Deals: Shop Discounts on Sonos, PhoneSoap Sanitizers, and Magic Keyboard for 12.9-Inch iPad Pro ($50 Off, New Low Price)

[MacRumors]

There are a few discounts going on today that could make for some solid presents over the holidays, including savings on smartphone sanitizers at Woot, Sonos speakers at Amazon, and the Magic Keyboard for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro at Amazon.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

PhoneSoap Sanitizers

Woot has a trio of smartphone sanitizers on sale today for as much as 50 percent off their original prices. The cheapest is the PhoneSoap 3 UV Smartphone Sanitizer for $39.99, down from $79.95.

PhoneSoap Sanitizers at Woot (UP TO 50% OFF)​

Additionally, Woot has the PhoneSoap Pro UV Smartphone Sanitizer for $79.99, down from $119.95. The last option is the HomeSoap UV Sanitizer at $129.99, down from $199.99. This one has room enough to sanitize an iPad Pro, kid's toys, Nintendo Switch, and more.

Sonos Speakers

Over on Amazon, you can save up to 22 percent on both the Sonos One SL and the Sonos One (Gen 2). This means you can get the Sonos One SL in either Black or White for $139.00, down from $179.00.

Sonos Speakers at Amazon (UP TO 22% OFF)​

The Sonos One (Gen 2) is on sale for $159.00, down from $199.00, and it's also available in both Black and White. These deals are also available directly from Sonos.

Magic Keyboard

Also at Amazon, today you can get Apple's Magic Keyboard for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro for $299.99, down from $349.00. You'll see this price reflected after an automatic $29.01 discount is applied at the checkout screen. With Amazon's sale, this is now the lowest price we've ever tracked for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Magic Keyboard.

12.9-inch Magic Keyboard at Amazon ($50 OFF)​

This accessory features a trackpad, USB-C port for charging, a backlit keyboard, and a floating cantilever design. When closed, the Magic Keyboard also serves as a layer of protection for the iPad Pro. Only the 12.9-inch version is on sale on Amazon at this time.

Our full Deals Roundup has more information on the latest Apple-related sales and bargains.

Article Link: Deals: Shop Discounts on Sonos, PhoneSoap Sanitizers, and Magic Keyboard for 12.9-Inch iPad Pro ($50 Off, New Low Price)

 

[fbara]

I've read so many phone sanitizer pro and con stories that I don't know what's correct.

In general, I think sanitizing a phone is a great idea. The problem is I just don't know the best way to do it. I'd love for it to be as simple as 'put the phone in here, press the button, wait....done'. If that's true and it really does kill 99.9% of the bacteria, then I'd buy one.

 

[SirAnthonyHopkins]

Is there a reason a phone sanitiser is preferable to just cleaning your phone?

 

[roland.g]

I feel like the phone sanitizer is the emperor’s new clothes.

 

[Mousse]

One trick ponies have no place in my house.

There are plenty of UV sanitizers that you can use to sanitize you phone as well. The wimpy UV light in these tiny machines are pretty worthless and the high powered ones used in hospital are dangerous in less competent hands.

Just my 2 pennies, but I'd steer clear of any phone sanitizers.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Nice deal on the 12.9 IPPMK.

It's getting harder and harder to resist temptation to pull the trigger on one of these 12.9 IPPs.

 

[Jefe's MacAir]

$.79 for a bottle of 90% alcohol and a paper towel. When available. 🤓

 

[fbara]

$.79 for a bottle of 90% alcohol and a paper towel. When available. 🤓

Apple recommends using a 70% alcohol solution but they don't say anything above 70% will harm the product coating or screen. Yes, that's definately cheaper but relying on me to kill 99.9% of the bacteria, like this product does, is difficult.

 

[gaximus]

I've read so many phone sanitizer pro and con stories that I don't know what's correct.

In general, I think sanitizing a phone is a great idea. The problem is I just don't know the best way to do it. I'd love for it to be as simple as 'put the phone in here, press the button, wait....done'. If that's true and it really does kill 99.9% of the bacteria, then I'd buy one.

