Our Friday edition 9to5Toys Lunch Break is ready and waiting below starting off with a giant $699 price drop on this M4 iPad Pro model over at Amazon. We have also highlighted up to $200 in savings on Apple’s most affordable current-generation Mac releases for folks looking towards a less pricey upgrade for 2026 starting at $499. From there, the black Apple Watch Ultra 2 with Milanese Loop is live with hundreds in savings, AirPods Max is nearly $100 off, select Apple Studio Displays are up to $237 off, we have loads of charging gear deals, and more waiting below.
Apple’s most affordable current-gen Macs are up to $200 off right now, deals from $499
It’s back again, the best value in the current-generation Mac lineup and if you’re looking to upgrade your workstation setup without spending a fortune, the M4 Mac mini is your best option. Amazon is currently offering the most affordable Mac in the current lineup at $100 off.
There are still some $200 price drops on the M4 MacBook Air – the next most affordable model in the lineup – for folks looking to go portable, and it’s hard not to recommend the Air in that case of course. It is, in fact, the first laptop I would recommend to literally anyone. But if you’re looking for at-home workstation upgrade without breaking the bank, you can land the base M4 Mac mini that runs the same OS at $300 less than the deal price on the MacBook Air:
There’s clearly not a whole lot of comparison between these two – one is of course a laptop you can take just about anywhere, anytime and that might very well be worth the additional spend for some folks. But when it comes to upgrading to a current-generation Mac at the lowest possible price, the Mac mini was already it and it is now once again on sale to kick-off the New Year.
Heads up! Amazon offering a ginormous $699 off this M4 iPad Pro today
Amazon just served up another massive price drop on a high-end M4 iPad Pro. These things aren’t cheap, but you can now score the 11-inch 2TB model at a ginormous $699 off the original list price.
Amazon is now offering the top-end 11-inch M4 iPad Pro with the nano-texture glass and the Wi-Fi + Cell setup down at $1,599.99 shipped.
That’s still, and very much, not cheap by any means, but we are talking about an originally $2,299 configuration here at nearly $700 off the list price it carried before the new M5 model launched…and you certainly aren’t getting one of those at a price like this. While it has been selling for less than the original MSRP as of late, this model would still have costed over $2,000.
Just for comparison’s sake, Best Buy is charging $1,980for the 11-inch 2TB Cell model without the nano-texture glass upgrade right now. With it, this unit would cost you $2,199 there.
Clearly Apple’s pro-grade iPad isn’t for everyone, even with such a gigantic discount. But if you are on the hunt for premium model with all the fixins’, it’s hard to deny the value here, and you’ll be waiting a very long time to see an M5 model at nearly $700 off the list price.
Black Apple Watch Ultra 2 with Milanese Loop up to $275 off, or ‘excellent refurb’ up to $419 off
While we are still tracking a chance to save up to $117 on the new Apple Watch Ultra 3, as well as up to $369 off Amazon refurbished Ultra 2 models, we wanted to touch down this morning with this black Ultra 2 deal that includes the matching Milanese Loop at up to $274 off.
Best Buy is still offering $200 off the black Apple Watch Ultra 2 with the Black Titanium Milanese Loop in brand new condition. This was an originally $899 configuration with arguably the nicest Apple Watch band on the market down at $699 shipped – one of the better deals we have tracked since launch.
But we also spotted a chance to save even more on it today. Best Buy’s “excellent condition” open-box unit for this particular configuration is now sitting down at $624.99 shipped. That’s nearly $275 off the original $899 list price and the best deal we can find from a reputable dealer that also includes a 1-year Apple warranty.
You will find some third-party sellers with this configuration at Amazon for even less at $479.97 shipped or so, but these listings are not fulfilled by Amazon. The seller in question is a rather well-known one though, and it does ship these “Refurbished-Excellent” condition units with a 90-day refund guarantee. We cannot vouch for the quality of this seller’s units, but it seems as though you are at least protected for the first 90 days.
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