Available Today — Apple’s New iPhone SE and iPad Pro

Before dropping those hundo’s on new tech, educate yourself.

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Last week the tech giant from Cupertino announced two new products: the iPhone SE and the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Both are smaller than their predecessors, the iPhone 6s and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, respectively; both were made available for preorder last Thursday, on March 24; and (finally) today, March 31, the pair officially go on sale for all. For the techie who’s always ahead of the curve, you’ve undoubtedly done your research. But for everybody else, here’s what you need to know before dropping a couple hundo’s on a new smartphone or lightweight tablet.

All You Need to Know About the iPhone SE

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Apple’s smaller, yet no less powerful, iPhone — the SE — goes on sale today. It features a 4-inch screen and all the power of the iPhone 6s.

The Apple iPad Pro Just Got Smaller

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The newest member of Apple’s iPad Pro family has a 9.7-inch display and Tim Cook is calling it “the ultimate PC replacement.”

That’s right. Before the de rigueur of aluminum and glass, white cables and Genius Bars, there was an Apple shrouded in plastic and beige, “snow white” and shareware. And like the new iPhone, it was also named “SE.”