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AppleInsider said:

The Bank of New Zealand on Tuesday local time activated Apple Pay integration for customers living in New Zealand, making it the second major financial institution to provide support for Apple's service in the region. 

"region"? I think you will find that New Zealand is a country.

Interestingly, BNZ is offering Apple Pay even though it is owned by National Australia Bank, which is one of the three big banks in Australia which are doing everything they can not to support Apple Pay and promote their own system instead.

regmikewall said:

The issue disabled iCloud is not fixed, I updated to 10.3.1 and my iCloud setting is no longer visible, it was visible yesterday when I was using 10.2.1.  Hopefully 10.3.2 will fix it.... anyone else still have this issue.  I am using a iPAD Pro 9.7

Are you looking in the right place? In iOS 10.3 (and later), iCloud settings have moved to the top of the Settings app, with the introduction of a new major section which has your name and picture, and a subtitle of "Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App Store".

teaearlegreyhot said:

So am I correct in understanding that this 10.3.1 will be the final iOS for the iPhone 5?  
Is there any reason to update from 10.2.1 for those of use still happily using a new-ish iPhone 5?

10.3.1 will not be the final iOS for the iPhone 5. AppleInsider is jumping to the wrong conclusion (or continuing to beat a dead horse on their earlier wrong conclusion).

In my opinion, the only reason the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPad 4 were missing in the first 10.3.2 beta is that it had the same bug that Apple discovered shortly after 10.3 was released, which resulted in Apple pulling 10.3 from being distributed via Software Update to the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPad 4 (all the models with 32-bit processors). The 10.3.2 beta came out the same day as 10.3, and Apple didn't include images for models with a known bug.

When the second 10.3.2 beta is released (early next week or sooner), it will include the fixes from 10.3.1, therefore I expect it will include images for the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPad 4.

As for reasons for updating from 10.2.1 to 10.3.1 on an iPhone 5: have a look at the big list of security fixes in 10.3 and another in 10.3.1. Apart from security, there are a fair number of new/improved features and bug fixes in 10.3, as well as other bug fixes Apple hasn't specified. One new feature I find particularly useful (for any model) is "New Settings unified view for your Apple ID account information, settings and devices".

The iOS 10.3 updates for 32-bit devices (iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPad 4) have also been pulled from distribution via Software Update, but when I checked a few hours ago those devices were still able to install iOS 10.3 via iTunes.

This looks like a temporary withdrawal of iOS 10.3 for a bug fix specific to 32-bit devices, rather than discontinuing support for those devices. The 10.3.2 developer beta is missing those images because the bug was discovered before the beta was released, the bug also affects that build, and Apple chose to exclude 32-bit devices from the first beta to avoid wasting everyone's time with pointless bug reports.

I expect the notably skipped iOS 10.3.1 will be released soon as a bug fix, will be available via Software Update for 32-bit devices, and the next 10.3.2 developer beta will include images for 32-bit devices.

Edit: Apple could also release an updated 10.3 for the affected devices, holding back 10.3.1 for something else, such as an as-yet-unannounced product.

Soli said:

elijahg said:

Soli said:

Which MBP models have non-identical ports of the same port interface? I don't see any. All MBP models are either all USB 3.0 or all USB 3.0/TB. I see no "these two ports are USB 3.0-only and these other two ports include support for TB3" setup.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/10/29/two-of-four-thunderbolt-3-ports-in-new-13-macbook-pro-with-touch-bar-have-reduced-speeds

Informative. I stand corrected, but doesn't that still mean there's only one controller for TB instead of 2, as I believe is in the 15" MBP?

The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar has two TB3 controllers (same as the 15-inch), but its processor doesn't have enough PCIe lanes, so the TB3 controller associated with the left ports only has two PCIe lanes instead of four. This halves the maximum PCIe bandwidth to the TB3 ports on the left side.

This only matters if connecting something like a high speed storage device where you need maximum TB3 bandwidth (up to 40 Gbps). Even with the speed limit the ports can still match TB2 (20 Gbps). No impact if using those ports for USB 3.1 gen 2, power or display output.

Apple basically chose to allocate more PCIe bandwidth to the faster SSD rather than getting maximum throughput for TB3 on all ports.

The 13-inch model without the Touch Bar only has two TB3/USB-C ports, and has a single TB3 controller which has enough PCIe lanes to operate at full speed.