, while AirPods Pro are the better choice if you want noise cancelling, while AirPods Max are great for anyone who wants over-ear headphones.

The AirPods 4 are a tempting buy if you want Apple’s latest open-fit earbuds without stepping up to the ANC model. Our AirPods 4 review found they sounded good and offered a secure, comfortable fit despite the lack of in-ear tips.View Deal

They have been cheaper before, but this is still a solid discount on Apple's noise-cancelling buds. If you're upgrading from an older pair of AirPods 2 or 3, they are worth a look, though Pro 2 owners have less reason to jump. Check out our review for the full story, including the new heart-rate monitoring feature and improved ANC.View Deal

It's hard to find Apple's over-ear cans with much of a discount, so this is worth checking if you're keen on a new set of premium AirPods. The AirPods Max remain expensive, but our Apple AirPods Max review praised their excellent ANC and superb audio performance.View Deal

I saw a small discount on Apple's latest release of its over-ear cans during EOFY at another retailer, but this is definitely a better offer from Amazon with select colours dropping AU$200 in price via the same listing. So, what's different and are they worth the cash? Well, if you're an Apple fan, then yes, they are, but the only thing new here is the H2 chip that offers better noise cancellation, voice isolation, adaptive audio and improved head gestures. Yeah, the only thing different...View Deal

Best iPad Prime Day deals

iPad deals can be tricky because Amazon often only discounts specific storage sizes or colours, and the deals tend to change rapidly. Sadly iPads also just got hit by Apple's price rises, so the base cost has gone up.

We think the standard iPad is the best fit for casual use, though the iPad Air is worth the extra cost, whereas the iPad Pro is aimed at those who really need the better screen and higher performance.

If you don't see any iPad deals below, don't worry, we'll add more as soon as we can. In the meantime, there are some discounted iPad accessories worth checking out.

This is a tempting discount on the 11-inch iPad Air (base price was AU$999 yesterday) if you want a fast, lightweight tablet for streaming, study or work without stepping up to an iPad Pro. The M3 chip gives it plenty of headroom for multitasking and creative apps, and our iPad Air 11-inch (2025) review noted its excellent screen and impressive battery life.View Deal

Apple did just bump the base price up from AU$599 to AU$749, so this deal is much pricier than it was last month, but it's still the best discount currently available on Amazon. The A16 chip is a good fit for streaming, browsing, note-taking, video calls and light productivity, while our iPad A16 review found it zippy for everyday apps. It doesn’t support Apple Intelligence, but that’s unlikely to bother most casual tablet buyers.View Deal

Still definitely an investment, but this could be a powerful laptop replacement if you work on the go a lot. The M5 chip gives it plenty of performance headroom, and if you use your savings to pick up a keyboard folio, it becomes a far more portable package than a MacBook. If you're using it for work, it may also be worth checking whether it is eligible for your tax situation.View Deal

This is a decent buy if you’ve got a compatible iPad and want Apple’s best stylus for drawing, note-taking and document markup. The squeeze and barrel roll controls are the main upgrade over cheaper Apple Pencil options, while Find My support helps if you accidentally misplace it. Just check your iPad model first, because it’s only compatible with select iPad Pro, iPad Air and iPad mini models. Or grab the discounted standard Apple Pencil from Amazon. View Deal

Best Apple Watch Prime Day deals

Apple Watch deals are worth watching if you use an iPhone and want fitness tracking, notifications and health features without paying Apple’s normal price.

Case size, colour and band choice can change the price, so if comparing options under the one listing, double check the exact model selected before hitting buy.

This is a tempting price for iPhone users who want a full-featured Apple Watch without jumping to the Ultra. The always-on display, ECG app, sleep score and fitness tracking make it a useful everyday smartwatch, while the 42mm case is the more manageable size. Our Apple Watch Series 11 review praised the improved battery life, though Series 10 owners have less reason to upgrade.View Deal

Best iPhone Prime Day deals

iPhone deals are often harder to judge than AirPods or iPad deals because Amazon discounts often apply to one colour or storage size.

