Best Apple Deals of the Week: Big Apple Watch Series 10 Discounts Hit Alongside AirPods and More

[MacRumors]

This week we saw the return of a big sale on Apple Watch Series 10, plus numerous record low prices on iPad Pro, iPad Air, Apple Studio Display, and Apple Pencil Pro.

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AirPods 4

• What's the deal? Take $30 off AirPods 4
• Where can I get it? Amazon
• Where can I find the original deal? Right here

AirPods 4 (ANC) for $148.99 ($30 OFF)​

The best AirPods deal this week was on the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, which is available for $148.99, down from $179.00. This is just about $10 higher compared to the lowest-ever price.

Apple Watch Series 10

• What's the deal? Take $70 off Apple Watch Series 10
• Where can I get it? Amazon
• Where can I find the original deal? Right here

Apple Watch Series 10 (42mm GPS) for $329.00 ($70 OFF)​

Apple Watch Series 10 (46mm GPS) for $359.00 ($70 OFF)​

Amazon this week has numerous all-time low prices on Apple Watch Series 10, including both GPS and cellular models. You'll find $70 off both 42mm and 46mm GPS Series 10 models in multiple case colors and band styles, and this time the deals do not require any coupon codes.

Apple Pencil Pro

• What's the deal? Take $30 off Apple Pencil Pro
• Where can I get it? Amazon
• Where can I find the original deal? Right here

Apple Pencil Pro for $99.00 ($30 OFF)​

Another all-time low price available on Amazon this week was on the Apple Pencil Pro, and it's still available for $99.00 today, down from $129.00.

Apple Studio Display

• What's the deal? Take $299 off Apple Studio Display
• Where can I get it? Amazon
• Where can I find the original deal? Right here

Standard Glass Apple Studio Display for $1,299.99 ($299 OFF)​

The Apple Studio Display returned to its all-time low price of $1,299.99 this week on Amazon, down from $1,599.00. This is the Standard Glass model of the Studio Display, and right now it's the only model hitting a record low price.

iPads

• What's the deal? Take up to $200 off iPad Pro, and iPad Air
• Where can I get it? Best Buy
• Where can I find the original deal? Right here

128GB Wi-Fi 11-inch iPad Air for $499.00 ($100 OFF)​

256GB Wi-Fi 11-inch iPad Pro for $849.00 ($150 OFF)​

Amazon and Best Buy introduced numerous discounts across the iPad Air and iPad Pro lineup this week, with the return of best-ever prices on multiple models. iPad Air tablets start at $499.00 and reach up to $200 off, while iPad Pro tablets start at $849.00 and also reach up to $200 off. You can find more details about all of these deals in our original post.

If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week.



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[Razorpit]

Seems like the watch spends more time on sale than it does at full price. Are they not selling well?

 

[StuBeck]

Seems like the watch spends more time on sale than it does at full price. Are they not selling well?

They sell well but haven't been a hot item for a while. There hasn't been any major feature upgrades, plus some regression in features too.

 

[Johnny907]

Seems like the watch spends more time on sale than it does at full price. Are they not selling well?

They sell, but they aren't flying off the shelves because of product saturation. The Series 10 was a "meh" upgrade, and another year lacking a proper Blood Ox sensor continues to make the Series 8 the much better buy frankly.
I picked up a Series 8 SS for 199 from Walmart in November, and I am very happy with it. Apple would have to significantly step up its game with the Series 11 or the next version of WatchOS to inspire another super-upgrade event like they saw with the Series 4, 6 and to a lesser extent 8.

 

[Razorpit]

They sell, but they aren't flying off the shelves because of product saturation. The Series 10 was a "meh" upgrade, and another year lacking a proper Blood Ox sensor continues to make the Series 8 the much better buy frankly.
I picked up a Series 8 SS for 199 from Walmart in November, and I am very happy with it. Apple would have to significantly step up its game with the Series 11 or the next version of WatchOS to inspire another super-upgrade event like they saw with the Series 4, 6 and to a lesser extent 8.

Didn't know there were 8's still out there. I have a 7 with a non-functioning ECG. Don't know what happened but it stopped working a few months ago. I'm holding out for whatever an Ultra 3 might be.

 

[Johnny907]

Didn't know there were 8's still out there. I have a 7 with a non-functioning ECG. Don't know what happened but it stopped working a few months ago. I'm holding out for whatever an Ultra 3 might be.

Oh it was brand new in box, and it came with a very old version of WatchOS installed so I assume it had been sitting in a warehouse for awhile and Walmart decided to just dump their stock. Found out about the sale from SlickDeals.

 

[ericinboston]

They sell, but they aren't flying off the shelves because of product saturation. The Series 10 was a "meh" upgrade, and another year lacking a proper Blood Ox sensor continues to make the Series 8 the much better buy frankly.

I don't think it's necessarily the "features" that are making the Watch sales rather low the past few years. I think it's battery life combined with spending $250 minimum for a watch that many may care less about for all the exercise/health benefits. I've never met anyone who as the SE so we're now mainly talking about a $400+ Watch.

The Watch is 10+ years old and I still have to charge the darn thing every. single. day.

