Deals: Apple TV Drops to Record Low of $129.99 as iPad Mini and Apple Pencil 2 Match All-Time Lows

[MacRumors]

The latest models of the Apple TV have dropped to record-low prices on Amazon, beating previous lows by $20, while the latest iPad mini and the Apple Pencil 2 have also matched all-time low prices in a weekend sale.

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The 32GB Apple TV is currently available for $129.99 at Amazon, while the 64GB model has dropped to $149.99. Both prices represent $49 discounts from Apple's regular pricing.

32GB Apple TV for $129.99 ($49 OFF)​

For the iPad mini, the 64GB Wi-Fi model in purple has dropped to $399.99 at Amazon, a savings of $99, while other colors can be found at that price at Best Buy. The cheapest prices on the 256GB models are currently found at Amazon, where Starlight, Space Gray, and Purple are currently $539.99 and Pink is $9 higher at $549.00, representing savings of $100–$109.

64GB iPad mini for $399.99 ($99 OFF)​

Finally, Amazon has a new all-time low price of $99.00 on the second-generation Apple Pencil, a $30 discount from its normal price.

Apple Pencil 2 for $99.00 ($30 OFF)​

For even more deals, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week.

Article Link: Deals: Apple TV Drops to Record Low of $129.99 as iPad Mini and Apple Pencil 2 Match All-Time Lows

 

[Apple_Robert]

Decent deals.

 

[vagos]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

 

[steve09090]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

Fitness+
Arcade

 

[Schnort]

Arcade isn't worth much at all.

Apple TV is still being sold because its probably going to have a better experience than whatever underpowered processor is in the TV.

BTW, the button for the ipad mini is mislabeled as 64gb apple tv for $399

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

Because AppleTV+ is only ONE app. That would be like saying, with AppleTV+ app (or any single app of your choosing) on many things, I don't see why iPhone is still being sold. Obviously iPhone does a whole lot more than any one app available on iPhone.

Airplay 2 works from Macs too. So I don't see why iPhone and iPads are still being sold.
Or if iPhone is central to your life, I don't see why Macs and iPads are still being sold.
Or if iPad is central to your life, I don't see why iPhone and Macs are still being sold.

As soon as you offer a bit of differentiation rationale to justify any of those, the same generally applies to AppleTV. It's much more than only one app that can run on it and/or only an airplay receiver from something else.

Can someone get by without it? Of course. They can also get by without Macs, iPhone or iPad. The latter two will easily substitute for each other- I actually use iPad mini cellular with buds as my phone (too)- no iPhone. But I also have several Macs- all of which can pretty much do exactly the same stuff as the others, so why have more than one? It's much more convenient to pack a Mac laptop when traveling etc. It's much more powerful to work on Studio Ultra when at home... and it's a full-time computer for others when I happen to be away from home.

I also have several AppleTVs. I could readily hook a Mac or iPad mini to a TV to get a lot of the same benefits but prefer to let AppleTV do that job in a permanent, full-time way vs. only when I happen to be at home (with Mini) or only when I can free up the Mac from using it for whatever else I do with it.

Incidentally, I use my AppleTV every day but I haven't used the AppleTV+ app more than a few times since it was released... pretty much solely if I want to watch Apple events. I will do a bit of airplay to it sometimes but that would also rank very far down the list of my uses. If both were eliminated as AppleTV offerings, I pretty much wouldn't miss them at all... and still use AppleTV pretty much every day.

 

[Johnny907]

Paid 74 bucks for my Pencil three years ago. Open box at Best Buy. Looked brand new probably because previous owner bought it, used it a couple times, decided it wasn’t worth 130 bucks and returned it.

 

[erikkfi]

Excellent price for the cheapest model, but that 64GB tier has got to go. If you want more storage than that, the $130 jump to 256GB throws the whole value proposition out of whack. Which is why I haven't bought one of these yet.

 

[nfl46]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

Can it act as a HomeKit hub? I thought only the Apple TV and HomePod(s) could now?

 

[trip1ex]

It is a big discount (on the ATV) for Apple. Is it on sale because they have too many after the pandemic drop-off, because of rumor of new upcoming Appletv(model) and/or they have too many because sales of the new one have not been great due to it being expensive/not enough of an upgrade.

 

[trip1ex]

Because AppleTV+ is only ONE app. That would be like saying, With AppleTV+ app (or any single app of your choosing) on many things, I don't see why iPhone is still being sold. Obviously iPhone does a whole lot more than any one app available on iPhone.