If you don't see any iPhone deals below, check back soon, as they can change day to day.

Best Apple accessories Prime Day deals

Apple accessories usually aren't the deals people are most excited about, but they are useful add-ons if the price is right. AirTags, chargers, cables and Mac desk gear are also the kinds of Apple products Amazon tends to discount more often than iPhones or MacBooks.

This discount matches the previous lowest on Amazon and makes the 2m MagSafe Charger a solid buy if your bedside table or desk needs more reach than the standard 1m cable gives you. It supports faster wireless charging up to 25W with compatible iPhones, but you’ll need a 30W USB-C power adapter to get that top speed.View Deal

This four-pack is a decent buy if you want to cover keys, bags, wallets and luggage in one go, especially in an iPhone household. Our AirTag 2 hands-on found the new model easier to find from farther away and clearly louder than the original. View Deal

Matching the lowest price we’ve seen on Amazon, the Magic Trackpad is a handy upgrade for a Mac desk if you prefer gestures to a mouse. The large glass surface, Multi-Touch gestures and Force Touch support make scrolling and precise control feel more comfortable.View Deal

This is a useful spare if you still have Lightning-based iPhones, iPads, AirPods or accessories around the house. The 2m length is the main reason to choose it over a basic replacement cable, giving you more reach from a desk, bedside table or couch.View Deal

Best MacBook Prime Day deals

MacBook deals are hard to find at Amazon right now. We’re still doing our best to rustle up any discounts because MacBooks are one of the Apple products we are all excited about during Prime Day. Especially after the recent Apple price hikes that bumped up the base cost by as much as 17%.

There's not much worth recommending yet but check back as we'll be adding more deals as soon as the prices drop.

All the MacBook Neos on Amazon are currently listed as temporarily out of stock, but you can still order one from Amazon at this price to lock it in, and then Amazon will ship it out once available. With stock disappearing quickly, this might be one of your best ways to score the old price, as long as you don't mind waiting for delivery. View Deal

The MacBook Air M5 launched recently, so most of this saving comes from Apple's price hikes, but that means it's still a useful discount on Apple's newest lightweight laptop. In comparison, it's currently AU$2,099 from Apple. Want to know more? Check out our MacBook Air M5 review.

Also consider the 1TB SSD model for AU$1,897 — now AU$2,549 from Apple. Or the 24GB RAM, 1TB Air, for AU$2,197 — now AU$2,849 from Apple. View Deal

This 16GB MacBook Pro currently has a great discount from Amazon compared to buying it for AU$3,199 from Apple. There's very limited stock though so it will likely sell out fast.View Deal

Amazon Prime Day Apple deals 2026: key informationWhen is Amazon Prime Day 2026 in Australia?

Amazon Prime Day in Australia starts at 12am AEST on Tuesday July 7 and ends at 11:59pm AEST on Monday July 13. Early deals can appear before the sale starts, especially on Amazon devices and selected tech, so we are checking Apple prices before the event as well as during it.

Does Amazon Prime Day have Apple deals?

Yes, but not every Apple category gets the same treatment. AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad and Apple accessories are usually easier to find on sale at Amazon. iPhone deals can happen too, though the lower price often applies to one colour or storage size. MacBook deals are more hit and miss, but we are always looking for more discounts.

Do I need Amazon Prime to get Apple Prime Day deals?

A lot of Prime Day deals are Prime-exclusive, so you will usually need an active Amazon Prime membership to get the lowest prices. There may also be public deals anyone can buy, but if a price is marked as a Prime Day deal, check the Prime requirement before you plan around it.

Are early Prime Day Apple deals worth buying?

Sometimes. If an early price matches or beats what we have seen before, it can be worth buying before the main sale starts. If the discount is small, or if you do not need the product right away, it may be better to check back once Prime Day begins on July 7.

Will MacBooks be discounted during Amazon Prime Day?

