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Best Apple deals August 2024: AirPods Max and MacBook Air are standouts this week

It's a great time to grab your back-to-school Apple essentials.
By Bethany Allard  on 
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UPDATE: Aug. 28, 2024, 5:00 a.m. EDT Check out the latest Apple deals from Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and more.

Best Apple deals this week:

Best MacBook deal
m3 macbook air

Best iPad deal
iPad Air (M2, WiFi, 128GB)
$549 at Amazon (Save $50)
starlight 11-inch ipad air

Best Apple Watch deal
Apple Watch SE (40mm, GPS)
$189 at Amazon and Walmart (Save $60)
midnight apple watch se

Best AirPods deal
Apple AirPods Max
$399 at Amazon (Save $150)
blue airpods max

Apple may have an iron grasp on the general population, but when it comes down to it, their products look good, work well, and stay cutting-edge — so of course, people love 'em. Whether you build your calendar around Apple events or just want solid tech no matter the brand, Apple's got you covered. Sure, they're a little notorious for their high prices, but we've rounded up the best deals on iPads, AirPods, MacBooks, and more to help you save where you can.

iMac and MacBook deals

Why we like it

The M3 MacBook Air is no longer at its $850 record low, but $899 is still a solid deal for one of the best chips you can find in a MacBook, along with an 18-hour battery life, WiFi 6E support, and the ability to connect up to two external displays with the laptop lid closed. Of course, it also has the signature portability of the Air line, making it great for working at home or taking on the go. This price also puts it just $50 above the M2 MacBook Air with the same specs, offering a bit more future proofing without a huge price bump.

More iMac and MacBook deals

MacBook Air

MacBook Pro

Mac

iPad deals

Why we like it

Though it's still $20 away from its record low price, you're still saving $50 on a tablet released just over a couple of months ago. The M2 chip gives a zippy upgrade to 2022's Air, and offers starting storage of 128GB compared to the last gen's 64GB. Considering this was one of our biggest gripes with the 2022 Air, we're happy to see that this change came without a price jump.

More iPad deals

iPad (10th gen)

iPad Air

iPad Pro

Apple Watch deals

Why we like it

If you're looking to get an Apple Watch on the cheap, you'll want to check out this Apple Watch SE deal at Walmart and Amazon. This smartwatch is more on the basic side, without an S9 chip (and therefore Double Tap), an ECG sensor, and a display that maxes out at 1,000 nits of brightness (as compared to 2,000 nits). However, it can still act as a heart rate monitor, and of course, the ability to download a whole host of apps.

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More Apple Watch deals

Series 9

SE

AirPods and Apple accessories deals

Our pick: Apple AirPods Max
$399.00 at Amazon
$549.00 Save $150.00

Why we like it

Check out our full review on the Apple AirPods Max.

We'll be the first to admit the AirPods Max aren't typically our top pick from Apple's headphones line, but a $150 price tag reduction certainly helps. At $399, these headphones are just a little over $5 away from their lowest price ever, making their flaws — like a lack of a case and on button — feel less egregious, and their strengths — like their excellent sound quality and active noise cancellation — shine even more. Though this is a good price to grab these over-ear headphones, there are rumors that Apple is due to launch a new generation of AirPods Max by the end of this year.

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Bethany Allard
Shopping Reporter

Bethany Allard is a Los Angeles-based shopping reporter at Mashable covering beauty tech, dating, sex and relationships, and headphones. That basically means she puts her hair through a lot, scrolls through a lot of dating apps, and rotates through a lot of different headphones. In addition to testing out and rounding up the best products, she also covers deals for Mashable, paying an especially obsessive amount of attention to Apple deals and prices. That knowledge comes in handy when she's covering shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, which she's now done for three years at Mashable.

She graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Journalism and English Literature. You can follow her on X @betallard and reach her by email at [email protected]. In her free time, you'll find her playing her Switch, hanging with her cat Mila, or cooking something new in her kitchen.


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