The 5 Best Weekend Deals on Apple, Lenovo, and More Top Tech Brands

This week felt like a really long one, but thankfully, we’ve landed safely on Friday. To celebrate, I went through all of the sales and offers we saw from tech retailers and manufacturers to spotlight great products at massive discounts. To celebrate the new iPhones landing in our hot little hands, we’ve got 25% off the latest iPad Air, plus deals on TVs, earbuds, and more this week.

iPad Deal

Seeing a 25% price drop on the latest iPad Air just six months after it released is a tremendous deal. We naturally gave this slim and strong slate an Editors’ Choice award in our review, with product expert Eric Zeman proclaiming it “an ideal option if you want a tablet that does more than browse the web but doesn’t need to perform the most power-intensive tasks.” With a rich, bright LED-backlit IPS LCD screen, solid speakers and a total of 33 processing cores across its CPU, GPU and NPU, it’s great for creativity, productivity and just wasting time.

Earbud Deal

There are plenty of companies competing in the headphone space, but Beats (which was acquired by Apple in 2014 but still maintains separate branding) are one of the most popular among the youth for their expert balance between price and performance. The Fit Pro Earbuds are designed for athletes and the very active, with a super-snug feeling in the ear canal coupled with powerful sound quality to keep you going for one more rep. In our review, we praised their good-quality noise cancellation, easy pairing with iOS devices thanks to the included H1 chip, and simple controls.

Video Doorbell Deal

Keep an eye on porch traffic, from deliveries to opossums, with a great 54% price cut on the Editors’ Choice-winning Arlo Video Doorbell. In our review, we lauded its simple installation, able to run off of an internal USB-C charged battery for up to four months or direct from your home wiring, as well as its panoply of features. The 2K camera is sharp and clear, with a tall 180-degree field of view to capture visitors, and two-way audio and motion detection round out the package. To enable cloud video storage and smart object detection, you’ll need an Arlo Secure plan, but the amount you save on this unit is equivalent to 16 months of that, so it’s worth it.

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Tablet Deal

Lenovo’s great midrange Idea Tab Pro just hit stores a few months ago, so a $100 price drop is something to celebrate. We gave this unit an Editors’ Choice award in our review, with strong points including its spacious screen with responsive touch input, great Wi-Fi connectivity, and expandable storage. Battery life is impressive and it even comes with a quick charger to top it off in between sessions. The Dimensity 8300 processor is well suited for the new Google AI productivity tools, and the included Lenovo Pen Plus lets you sketch, take notes and more with ease.

TV Deal

We’re big fans of Hisense’s TVs, which deliver surprisingly nice picture quality for the price, and being able to snag a QLED 4K screen for 42% off list price is a steal. In our review of the Hisense U7, we praised the robust built-in Google TV streaming options, as well as the inclusion of a far-field microphone array on the set for hands-free control. Color output is exceptional, with support for Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, and hybrid log gamma (HLG). With up to 3,000 nits peak brightness and 3,000 local dimming zones, bright spots pop and detail doesn’t get lost in the dark.

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K. Thor Jensen

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K. Thor Jensen is a writer and cartoonist living in the Pacific Northwest. He has contributed to dozens of prestigious outlets, including PCMag, Tested, Clickhole, and Newsweek. His second graphic novel, Cloud Stories, was released in 2017.

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