Possibly, but MacBook deals are hard to find on Amazon right now. We are still watching for Prime Day price drops and restocks, because MacBooks are one of the Apple categories people look for during big sales. For now, check Apple’s official price first and compare any Amazon offer carefully, especially after Apple’s recent Australian price rises.

Is Prime Day or Black Friday better for Apple deals?

Black Friday usually has more retailers competing at the same time, so it can be better for broader Apple price matching. Prime Day is more Amazon-focused, but it can still be a good time to buy AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad, accessories and the occasional iPhone. If a Prime Day price is only a small discount and you are not in a hurry, Black Friday is often the best time to buy.

How do we choose the Apple deals on this page?

We look at the current Amazon price, Apple’s official Australian price, previous prices where we can check them, product availability and whether the discount is actually any good. We also use our own reviews and buying guides to help judge deals. A product won’t make it onto our list just because Amazon slaps on a large discount percentage.

Amazon Prime Day Apple deals: shopping tips

Prime Day can be a good time to buy Apple gear, but it’s also often hard to navigate. Amazon can show large percentage discounts from old prices, and Apple products often get small price cuts that only apply to one colour, size or storage option. So we created some steps that can help you work out whether an Apple Prime Day deal is worth buying.

1. Check Apple’s official price first

Start with the current price on the Apple website. That gives you a clean comparison point before you look at Amazon’s claimed discount. It matters more than usual this year because Apple recently raised Australian prices on a number of products, including Macs and iPads.

2. Look at price history, not just the discount badge

It's easy to get pulled in by a big percentage saving, but the current price is what matters. For Amazon deals, camelcamelcamel.com can show whether today’s price is actually low or just lower than an old list price.

It is also worth searching OzBargain.com.au to see whether the same product has been cheaper before and how other shoppers rated past discounts. If the deal still looks good after those checks, you can buy with confidence.

3. Figure out what features you actually need

A discount on an iPad Pro or MacBook Pro can look tempting, but the best Prime Day deal is not always the product with the largest saving. If you mainly want a tablet for streaming, browsing, note-taking and video calls, a standard iPad or iPad Air may be the better-value buy.

The same logic applies across Apple’s range. If you're buying a laptop, think about whether you really need a MacBook Pro or whether a MacBook Air is the better choice. If you're buying a phone, decide whether camera quality, storage, battery life or price matters most before jumping on a deal just because it has a big discount.

4. Be flexible on colour, storage and case size

Apple deals at Amazon often apply to one specific version of a product. That might mean one AirPods model, one iPad storage size, one Apple Watch case size or one iPhone colour. Check the exact model before you buy, and make sure the cheaper version is actually the one you want.

5. Check whether the price needs Prime

Many Prime Day deals need an active Amazon Prime membership. Some early deals are available to everyone, but others only show the lowest price once you're signed in with Prime. Also check the delivery estimate, especially if the product is coming from overseas or has limited stock.

6. Don't assume MacBooks will be the best category

AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad and Apple accessories are usually easier to find discounted at Amazon. MacBook deals can happen, but they are hard to find right now, and some listings have long delivery dates or limited stock. If you see a MacBook discount, compare it with Apple’s current price and check whether the saving is enough to justify buying now.

Is there a particular Apple deal you're hoping to see during Amazon Prime Day? Tell us about it in the comments below.

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Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub: 30-second review

The Plugable USBC-10IN1E is a USB hub that, once plugged into your machine, usually a port-limited laptop, expands the port selection from one or two to 10.

In this test, I plugged the hub into several machines, including the Asus ProArt PZ14 - a tablet PC with only two USB-C ports that with the addition of the hub, turned a machine that required careful port rationing into a full desk setup with monitor output, Ethernet, keyboard, mouse, storage, and charging, and all connected through a single cable. The same result followed with the MacBook Air M3 and Pro M1 Max, for which the design matches perfectly.

