Apple Discounts Reach 34% Off Ahead of Back-to-School
MacBook Pro, iPad, AirPods and the Apple Watch Series 11 are marked down in a rare round of Apple discounts, NBC Selected reports.
Apple products are discounted by as much as 34% ahead of the new school year, a rare occurrence for a brand that seldom marks down its hardware outside of Amazon Prime Day and Cyber Monday, according to NBC Selected.
The roundup covers laptops, tablets, headphones and charging accessories aimed at students heading back to lecture halls.
Among the items highlighted is a 14.2-inch MacBook Pro with a 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB of unified memory and a 1TB solid-state drive, discounted 10% — a savings of $300. NBC Selected describes the machine as suited to video editing, coding and on-device AI work, with a Liquid Retina XDR display and all-day battery life.
The 11-inch iPad, now running Apple's A16 chip, is 11% off. It offers a Liquid Retina display, up to 24 hours of battery life, 12-megapixel front and rear cameras and USB-C charging.
Also included is the Apple Watch Series 11, which tracks health, sleep and workout data and extends battery life to up to 24 hours, compared with 18 hours on earlier Series models. It comes in 42- and 46-millimeter sizes, three colors and dozens of band options.
"I just got this watch for my sister who has heart issues and needs to do monitoring. We're both really pleased with how easy it was for her to set up and use," NBC Selected senior editor Shalwah Evans said. "It gives me peace of mind that maybe this little gadget will be able to let her know when there's something amiss with her heart health even before she feels it."
Audio deals include AirPods Pro, with on-ear swipe controls, heart rate sensors and five ear tip sizes; the AirPods Max 2, which keep the original design but add the H2 chip, noise cancellation up to 1.5 times stronger, live translation and adaptive audio, according to Apple; and Apple's wired EarPods, which require no charging or pairing.
A dual-port compact power adapter with foldable prongs, which balances output between two Apple devices, is also on the list.
Beyond Apple, the outlet flagged discounts of 60% on a 15.6-inch Lenovo laptop, 51% on Beats Studio Pro headphones, 50% on an HP Everyday laptop and 27% on the Samsung Galaxy 8 Watch, along with storewide sales at HP, Best Buy, Dell, Target and JBL.
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