Apple's M1 iPad Air Drops to New Low Price of $399.99 at Best Buy

[nStyle]

60% of value after being used for 2 years is much, much better than most consumer electronics....

You're not wrong. I still feel bad for selling it at that price though considering it's still such a powerful chip.

 

[tshrimp]

I might have to bite on this as my M1 12.9 iPad pro is going out. I can't get my iPads to last much longer than a year. I have owned 8 in my lifetime, and only one is still working (and it was a replacement under warranty). Just hesitant due to my bad luck.

 

[nStyle]

I might have to bite on this as my M1 12.9 iPad pro is going out. I can't get my iPads to last much longer than a year. I have owned 8 in my lifetime, and only one is still working (and it was a replacement under warranty). Just hesitant due to my bad luck.

Going out how? I've had mine three years and used it almost every day for many hours a day. I'm surprised the battery is still as good as it is but it's still great.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Still trying to decide on the Air or the Pro. Had the most recent but wasn’t impressed. Only thing Pro was the price.

The display.

The iPad is basically a giant display, so if I'm going to get one I want the best possible. OLED seems to be a good move for the new ones. And I can't stand 60Hz refresh rate anymore, it looks broken to me now that all my displays are high refresh rate.

 

[DDustiNN]

Looks like it sold out. I saw this sale this morning, then forgot about it until now, and ended up missing out. I’m sure there will be another sale next week though.

 

[AHDuke99]

I bought one of these when they were on sale for $449 a while back. I like it a lot but I do miss ProMotion coming from a 2018 iPad Pro. But I don't think PM is worth the extra $400.

 

[svish]

Very good price. But may be better to see what Apple launches on May 7th.

 

[czoli]

Best Buy today has discounted Apple's M1 iPad Air (64GB Wi-Fi) to a new all-time low price of $399.99 in the Starlight color option, down from $599.99. Best Buy says this deal will last through the end of the day, and it's only available in one color at this record low price.

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Why would anyone buy a 64 GB Model nowadays?

 

[MilaM]

64GB model is troublesome once you start to fill it up (which is easy). I have 18GB free yet over-the-air updates fail with not enough space error.
I have to attach to a computer and do updates that way. Apart from that, it's great. It's an M1 -- plenty fast.

I agree. It's very easy to fill up the 64 GB model nowadays. It's probably ok when you plan to use it only to browse the web and read e-mails. The size of apps has exploded so much, a simple image editor like Photomator already takes up 740 MB of storage. Safari on my iPad occupies 1.8 GB (including caches).

 

[tshrimp]

Going out how? I've had mine three years and used it almost every day for many hours a day. I'm surprised the battery is still as good as it is but it's still great.

Current one 12.9" had a bright spot on the screen. Some stopped charging. Some just stopped turning on. One the touch screen stopped responding (10.5" pro). I fixed that one by throwing it across the room and it landed face down very hard. Assumed I cracked the screen, but instead it fixed it . That is the only one still working correctly (although it was a replacement under warranty to begin with). In the past I just used it as an excuse to buy a new one, but this time I just don't feel I am going to get much upgrading from my M1 iPad.