The space-grey metal body of the hub gives it a clean aesthetic that matches Apple hardware, and at 109g and 216mm, it slips into any laptop bag neatly, although its length can be a little tricky to accommodate in a standard backpack pocket.

Connecting the hub to your chosen machine is easy enough with a single 17cm USB-C that enables you to tuck the hub neatly behind the machine. As I maxed out the ports during the test, I was also pleased to see that the port spacing along the hub's row of ports, which are all positioned along one side, enabled all ten connections to be used at the same time without the plugs blocking each other.

Through the test, the features that impressed me the most were the 2.5GbE Ethernet port that enabled fast wired network connections in the studio and office and the HDMI 2.1 output that enabled the hub to be used with my 4K monitors without reducing their potential resolution. For that alone, this is one of the best docking stations around.

The one surprise was that the SD card reader is only UHS-I rather than UHS-II, which features on the company's cheaper Plugable 9-in-1. If you’re a photographer offloading files from a Sony A7 IV, the reader works, but it is not the fastest option available; it’s still good if your laptop lacks port connectivity as standard.

Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub: Price and availability

• How much does it cost? From $74
• When is it out? Available now
• Where can you get it? Directly from Plugable or Amazon

The Plugable USBC-10IN1E is priced at $84 USD and is available directly from Plugable's website, as well as retailers including Amazon.com, Best Buy, and Staples.

However, outside the US, I'm not seeing much availability at all.

• Value: 4.5 / 5

(Image credit: Alastair Jennings)Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub: Specs

Connection: USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps), 17cm/0.56ft
Video: HDMI 2.1 (4K 144Hz)
Power delivery: USB-C PD 3.1 EPR, 140W input / 125W output to host
Ethernet: 2.5Gbps
USB-C data: 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, data only)
USB-A data: USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, BC 1.2 charging) + 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps)
SD card reader: SD UHS-I + microSD UHS-I
Dimensions: 216 × 34 × 15mm
Weight: 109g
OS support: Windows 10/11, macOS 11+, ChromeOS 100+

Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub: Design

When I put the USBC-10IN1E next to most of the USB hubs that I regularly use, the one notable feature aside from the huge array of ports is that it’s noticeably longer, at 216mm; it’s roughly the width of a 14-inch MacBook. This length is able to contain all those ports, an amount that is usually restricted to either a desktop machine or, more commonly, a powered USB dock.

Taking the hub from the box and the styling is instantly recognisable with Apple; the main casing is space-grey metal and gives the hub a premium feel as well as ensuring that it feels good and durable.

Connecting the hub to your chosen machine, Mac, PC or ChromeBook is made through the 17cm cable that’s an integral part of the accessory and and therefore non-removable. I like this design as it means the hub is all together and you won’t lose the cable or mix it with another in transport.

In use, that cable is also long enough to tuck behind either the Asus ProArt PZ14 or MacBook Air M3, keeping the sides of the workspace clear.

(Image credit: Alastair Jennings)

Port spacing along the hub is well thought through, with all ten connections: two USB-C, three USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, SD, microSD, and the PD pass-through, all arranged so they can be occupied without the next cable blocking them. This isn’t always the case with compact hubs.

Through the test with SSDs, a monitor, controller, and several other accessories connected to the hub, did run warm under the load, the build of the hub with the aluminium casing was able to dissipate the heat well.

If you regularly plug accessories into your laptop and want more ports, then the Pluggable is a great option, especially with the simple design, plug-and-play nature and the fast wired network potential.

• Design: 4 / 5

(Image credit: Alastair Jennings)Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub: Features

The Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub is a USB-C bus-powered hub with a 10Gbps bandwidth. This bandwidth is shared by the 10 ports, so each new accessory that’s plugged in takes a portion of that bandwidth, with the older USB-A 3.2 (Gen1) taking a small amount and the USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) having the potential to take all of it.

In reality, in use, it all balances out, and the range of ports opens up direct connections for a host of laptops that are notoriously limited on port space, often just offering a couple and one that is usually taken up by the power supply.

