Deals: AirPods Pro 3, M5 MacBook Air, iPhone Air, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by AirPods Pro 3 dropping in price again for one of the best deals of the year at nearly 25% off, alongside the ongoing AirPods Max 2 offer at $100 off. Joining the up to $300 off M5 MacBook Air on the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store, Amazon is also offering brand new 13-inch models at up to $190 off today. We then move over to the big-time Best Buy 4-day Apple sale that went live this morningwith iPhone Air at $150 off, deals on Apple gift cards, and these Apple Watch Ultra 3 offers at up to $130 off. Check it all out below. 

Hello! AirPods Pro 3 just dropped in price again for one of the best deals of the year at nearly 25% off

Okay here we go, Amazon has dropped the price on AirPods Pro 3 down even lower. Now at nearly 25% off the list price, the ongoing Black Friday in July sale price that made its way into August has now fallen again to just shy of $60 off. 

Amazon is now offering Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 down at $189.99 shipped. This is $10 under the Black Friday in July price and the lowest we can find. 

Regularly $249, you’re looking at just shy of 25% off the sticker price here. 

AirPods Pro 3 have been widely available down at $199.99 at Amazon and select retailers since the early Black Friday in July sales started, but as we move into August we are now seeing the price drop again to deliver one of the best prices of the year. 

In fact, there has only been a couple opportunities to score them for any less than this, which was back in early February for a very short-lived run at $184 and again during the Prime Day sale in late June. 

This morning’s price also joins a series of ongoing deals on the rest of the current-generations AirPods lineup, including $100 off all colors of AirPods Max 2:

Score a deal on upcoming iPhone 18 pre-orders with this Best Buy Apple gift card promotion

If you’re planning on picking up a new iPhone 18 series device next month (or really any time this year) from the official Apple Store, you might as well flip out some of that cash ahead of time and secure some FREE Best Buy credit in the process. 

Best Buy is now throwing some completely FREE credit with the purchase of Apple gift cards. With the new iPhone 18 series set for launch in roughly a month from now, and some particularly notable deals on MacBook and Studio Displays on the official Apple Refurb Store, this is a solid chance to land some FREE credit and put the gift cards to good use. 

While you’re going to find better priceson Apple gear like AirPods Pro 3(basically all current AirPods) and Apple Watch (among other things) at Amazon, Apple gift cards are great for iPhone launches, Apple Music and Apple TV subscriptions, and some of the particularly notable deals we have spotted in the Apple Refurb Store lately. 

Apple Gift Cards can also be used on the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store, and it happens to have some of the lowest prices on M5 MacBook Air, MacBook Neo, the pro models, Studio Displays, and a bunch more:

PSA: Amazon is significantly undercutting today’s Best Buy sale on Apple Watch Watch Ultra 3, now up to $130 off

Best Buy launched a wide-ranging Apple Shopping Event today that will run through the weekend. There are certainly some notable deals here, not the least of which $149 off brand new iPhone Air modelsand this Apple gift card promotion you can leverage towards the upcoming iPhone 18 series. But, alongside Amazon dropping the price even lower on AirPods Pro 3 this morning, it is also offering much better deals on Apple Watch Ultra 3 right now. 

Best Buy has knocked $49 off just about all Apple Watch Ultra 3 configurations it carries. However, Amazon has now only matched that price on select models, but it also undercutting those deals by between $50 and $80 right now on several others:

Consider this a bit a PSA of sorts – we just wanted to make sure folks were distracted with the big Best Buy Apple sale and end up paying more for these watches than they needed to. All of that said, $49 off Apple Watch Ultra 3 this late into the product cycle really isn’t all that notable anyway, and not something we would recommend jumping on unless you absolutely had to score one right now.

Amazon now offering up to $190 off 13-inch M5 MacBook Air models

Alongside the now even lower deal price on AirPods Pro 3, we are still tracking up to $300 off a series of M5 MacBook Air models on the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store, and Amazon just dropped the price on a series of brand new condition M5 MacBook Air models at up to $190 off the list prices. 

As far as the best brand new deals popping up this morning, Amazon has now dropped the price on a pair of 13-inch models – the 16GB/1TB is now $180 off and the 24GB/1TB is now up to $190 off the new list prices. Both models are now at the lowest we have tracked since the price hikes took hold at retail. 