Airplay 2 works from Macs too. So I don't see why iPhone and iPads are still being sold.
Or if iPhone is central to your life, I don't see why Macs and iPads are still being sold.
Or if iPad is central to your life, I don't see why iPhone and Macs are still being sold.

As soon as you offer a bit of differentiation rationale to justify any of those, the same generally applies to AppleTV. It's much more than only one app that can run on it and/or only an airplay receiver from something else.

Can someone get by without it? Of course. They can also get by without Macs, iPhone or iPad. The latter two will easily substitute for each other- I actually use iPad mini cellular with buds as my phone (too)- no iPhone. But I also have several Macs- all of which can pretty much do exactly the same stuff as the others, so why have more than one? It's much more convenient to pack a Mac laptop when traveling etc. It's much more powerful to work on Studio Ultra when at home... and it's a full-time computer for others when I happen to be away from home.

I also have several AppleTVs. I could readily hook a Mac or iPad mini to a TV to get a lot of the same benefits but prefer to let AppleTV do that job in a permanent, full-time way vs. only when I happen to be at home (with Mini) or only when I can free up the Mac from using it for whatever else I do with it.

Incidentally, I use my AppleTV every day but I haven't used the AppleTV+ app more than a few times since it was released... pretty much solely if I want to watch Apple events. I will do a bit of airplay to it sometimes but that would also rank very far down the list of my uses. If both were eliminated as AppleTV offerings, I pretty much wouldn't miss them at all... and still use AppleTV pretty much every day.

TL/DR; ATV+ and ATV are 2 different things. ATV+ is Apple's streaming service. ATV is Apple's streaming box.

 

[trip1ex]

Paid 74 bucks for my Pencil three years ago. Open box at Best Buy. Looked brand new probably because previous owner bought it, used it a couple times, decided it wasn’t worth 130 bucks and returned it.

But was it worth $74?

 

[code-m]

It is a big discount for Apple. Is it on sale because they have too many after the pandemic drop-off, because of rumor of new upcoming Appletv(model) and/or they have too many because sales of the new one have not been great due to it being expensive/not enough of an upgrade.

Providing iPadOS 16 extended features will not run on anything less than a M1 and the mini would have been great to use in some DeX mode minus the jelly scroll, I would suggest to wait. iPadOS 16 fragments the user experience.

 

[trip1ex]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

because some people don't want to use their TV's OS.

Maybe it's slow. maybe it's annoying. Maybe is just isn't as good as ATV. Maybe people like using the ATV OS. Maybe people don't want to buy a new tv just to upgrade their TVOS. Maybe ATV provides features the tv doesn't. The list goes on.

 

[Apple_Robert]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

Because a lot of people don’t want to us the smart TV option and Apple TV works much better.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

TL/DR; ATV+ and ATV are 2 different things. ATV+ is Apple's streaming service. ATV is Apple's streaming box.

Did I seem confused about that? If so, poor writing on my part. I definitely understand the difference. And thanks for streamlining it to cover the TL opinion. I was trying to add some detail to help the original poster think about how AppleTV hardware may offer more than ONLY AppleTV+ app and Airplay... because there is MUCH more.

 

[seek3r]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

The amount of telemetry smart TVs collect is insane, I’d much rather keep my TV a dumb panel and keep the brains that have internet access in a different box. Also I’d rather just have to worry about things like panel quality when picking a TV than also having to matrix that with what smarts it comes with. Also I keep TVs for a while, being able to upgrade what I’m using for smart functions separately from the panel is nice

And the AppleTV is butter smooth to use, probably the best streaming box experience around. And it acts as a homekit hub too

So there’s a few reasons

 

[Maki Apple]

With all new smart 4k TVs supporting both Apple TV+ and airplay 2 I don't see the reason apple TV is still being sold.

Apple TV is more than an app. It’s the experience and the Apple TV interface is better than all the others out there

 

[vagos]

Fitness+
Arcade

Because AppleTV+ is only ONE app. That would be like saying, With AppleTV+ app (or any single app of your choosing) on many things, I don't see why iPhone is still being sold. Obviously iPhone does a whole lot more than any one app available on iPhone.

Airplay 2 works from Macs too. So I don't see why iPhone and iPads are still being sold.
Or if iPhone is central to your life, I don't see why Macs and iPads are still being sold.
Or if iPad is central to your life, I don't see why iPhone and Macs are still being sold.