This hub offers a staggering 10, which includes an HDMI 2.1 port that supports up to 4K at 144Hz or 8K at 30Hz, though the available resolution and refresh rate depend on the host machine's video output capabilities. The ProArt PZ14 and MacBook Pro M1 Max were both tested at 4K 60Hz via the Lepow TriScreen Pro, which is the display's maximum resolution.

The HDMI 2.1 modes require DP 1.4 with DSC on Windows (12th Gen Intel and later) or macOS 26 with M1 Pro/Max, M3 or newer on Mac. If you need 4K 144Hz, checking that your host hardware meets this specification is a given.

One of the surprises for the hub is the inclusion of the 2.5GbE Ethernet port, which means that when connected to the UGREEN DXP4800 GT NAS during the test, the hub delivered approximately 150 MB/s over the network.

Pass-through charging at up to 125W output worked with the ProArt PZ14's 65W power supply plugged into the hub's PD port. The PZ14 charged normally throughout the test with the hub as the sole connection. The 140W EPR input requires a PD 3.1 EPR-compatible charger and cable to deliver the full 125W; with a standard 65W charger, the output is limited, but matched the laptop I had connected.

The two USB-C 10Gbps ports are data-only, which means that they can’t be used for video output. Video output is catered for by the HDMI.

A nice addition and quite common for a hub is the SD and microSD readers, although these are both UHS-I. When checking the website, I noted that the cheaper Plugable 9-in-1 ($49.95) includes a UHS-II SD reader, which, for photographers shooting on Sony A7 IV UHS-II cards, might be a better option despite the drop in ports.

As you’d expect from a hub of this type, there are no drivers needed on either Mac or PC, and during the test, the ProArt PZ14 (Windows 11 Home) and the MacBook Pro M1 Max (macOS) recognised all ports without issue.

(Image credit: Alastair Jennings)

• Features: 4.5 / 5

Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub: Performance

As the hub is bus-powered, essentially it draws power from the host machine through the USB-C cable that’s a permanent fixture, there’s no need for any type of external power supply. Therefore, getting started simply involves plugging in, and then the hub is instantly recognised and ready for use,

Once connected, all 10 ports share that single USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) connection, which means that if you use all ports at the same time, then the bandwidth is split between almost all, with two exceptions.

The HDMI output uses a separate DisplayPort Alt Mode channel, and its bandwidth is not limited by USB activity, so even if all other ports are in use, you won't see any effect on the visuals on screen.

The Ethernet port also uses a separate controller channel. But the rest, the five USB data ports, two SD card slots, and PD pass-through, all share the 10 Gbps USB pipeline.

In practice, this means high-speed transfers when you plug several drives, readers and accessories are less than that that headline 10Gbps, but in real terms this isn’t usually an issue. On the MacBook Air, for example, I found that plugging power and a CFExpress Type-B reader into the hub, and then the Crucial X10 into the machine, offered the best performance when it came to transfer rates, compared to having both plugged into the hub.

Checking out the difference in performance, I transferred files to both, then downloaded those files to the internal SSD of the MacBook Air M3. Individually, copy one then the other, the rates were Crucial X10 Read: 868MB/s Write: 792MB/s, and the Lexar 1800x read: 88MB/s and Write: 76MB/s. With both in use, the speed Crucial X10 Read: 782MB/s Write: 771MB/s, and the Lexar 1800x read: 87MB/s and Write: 60MB/s. The actual drop in speed with two storage devices was minimal, and throughout the test, I found that the 1GbE bandwidth was more than sufficient for most day-to-day tasks.

I also discovered that some SSDs, such as the Seagate Five Vault and the LaCie Rugged Pro5b, had too great a power draw from the USB-C 3.2 Gen2 ports to be used and needed to be plugged directly into the machine. It’s also worth noting that even with a power supply connected to the pass-through port, this still did not enable these higher-demand drives to be directly attached.

The best approach is, of course, downloading one device at a time rather than running multiple transfers together, as this avoids that bandwidth bottleneck.