As mentioned above, if these new condition price drops aren’t cutting it for you, the offers at the official Apple refurb store are quite compelling right now with as much as $300 off and even lower prices on select configurations – everything ships with a full 1-year Apple warranty:

All iPhone Air models back at $149 off, or up to $286 off Best Buy open-box (Matching all-time low)

Alongside a now even lower price on AirPods Pro 3 at nearly 25% off, we are heading into the end of the week with major Apple sale events at Best Buy and Amazon. One highlight offer is the straight up $149 price drop on all brand new condition, unlocked iPhone Air models, as well as up to $286 off open-box units. Details below. 

Best Buy is now bringing back its all-time low pricing on all iPhone Air models, including the 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB models in all four colors starting down at $849.99 shipped:

These are brand new, unlocked units now back down at the best price we have tracked from a reputable source. Amazon does not carry brand new iPhone Air listings in any official capacity. 

Best Buy is also offering some notable “excellent” condition open-box units at even lower prices right now as well – there are a few standout offers listed below, but you can browse through all of the open-box listings on this page via the “More options” link on each model on this page. 

Browse through the rest of the now live 4-day Apple Shopping Event at Best Buy and Amazonright here.

Today’s accessories and charging deals: This new M5 Pro MacBook Pro is $500 off, $100 under the pre price-hike MSRP, and undercutting Apple refurb store

While a lot of the deals floating around on MacBook Pro right now are really just bringing the machines back to pre-price hike MSRPs, if that. The official Apple Certified Refurbished Store is offering up some solid price relief, but this banger ongoing price drop on the M5 Pro MacBook Pro 2TB model at Amazon is $500 off the new MSRP and $100 under the previous, much lower list price. 

Amazon is currently offering the 14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM and the 2TB internal storage at $2,499 shipped still. 

That’s certainly not cheap, but it is $500 off the new list price, and all things considered, most notably $100 under the MSRP before Apple jacked the price up. 

Another interesting comparison is to the official Apple refurb store, it is charging $50 more than Amazon for this same machine in refurbished condition. 

Nobody likes price hikes, and this deal is a little bitter sweet for sure, but it is what it is, and this is a seriously deep discount that is lower than the original MSRP nonetheless.

Official Apple refurb store has the lowest prices on MacBook Neo, up to $120 off list price

Alongside the MacBook Air and M5 series MacBook Pro, Apple’s much more affordable new MacBook Neo also saw a price hike recently, but you can side step that by way of the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store – MacBook Neo starts at $689 at Amazon, but you can score one from the best Apple refurbished store there is with a full Apple warranty from $599. 

The official Apple Certified Refurbished Store carries all of the MacBook Neo configurations at the lowest prices we can find from a source even half as reputable, and, again, with a proper Apple warranty as well as Apple’s “rigorous” refurbishment seal of approval. 

While it does not look like there are special offers on these machines when you pull up the listing pages on the Apple refurb store, they are all at least $100 under the new MSRP – the 512GB model with the Touch ID keyboard is actually $120 off the new list price and $20 under the previous list price. 

Most affordable Apple Watch Series 11 models now $100 off again starting from $299

Amazon is carrying over summer sale pricing on AirPods Pro 3 into August, alongside the all-time low on AirTag 2, but it has also brought back the deals on just about all of the most popular (and affordable) Apple Watch Series 11 models at $100 off with deals starting from $299. 

Amazon is now once again offering all of the base GPS-only Apple Watch Series 11 models at $100 off the list prices with the 42mm model down at $299 and the 46mm model at $329. 

These are the same deals we were tracking for the summer Prime Day festivities, and then again at various times in July, but you are getting another shot at them again here today. As of the time of writing, only the base GPS-only models are seeing notable discounts – there are some offers on the GPS + Cell variants but they are, by and large, not sitting down low enough for us to recommend pulling the trigger 

It appears as though Amazon is having a hard time keeping the base 42mm Jet Black in stock right now, but it does also look like there’s a good chance it will return at anytime now – all 46mm colors options are in stock at $100 off. 

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