A collection of official 45mm Apple Watch Sport Bands are on sale and headlining the best discounts today starting from $40. It comes joined by the best price to date on Apple’s 13-inch M2 MacBook Air at $899, as well as a chance to save on iPad Air 5 at $99 off – after all, new iPads aren’t coming until March. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
Official 45mm Apple Watch Sport Bands start from $40
Amazon is now marking down an assortment of official Apple Watch Sport Bands. Centered around the latest styles for 45mm smartwatches, there are five different colorways up for grabs starting at $40 shipped. You’d more regularly pay $49 across the lot, with today’s offers either marking new all-time lows or delivering the very first chances to save period. We break down which styles are getting in on the savings below.
Comprised of a soft, breathable high-performance fluoroelastomer material, the official Apple Watch Sport Bands arrive in a pair of colors to either mix up the daily stylings of your wearable or refresh an aging option. Already ideal for working out, tagging along on hikes, and other fall-worthy adventures, these are just as comfortable for fitness companions as they are for daily wear.
Apple’s 13-inch M2 MacBook Air now down to best price
The best price to date is now live on Apple’s latest 13-inch M2 MacBook Air. Now available courtesy of Best Buy, the savings now drop the MacBook down to $899. It’s saving you $200 from the usual $1,099 price tag in order to land as the best price in over a month. We didn’t see a markdown last week for fall Prime Day, and now today’s discount arrives at $30 under our previous mention. All four different colorways are also getting in on the savings today, too.
Apple’s latest M2 MacBook Air comes powered by its latest in-house chip and pairs with a refreshed form-factor. The 13-inch Liquid Retina Display sports a 500-nit brightness to complete the P3 wide color support and is complemented by a 1080p FaceTime camera with three-mic array and Spatial Audio-enabled speakers. Though the real highlight has to be the return of MagSafe charging, which makes the cut alongside other I/O like dual Thunderbolt ports. Learn more about the entry-level configuration’s performance.
New iPads aren’t coming until March, but iPad Air 5 is now $99 off
Amazon is now offering Apple’s latest iPad Air 5 for $500. It arrives with several colorways of the Wi-Fi 64GB model on sale, all dropping down from the usual $599 price tag. This is $99 off and marking the first discount in over a month. We didn’t see any savings go live on Amazon’s fall Prime Day sale earlier in the month, either. Today’s discount is all the more notable given the context that new iPads won’t be due out until March of next year. So if you’re not looking to wait another five months, saving $99 now is hard to argue with.
Bringing all of the M1 power to a more affordable form-factor, Apple’s iPad Air 5 is an even better value with some savings attached. It notably features 10.9-inch Retina display, with True Tone, P3 wide color, and an antireflective coating being applied to the canvas.
Apple Pencil 2 support is of course onboard, alongside other stables in the iPadOS lineup like Touch ID in the power button and a 12MP Ultra Wide front camera comes backed by Center Stage support. And before you say that the 64GB of storage is too little for Final Cut Pro, the USB-C support means you can plug in and edit right off an SSD. Learn more about iPad Air 5 over in our coverage.
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