I'm have Type 1 Diabetes, so I always have alcohol swabs with me. Just a quick wipe down once a day and my phone phone stays relatively sanitary.

 

[fbara]

One trick ponies have no place in my house.

There are plenty of UV sanitizers that you can use to sanitize you phone as well. The wimpy UV light in these tiny machines are pretty worthless and the high powered ones used in hospital are dangerous in less competent hands.

Just my 2 pennies, but I'd steer clear of any phone sanitizers.

The uv light in this kills 99.99% of the bacteria and the uv light has been tested many times. It looks like it actually does what it's supposed to do.

As others have mentioned, I can get almost the same disinfecting using a towel and alcohol.

Can you please help me with what you mean by "dangerous in less competent hands"? I understand you don't know me or what I know or don't know, but I don't understand how this can be dangerous?

 

[mig0]

Can you please help me with what you mean by "dangerous in less competent hands"? I understand you don't know me or what I know or don't know, but I don't understand how this can be dangerous?

I would imagine if people did things to the case like open it while the UV light is on, you can cause blindness depending on the UV frequencies, but that seems to be a bit overblown, I've got a philips soniccare device with a UV element that disinfects toothbrush heads and have never heard of any kind of recall or widespread issue like that. This disinfecting may not be necessary but I'm not sure it's quite that dangerous.

 

[Scoob Redux]

I've read so many phone sanitizer pro and con stories that I don't know what's correct.

In general, I think sanitizing a phone is a great idea. The problem is I just don't know the best way to do it. I'd love for it to be as simple as 'put the phone in here, press the button, wait....done'. If that's true and it really does kill 99.9% of the bacteria, then I'd buy one.

Air and time kill 100% of the bacteria/viruses. Anything living on your phone 3 days ago is dead now.

 

[cmcbhi]

Unless you place your hands in sewers or use it as a shield when people sneeze or cough, how could your iPhone get that germs. Now if other people use/borrow your iPhone..........

 

[fbara]

Unless you place your hands in sewers or use it as a shield when people sneeze or cough, how could your iPhone get that germs. Now if other people use/borrow your iPhone..........

Everything your hands touch throughout the day has bacteria. While I might not use it as a shield when someone sneezes, someone else might've sneezed into their hand and then touched something. Unknowingly, I touch the same thing minutes later while the bacteria is still alive.

That bacteria is spread to your phone every time you touch it. If you're like me, you grab your phone hundreds of times a day.

All that transferred bacteria is on your hands and face when using the phone or making a call. I'm not paranoid about it but I'm realistic about how bad (and disgusting) this can be.

 

[fbara]

Air and time kill 100% of the bacteria/viruses. Anything living on your phone 3 days ago is dead now.

I'm sure that's true but that's a rolling 3 days. It's not like I touch my phone once and then don't touch it again for 3 days so I'm good. Old, dead bacteria is replace by new, live bacteria on an ongoing basis.

 

[cmcbhi]

Everything your hands touch throughout the day has bacteria. While I might not use it as a shield when someone sneezes, someone else might've sneezed into their hand and then touched something. Unknowingly, I touch the same thing minutes later while the bacteria is still alive.

That bacteria is spread to your phone every time you touch it. If you're like me, you grab your phone hundreds of times a day.

All that transferred bacteria is on your hands and face when using the phone or making a call. I'm not paranoid about it but I'm realistic about how bad (and disgusting) this can be.

As you say, you grab your phone hundreds of times a day. So, that one UV sanitation that you did last night is totally useless by ten am because you’ve put your hands on dirty surfaces without washing them.
‘Wash your hands a bit more and you will not need that expensive UV sanitizer toy.

 

[fbara]

As you say, you grab your phone hundreds of times a day. So, that one UV sanitation that you did last night is totally useless by ten am because you’ve put your hands on dirty surfaces without washing them.
‘Wash your hands a bit more and you will not need that expensive UV sanitizer toy.

Thanks, that's kind-of why I'm still on the fence about using this sort of product. If anything, after I disinfect the iphone and wash my hands, I only have a little bit of time left before it all starts accumulating again.