Apple extends discounts on adapters till March 31, 2017 See Details Here!

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Apple has extended the price discount on nearly all USB-C cables and adaptors in its store, pushing the sale's closing date with three months, from December 31st to March 31st. The discounts was announced at the beginning of November 2016, shortly after the introduction of the MacBook Pro and amidst complains from buyers on the computer's lack of commonly used ports.

 Because it only has USB-C ports, new cables or adaptors are needed to connect almost anything a user already owns. The major cause of the issues was the added costs to the computer and also requiring more devices to be carried around.

The date for these discounts has been extented to March 31, 2017 and will also apply to the LG Ultra-Fine 5K and 4K monitors that were announced with the new MacBooks and were also discounted along with the adapters. Apple has not yet announced any change to the discounted prices, according to Uncova.

Although temporarily cutting off the price on USB-C cables did not resolve the problem created by the MacBook Pro's questionable port situation, it helped to address it for existing owners. Apple's cables are some of the best available to users and with these price cuts, they are available at what can be described as reasonable prices, according to Theverge.

The price breakdown are: USB-C to traditional USB adapter from $19 to $9, USB-C to Lightning cable (1 meter) from $25 to $19, Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter from $49 to $29, Multiport adapter with HDMI, USB, and USB-C from $69 to $49, USB-C to Lightning cable (2 meters) from $35 to $29 and Multi-port adapter with VGA, USB, and USB-C from $69 to $49.

All third-party USB-C peripherals sold by Apple will receive around a 25 percent discount. The discount does not extend to Apple's USB-C charging cables. In addition to extending the cable discount, Apple is beginning to ship LG's UltraFine 5K Display and also extending a sale on it, from $1,299 to $974, open until March 31st.

The discussions about the MacBook Pro's port situation died down since November, but another issue concerning the computer's short battery life has popped.  The counter was inconsistent on the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, though it has always seemed to work just fine on other MacBooks.

 Apple recently removed the "time remaining" estimate from all MacBooks in other to secretly resolve the issue. However, it did not change the actual battery life, or the fact that buyers continue to experience frustrations with the new Pro.