The 8 best Apple Prime Day deals: Save on AirPods, Apple Watches and iPads during Amazon's October sale

If you’ve been waiting for a deal before picking up a new Apple Watch, iPad or set of AirPods, Amazon’s October Prime Day sale might be worth checking out. While we expect to see more discounts pop up as we get closer to Black Friday, this latest sale has dropped a few Apple gadgets down to lower prices than usual. We’ve quickly rounded up the best Apple deals we could find below, and we’ll update this post as new offers arise. Note that you’ll need to be a Prime subscriber to access some of the offers in the Prime Big Deal Days sale (as it’s officially called).

Best Prime Day Apple deals

• Apple AirPods Pro (2nd gen) for $169 ($80 off): This is the lowest price we’ve seen for Apple’s noise-canceling wireless earbuds, which we consider the best choice for iOS users.

• Apple AirPods Max for $395 ($154 off): This matches the all-time low for Apple’s over-ear noise-cancelers, though this price only applies to the older Lightning-based model, not the newer revision with USB-C. If you can live with the outdated charging port and somewhat bulky design, though, the old model still offers clean sound and top-notch ANC.

• Apple Watch SE (2nd gen, GPS) for $170 ($79 off): It’s getting a bit long in the tooth, but the entry-level Apple Watch remains a fine choice for first-time smartwatch buyers, so long as you can live without the larger always-on display and more advanced health features of the pricier Series 10. This is another one of the lowest prices we’ve tracked for the 40mm model; the larger 44mm variant is similarly discounted at $200.

• Apple Watch SE (2nd gen, GPS + Cellular) for $220 ($79 off): If you need more than Wi-Fi, the 40mm and 44mm versions of the Apple Watch SE with cellular support are also cheaper than usual at $220 and $250, respectively.

• Apple MacBook Air M2 (13-inch) for $749 ($250 off): Our favorite budget MacBook provides excellent performance, a gorgeous display and a strong quad-speaker setup.

• Apple 9th-gen iPad for $199 ($130 off): This model is on its way out, but $200 for an iPad is a solid sale price. This slab has a 10.2-inch display, an A13 Bionic chip and 64GB of storage — plus the antiquated physical Home button.

• Apple iPad mini (6th gen) for $350 ($149 off): To be clear, this is a bad time to buy the iPad mini, as Apple is expected to launch a long-overdue refresh before the end of the year. But if you don’t care about owning the latest and just want a small iPad for (relatively) cheap, this is about $30 less than the 8.3-inch slate’s typical street price over the last few months.

• Apple MagSafe Charger (25W) for $33 ($6 off): While not a huge discount, this is the lowest price we’ve seen for the company’s newest MagSafe charger, which now supports wireless charging speeds up to 25W with the iPhone 16 (and an appropriate power brick).

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