As soon as you offer a bit of differentiation rationale to justify any of those, the same generally applies to AppleTV. It's much more than only one app that can run on it and/or only an airplay receiver from something else.

Can someone get by without it? Of course. They can also get by without Macs, iPhone or iPad. The latter two will easily substitute for each other- I actually use iPad mini cellular with buds as my phone (too)- no iPhone. But I also have several Macs- all of which can pretty much do exactly the same stuff as the others, so why have more than one? It's much more convenient to pack a Mac laptop when traveling etc. It's much more powerful to work on Studio Ultra when at home... and it's a full-time computer for others when I happen to be away from home.

I also have several AppleTVs. I could readily hook a Mac or iPad mini to a TV to get a lot of the same benefits but prefer to let AppleTV do that job in a permanent, full-time way vs. only when I happen to be at home (with Mini) or only when I can free up the Mac from using it for whatever else I do with it.

Incidentally, I use my AppleTV every day but I haven't used the AppleTV+ app more than a few times since it was released... pretty much solely if I want to watch Apple events. I will do a bit of airplay to it sometimes but that would also rank very far down the list of my uses. If both were eliminated as AppleTV offerings, I pretty much wouldn't miss them at all... and still use AppleTV pretty much every day.

Can it act as a HomeKit hub? I thought only the Apple TV and HomePod(s) could now?

because some people don't want to use their TV's OS.

Maybe it's slow. maybe it's annoying. Maybe is just isn't as good as ATV. Maybe people like using the ATV OS. Maybe people don't want to buy a new tv just to upgrade their TVOS. Maybe ATV provides features the tv doesn't. The list goes on.

Because a lot of people don’t want to us the smart TV option and Apple TV works much better.

The amount of telemetry smart TVs collect is insane, I’d much rather keep my TV a dumb panel and keep the brains that have internet access in a different box. Also I’d rather just have to worry about things like panel quality when picking a TV than also having to matrix that with what smarts it comes with. Also I keep TVs for a while, being able to upgrade what I’m using for smart functions separately from the panel is nice

And the AppleTV is butter smooth to use, probably the best streaming box experience around. And it acts as a homekit hub too

So there’s a few reasons

Apple TV is more than an app. It’s the experience and the Apple TV interface is better than all the others out there

I get your arguments. Your are right in a lot of those. Still you have to accept that apple tv is not as useful for many average joe users, as it was 10 years ago for example. For example since I picked up a sony google tv with many apps and airplay, my apple tv has been collecting dust.

 

[fbr$]

Apple TV with at least A14, 128 GB and the ability to download movies/series to watch them offline and we have a deal.

 

[BootsWalking]

It'll go lower. Economy has peaked and inventory on many discretionary items especially electronics is starting to pile up.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Excellent price for the cheapest model, but that 64GB tier has got to go. If you want more storage than that, the $130 jump to 256GB throws the whole value proposition out of whack. Which is why I haven't bought one of these yet.

Thanks for that partial thought that really says nothing.

Between iCloud and 256GB USB-C thumb drives to hold my movies and TV shows I very occasionally watch, I still have over half of my 64GB available with almost every app I have on my iPhone also on my iPad.

Do I need 256GB every day? Nope. So, personally, the 64GB tier is perfect on a device that is not my daily driver. and saves me money.

 

[anthogag]

I use the Pencil with my iPad Pro 12.9”. It is excellent for writing on PDF forms, writing in notes apps, picture editing, drawing, using the swipe keyboard,……

I have Apple TV 4K. I hope Apple continues to make it.

 

[anson42]

Do I need 256GB every day? Nope. So, personally, the 64GB tier is perfect on a device that is not my daily driver. and saves me money.

Same here. I picked up the 64GB mini when it was last on sale at $399 and don't regret it whatsoever. I filled it up with media – books & movies & tv shows (music is on my phone) – on a recent trip overseas and as I had anticipated it is the perfect travel size device for me. 256GB would be overkill for my use case, too, even if I was offline for quite a while since my phone is the daily driver and has stuff on it that I really need.

 

[Juicy Box]

while the 64GB model has dropped to $149.99.

I am tempted to get the 64GB one, but may end up waiting (hoping?) that Apple comes out with a larger size. 64GB just isn't big enough anymore if one plays games.

Also, I really wished Apple still sold the Siri Remote 1. I can only find it on eBay, and many of them are kind of shady looking, maybe knock offs from China.