Best Buy Offers Pre-Black Friday Deals, Discounts iPad Air by $80

[Gudi]

I have a 32gb iPad Air, but after Spotify and iCloud Photo Library, I'm only using 9gb.

Congratulation, you have just enough space left to do an 4.6 gigabyte iOS upgrade.

I'll probably get the 16gb iPad Air 3 if that is still an option.

No , do not make it an option! 😡

 

[iolinux333]

All I can say is that once you have touch id, you never go back. 😎

I have a 5s and a 5 I use back and forth and my brain notices no real world difference.

 

[err404]

I have no intention of going into a store on Black Friday. What is the best online deal upcoming for an iPad Air 2?
Anybody else a little disgusted at Best Buy opening at 5:00pm on Thanksgivings day?

 

[iJandro]

i bet ladies like this are excited...

 

[SHirsch999]

Anybody else a little disgusted at Best Buy opening at 5:00pm on Thanksgivings day?

No. Why do you care if anyone else wants to go to Best Buy at that time?

 

[Rodster]

Man, I wish they did that for the Mini 2. I also have a $25 rewards offer from AMEX to use at BB......arrrgh ! 😡

 

[cdmoore74]

In my opinion, its never a good idea to buy last year's tech. The planned obsolescence will catch up to you sooner.

I agree phone wise because 9 out of 10 times you’re locking into a contract for a phone costing between $600 to $1000. But the typical tablet is much cheaper and you normally don’t have to upgrade a tablet every year. My general rule for tablets is to buy the previous gen if the price is right. At this moment there are no applications that truly make a difference between the Air and Air 2. You won’t notice any differences unless you have both side by side.

 

[Mike MA]

Nice deal. But honestly, I don't remember the last time I was in a Best buy.

outstanding comment above by someone just trying to be the first one to reply to something

quality contribution

I've seen worse comments to be honest...but I won't give an example right now 😉

 

[Rodster]

My general rule for tablets is to buy the previous gen if the price is right. At this moment there are no applications that truly make a difference between the Air and Air 2. You won’t notice any differences unless you have both side by side.

I say that if anything buying a Mini 2 makes more sense than a Mini 3 because there are only 2-3 differences between them. Not worth the extra money for pretty much the same tech.

 

[brianvictor7]

I have a 5s and a 5 I use back and forth and my brain notices no real world difference.

I'm not that talented. I forget to swipe on my old iPhone 4S now.

 

[poncekim]

I agree on Best Buy. Their prices are so easy to beat elsewhere.

What's funny is there is a huge Costco in the same parking lot where our local Best Buy is located. Talk about getting the pants beaten off you by the really big box store. 😱

Not true for apple products. You guys should really get out more. I used to never shop at best buy either and avoided it like the plague. But they have some screaming deals on apple products this year.

I got an 11" macbook air for 650 this summer. iPad mini retina in june for 289. Mac minis were sold there last month for 349. There was a deal on the macbook pro retina 13" with 8GB ram and 512 GB hard drive for 1130 this past week.

The trick is using the 10% movers coupon and the education discount.

 

[Hakone]

Nice deal. But honestly, I don't remember the last time I was in a Best buy.

I don't remember the last year I was in BB, either...

 

[dpace32]

iPad Mini at Walmart

Looks like non-Retina for $219... not a great deal?

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Anyone heard of any iPad Mini deals coming out?

They were $199 for the retina version this morning at Staples. iPad Air was also $299 for 16gb, $349 for 32gb... I posted this but didn't get any replies 🙁

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1820989/

 

[rmastbro]

Picked up a 32GB iPad Air for $339 with the 10% Best Buy movers coupon ! Sweet deal !! 🙂

 

[calpolygraduate]

16GB is fine if you don't plan on storing any music/photos/videos on there.

 

[DSTOFEL]

In my opinion, its never a good idea to buy last year's tech. The planned obsolescence will catch up to you sooner.

I agree for the person buying a iPad that plans to hold on to it for a while. But for the person who plans to hold it only until the next iPad released (ie Air 3), one could make a good argument that the Air 1 is a great deal at these prices. For a light user of the iPad, the Air 1 will hang in there quite nicely for at least the next year and at these prices, the buyer won't lose a lot if they sell it and trade up in a year.

 

[Tiger8]

Congratulation, you have just enough space left to do an 4.6 gigabyte iOS upgrade.

No , do not make it an option! 😡

Ummm... that would be temporary space, and btw, iOS's do not stack next to each other, they replace each other.

 

[Tech198]

Not bad prices...

 

[AppleHater]

iOS 8 OTA update pretty much proved 16gb is useless. You don't even have enough space to update if you use more than half of the small space. I can only imagine what's going to be like for iOS 9 update.

 

[inpinotveritas]

In my opinion, its never a good idea to buy last year's tech. The planned obsolescence will catch up to you sooner.

🙄

Still running strong on a 3rd gen ipad.

 

[barkomatic]

🙄

Still running strong on a 3rd gen ipad.

You missed my point. I'm using an iPad 3 as well -- but I wouldn't replace it with another iPad 3 if it failed.

 

[Ticket Eagle]

Picked up a 32GB iPad Air for $339 with the 10% Best Buy movers coupon ! Sweet deal !! 🙂

Thanks for the movers coupon reminder. Picked up a 32GB Ipad Air for $332 after the discount. Was also able to trade in a first generation 32GB Wi-Fi for $75. Out the door for $257 plus tax. Sweet deal indeed! 😎

 

[Super Intendo]

Thanks for the movers coupon reminder. Picked up a 32GB Ipad Air for $332 after the discount. Was also able to trade in a first generation 32GB Wi-Fi for $75. Out the door for $257 plus tax. Sweet deal indeed! 😎

what's the movers coupon??

 

[Ticket Eagle]

what's the movers coupon??

You can get a movers packet at the post office. It has several coupons, Including one for Best Buy. Any single item for 10% off. iPads are not excluded.

 

[inpinotveritas]

You missed my point. I'm using an iPad 3 as well -- but I wouldn't replace it with another iPad 3 if it failed.

I wouldn't either. But I wouldn't have any qualms with replacing it with a 1st generation iPad Air. I'm also confident many other people wouldn't have an issue with that move either. Whatever your point is, it is myopic.