Amazon Prime Day Apple offers AirPods, MacBooks, and iPads you shouldn’t miss today

Apple gear currently tops our list of the best laptops, smartwatches, and tablets you can buy — and our reviewers have tested every major device out there, and we’re looking forward to the software updates announced at WWDC. This fall. Amazon’s biggest Prime Day sale of 2024 has offered significant discounts on Apple gear. The retailer usually runs another flagship event in October, and the savings aren’t usually great. If you’ve been waiting for a discount on a new iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch, AirPods, or Apple Pencil, check out the best Prime Day Apple deals you can get on the second day of sales.

As with all Engadget tech deals coverage, we only highlight discounts on gear we’ve tested or used and know are worth your money. We’ve cross-checked our guides and reviews with Amazon’s Prime Day deals to come up with what you see here. We’ll be updating these deals roundups throughout the two days of Amazon’s Prime Day sale.

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The Apple Watch SE It’s the budget model of the line, now down to $170. It has been selling for $189 for the past few months. We recommend it for people looking for better integration with iPhone notifications and solid health tracking capabilities. It doesn’t have all the sensors like the Apple Watch Series 9, but as we said in our review, you get a lot of features for the money.

$170 on Amazon

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The Apple Watch Ultra 2 It’s on sale for Prime Day for $699.99 instead of Apple’s $799 list price. As we said in our Apple Watch buyer’s guide, this is the watch for adventurers or anyone who needs a big screen in a more rugged case. It has a 49mm display, cellular and GPS connectivity, and some features not found on other Apple watches, such as a dive depth meter and siren.

$700 on Amazon

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Prime Day is the latest drop AirPods Pro Their list price is down to $170 from $249. They’ve regularly hit $189 in the past few months and $180 is the lowest we’ve seen before, so that’s a significant discount.

The AirPods Pro are the current recommendation for iOS users in our Best Earbuds guide thanks to the excellent Transparency mode, seamless iPhone and Siri integration, and solid noise cancellation. They’ll be getting an update soon that will let you nod or shake your head to answer Siri’s questions.

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Read our full review of the 2nd generation AirPods Pro.

$169 on Amazon

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The Third generation AirPods Now down to $120 from the full $169 price. Thanks to the improved design and audio, we gave these an 88 in our review. Note that they have an older chip and no active noise cancellation, but they are water-resistant and cheaper than the Pro model.

$120 on Amazon

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Apple’s over-ear headphones, the AirPods Max Currently $394, down from their list price of $549. The lowest price we’ve tracked before is $430. These scored an 84 in our review when they came out in 2020.

The main caveat is price. As promised by Apple, we got 20 hours of use from the headphones on a single charge.

$394 on Amazon

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We called the new iPad Air the “iPad to get” in our review this May, and it’s the Apple tablet we’d recommend to most people in our buyer’s guide. Currently, the 11-inch model with 128 GB Savings of $559 thanks to the Amazon sale. The $30 discount is the biggest we’ve seen before. You can take 13 inch version For just $738.

The new iPad Air features the M2 chip, which gives it more speed for everyday productivity and lets it handle more than casual entertainment. The screen is bright and crisp, and the camera is thankfully moved to the edge of the landscape.

Read our full review of the new iPad Air.

$559 on Amazon

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Apple introduced two sizes of the new iPad Pro, each with the latest M4 chip, in May. Currently, the only Apple hardware with the company’s latest silicon is the Pro tablet. For Prime Day, you can stuff 11-inch iPad Pro with 256GB A savings of $900, down from its $999 list price.

The 13 inch model It’s down to $1,198 instead of the full $1,299 sticker with the same capability. Before this, the biggest discounts we’ve seen were $70 and $100 on the two models, respectively. We were impressed by the iPad Pro’s stunning screen and screamingly powerful performance, as you can see in our review, but called it “prohibitively expensive.” This discount can change things a bit.

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$900 on Amazon

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The standard iPad was not replaced during Apple’s iPad event in May, so 10th generation iPad Still current. Prime Day pricing drops it to $299, a record low. With the introduction of the new Pro and Air models, Apple permanently dropped the list price to $349. After its launch in October 2022, we gave it a review score of 85. It’s the budget pick in our iPad buying guide.

$299 on Amazon

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The iPod mini The smallest tablet in Apple’s lineup — which hasn’t been replaced this year — has now dropped its price to $380 for Amazon Prime Day. The lowest price we tracked during last year’s sale was $380 and the list price was $499. Our pick for one-handed use in our iPad guide is the Mini, and for those who want something they can easily fit in a bag or use as a high-capacity ereader.

$380 on Amazon

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Photo by Devindra Hardawar / Engadget

The latest MacBook Air models with the M3 chip are $850 (after you add a $50 coupon) 13 inch model and for $1,049 15 inches in size. Prior to this, the lowest prices we tracked were $899 and $1,129, respectively.

Apple released new MacBook Air models back in March, and as our review notes, they’re not huge departures from previous generations — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The 13-inch version remains our top MacBook recommendation for most people in our buying guide.

$850 on Amazon

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The M3-equipped MacBook Pro models came out late last year and cemented them as the best notebooks for professionals. For Prime Tag, Amazon sells A 14-inch model with an M3 chip, 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage For $1,399, after rebate. The 16-inch Pro with M3 Pro chip, 18GB or memory and 512GB SSD Now $1,999, down from the $2,499 MSRP. We gave both the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops a score of 90 in our review, praising their amazing screens, fast chips, and solid port selection.

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$1,399 on Amazon

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The Apple AirTag Our pick for a Bluetooth tracker for iPhone users. Apple’s vast Find My network taps into Apple’s vast Find My network to locate missing items, anonymously pinging nearby iPhones and triangulating the location. Currently going for $24 a tag instead of the $29 list price, this is one of the best Prime Day deals under $25 this year.

$24 on Amazon

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If you’ve got one of Apple’s new iPads and want a compatible Apple Pencil, you’ll need an Apple Pencil Pro or Apple Pencil USB-C. The Apple Pencil Pro Currently $119 for Prime Day. It adds new features like squeeze, roll and haptic feedback and can be magnetically attached to the side of newer iPad models for charging. Just notice that only Compatible with newer models.

$119 on Amazon

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The Apple Pencil USB-C Dropped to $69 after Prime Day discount. It only charges via USB-C, but can be magnetically attached for storage. It works with the new iPad Air and Pro models as well as previous generation iPad models, which you can check Here. The Second generation Apple Pencil Works with the most recent previous generation iPads and allows you to store and charge the Pencil magnetically on the side of your tablet.

$69 on Amazon

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Apple Studio view Tilt-adjustable models with standard (non-nano-textured) glass now on sale for $1,300. This matches the record highs we saw earlier this year.

We gave the Apple Studio Monitor a score of 80 in our 2022 review because of its build quality, good audio, and bright and accurate screen. It only had a 60Hz refresh rate (which is pretty low these days) and the webcam was sluggish. But if you’re an Apple devotee, you’ll find a lot to appreciate with its 27-inch, 2,880p display that supports 1 billion colors on its 5K LCD monitor. It can deliver 96W of charge to your MacBook as well as a desktop.

$1,300 on Amazon

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