Having recently upgraded my network to 10Gbe, it’s great to see a hub like this use 2.5GbE Ethernet rather than the more standard 1GbE. This means that I can connect directly from the hub into my switch and then to the Ugreen DXP4800 GT.

This connection managed 150 MB/s, which was fast enough for some light network editing, although doing so does warm up the hub more than the other connection types when in use. Still, that heat is well handled and warm rather than hot.

The HDMI output worked as expected and enabled me to connect the hub directly into a Lepow TriScreen Pro monitor, with the visuals seeming stable through the test.

What did stand out was the cross-platform capability of the hub as it seemed to work identically on the MacBook Air M3 Max and the Asus ProArt PZ14.

• Performance: 4 / 5

(Image credit: Alastair Jennings)Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub: Final verdict

(Image credit: Alastair Jennings)

The Plugable USBC-10IN1E is a neat hub that enables port expansion for today's slimline laptops and just adds a convenient and easy way to connect multiple devices and accessories to those machines. The single body design and fixed cable make it easy to pop into a kit bag and take with you, or leave connected to your workstation, and the design is durable in the first instance and aesthetic in the other to be suited to both uses.

It can’t be stated enough how much more convenient it is to have a single cable that connects to the keyboard, mouse, monitor, Ethernet, charging, and storage to your machine, and the fact that it can be moved between the ProArt PZ14 and MacBook Pro M1 Max by unplugging and replugging a single connector just makes working across multiple machines that much easier.

The 2.5GbE Ethernet is a great feature for creative professionals, and if you look for a dedicated 2.5GbE adapter, then the price for a decent option and then for this isn’t too different. Then there's the HDMI 2.1 support for 4K 144Hz displays, which is again a step up from most other hubs of this type.

The UHS-I SD card reader is disappointing, especially as you’re paying more for the premium model, and it features a slower card reader than the cheaper version. Plugable also prove some great software additions for their range of Docks, and it would have been great to see an option that worked with the hub, primarily a one-click ejects all option for Mac users.

For the price, the USBC-10IN1E is a great value if you’re someone who regularly switches between machines or needs to expand a two-port laptop into a full desk setup. While it does have limitations compared with a powered dock, through the test, it proved to be one of the best single-cable hubs I’ve tested.

Should I buy the Plugable 10-in-1 USB-C Hub?

Value

For $84, with 2.5GbE Ethernet, HDMI 2.1 and 125W pass-through, this offers exceptional value

4.5

Design

The space-grey metal build, decent port spacing, and 17cm cable make it a great option in the office or out.

4

Features

The 2.5GbE and HDMI 2.1 are surprising additions at this price; it’s just a shame that the SD slots are UHS-I rather than UHS-II.

4.5

Performance

The hub is able to balance the bandwidth well, and through the test, even when downloading from multiple devices, there was only a marginal drop in speed.

4

Overall

This is the best-spec’d bus-powered USB-C hub I have seen at this price and all at a great price for the volume of ports.

4.5

Buy it if...

You want a single-cable desktop hub.

The ASUS ProArt PZ14 has two USB-C ports. One cable into this hub provides a monitor, Ethernet, keyboard, mouse, storage, charging, and card readers.

You run a 2.5GbE NAS or network.

The 2.5GbE Ethernet specification is one that no other bus-powered hub at this price matches. For photographers and videographers working from a high-speed NAS, the step from 1GbE to 2.5GbE makes a huge difference.

Don't buy it if...

Fast SD card downloads

The UHS-I SD reader is slow compared with UHS-II, so if you use an SD card on a regular basis, you may want to look for an alternative, such as the cheaper Plugable 9-in-1 (approx. $50).

You use high-performance portable SSDs

All USB data ports share a single 10Gbps connection, so firstly, the bandwidth is split between each connected device. There are also limits on the power that can be drawn through the hub, so the likes of the LaCie Rugged Pro5’s power demands are too great for use with this hub.