Apple should:

• Make Watches more female and male oriented. Women prefer smaller and rounder while men prefer bigger.
• People (mostly men) don't need a super thin watch. Make the Watch (or some subset of it) much thicker so it can have far better battery life. There are plenty of men out here who prefer large(er) watches in length, width, and height. The plus side of being much bigger is a far better battery. My Series 7 is awesome but I have other watches that weigh 2x this Watch and the extra weight doesn't bother me in the slightest. The Ultra exists, of course, but sorry, not many people are going to plunk down $800+ to get the extra 18 hours of battery life.
• Figure out how to make a better battery and/or include some features that allow the Watch to reduce power consumption. I've asked Apple to have some kind of scheduled "don't send me texts/alerts/etc." feature such as "only alert me texts (but new email alerts are welcome all the time) from 9am-6pm" which would greatly reduce the battery consumption 6pm-9am when it's not constantly pinging the iPhone as well as pinging me via sound and display notifications and using wifi/bluetooth. So far I have not seen said feature.

 

[Johnny907]

I don't think it's necessarily the "features" that are making the Watch sales rather low the past few years. I think it's battery life combined with spending $250 minimum for a watch that many may care less about for all the exercise/health benefits. I've never met anyone who as the SE so we're now mainly talking about a $400+ Watch.

The Watch is 10+ years old and I still have to charge the darn thing every. single. day.

Apple should:

• Make Watches more female and male oriented. Women prefer smaller and rounder while men prefer bigger.
• People (mostly men) don't need a super thin watch. Make the Watch (or some subset of it) much thicker so it can have far better battery life. There are plenty of men out here who prefer large(er) watches in length, width, and height. The plus side of being much bigger is a far better battery. My Series 7 is awesome but I have other watches that weigh 2x this Watch and the extra weight doesn't bother me in the slightest. The Ultra exists, of course, but sorry, not many people are going to plunk down $800+ to get the extra 18 hours of battery life.
• Figure out how to make a better battery and/or include some features that allow the Watch to reduce power consumption. I've asked Apple to have some kind of scheduled "don't send me texts/alerts/etc." feature such as "only alert me texts (but new email alerts are welcome all the time) from 9am-6pm" which would greatly reduce the battery consumption 6pm-9am when it's not constantly pinging the iPhone as well as pinging me via sound and display notifications and using wifi/bluetooth. So far I have not seen said feature.

… I have to charge my phone everyday as well. I drop my watch on the charger before shaving and showering in the morning before work. It’s full when I put it back on 30-40 minutes later so again I seriously don’t get your gripe here.

 

[ericinboston]

… I have to charge my phone everyday as well. I drop my watch on the charger before shaving and showering in the morning before work. It’s full when I put it back on 30-40 minutes later so again I seriously don’t get your gripe here.

It's not really a gripe...but it takes more like 60+ minutes for a full charge for me. I really don't use the Watch that much...I get a few phone call alerts during the day, maybe 15 text alerts during the day, maybe 5 email alerts during the day and that's it. It's on my wrist 8am-10pm.

But my real gripe would be when I'm NOT at home...I gotta drag this very unique charger around...need to charge it every day...and in general when I'm on vacation I frankly forget to charge it overnight (because I'm on vacation and not in my routine) and now I wake up with a 25% battery. Sure, I can charge it for 1+ hours while I head out in the morning but then I need to go back to the room and get my Watch. Even going away for 1+ days requires me to remember my charger and cable AND to charge it. I want to be able to charge it Friday morning at 7am, go away for the weekend, and not have to worry about it until Monday at noon.

Again, I don't have any crazy gripes about my Series 7 but I think the main con for the Watch is the poor battery life when there seem to be a few obvious improvements Apple can make (thicker watches and thus larger batteries, better batteries, scheduling of alerts, etc. that I listed above) that should make significant improvements in battery life.

 

[Razorpit]

It's not really a gripe...but it takes more like 60+ minutes for a full charge for me. I really don't use the Watch that much...I get a few phone call alerts during the day, maybe 15 text alerts during the day, maybe 5 email alerts during the day and that's it. It's on my wrist 8am-10pm.

But my real gripe would be when I'm NOT at home...I gotta drag this very unique charger around...need to charge it every day...and in general when I'm on vacation I frankly forget to charge it overnight (because I'm on vacation and not in my routine) and now I wake up with a 25% battery. Sure, I can charge it for 1+ hours while I head out in the morning but then I need to go back to the room and get my Watch. Even going away for 1+ days requires me to remember my charger and cable AND to charge it. I want to be able to charge it Friday morning at 7am, go away for the weekend, and not have to worry about it until Monday at noon.

Again, I don't have any crazy gripes about my Series 7 but I think the main con for the Watch is the poor battery life when there seem to be a few obvious improvements Apple can make (thicker watches and thus larger batteries, better batteries, scheduling of alerts, etc. that I listed above) that should make significant improvements in battery life.

Agree 100%. I've been playing hockey with my 0, 3, and 7 for over a decade and they've held up well. My next watch will be an Ultra, primarily for that extended battery life.