As the Amazon Big Spring Sale rolls into day 2, we are now ready to kick off today’s best Apple deals with an even lower price on the M4 Pro Mac mini – it is now sitting at its best price ever with $200 in savings (the entry level model is still sitting at $529). Next we move over the M4 Pro MacBook Pro lineup as Amazon just knocked $300 off the 24GB 16-inch model to bring it back to the Black Friday all-time low. And finally it’s over to the AirPods 4 with ANC – the base model set is still at the $100 low but the ANC model has now dropped to $149 – while Eve’s HomeKit Secure Video smart home cam is now at one of its best prices ever. All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
Now even lower: Apple’s 24GB M4 Pro Mac mini just dropped again to new all-time low at $200 off, more from $529
Update: Hello! Amazon just knocked another $50 off the M4 Pro Mac mini to deliver a new all-time low at $1,199 shipped. Regularly $1,399, you can now score the upgraded machine with the M4 Pro chip, 24GB of RAM, and the 512GB SSD at $200 off – this is the best Amazon price we have ever tracked and the lowest all-time.
For many, the real selling point on Apple’s new M4 Mac mini lineup is the price. You can get in the current-generation M4-equipped Mac lineup with a starting price at $599 (or much less than thatwith the current deals that are now live on the most affordable models starting from $529 – within $29 of the Amazon all-time low). However, the more powerful M4 Pro model also delivers notable value for folks that need the extra horsepower for content creation, Logic Pro, Final Cut sessions, and so forth, and it has just hit its best price ever on Amazon at $150 off. Details below.
Amazon is now offering Apple’s M4 Pro Mac mini with 24GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD down at $1,199 shipped. Regularly $1,399 this is a straight up $200 price drop, $50 under our previous mention, and a new Amazon all-time low. This is the first time we have tracked this configuration at under $1,299 on Amazon.
Again, for some folks it’s all about the more affordable M4 models of the new mini – they are after all the least expensive Macs in the current generation lineup and wonderful machines for those that don’t need the extra horsepower.
Apple’s most affordable 24GB 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro just fell back to the Black Friday all-time low at $300 off
We have been tracking some notable $200 price drops on the most affordable M4 MacBook Pro for a week or more now, but the Amazon Big Spring Sale is now bringing back the best price ever on the 16-inch M4 Pro. You’ll now find the 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD down at $2,199 shipped – that’s a giant $300 off the going $2,499 list price.
You’re looking at the base model, or most affordable, 16-inch M4 Pro machine here, but we are talking about a 24GB laptop with the usual 512GB of storage nonetheless. We saw it fall to $2,129 earlier this month, but Amazon has now taken it up a notch to mark the return of all-time low pricing with a solid $200 price drop. Only once before today have we seen this model at a price this good and that was for a brief time during Black Friday last year.
Needless to say at this point, we are looking at a very good deal on a very good machine, and there’s no telling how long this price will stick around for – we have only seen it once before and took 3 months to return.
The same thing we highlighted on the more pricey 48GB deal we spotted a $308 off applies here as well – the 16-inch configurations aren’t going to be for everyone. Most folks seem to rather the more compact machines, and more likely the lower prices they come along with, but if you’re in the market for a proper workstation machine, something to get some video editing done on, and so forth, or just prefer the extra display real estate, today’s deal is a very good one.
Here are some additional deals on other configurations to consider if this one isn’t working for you;
- 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro 16GB/512GB $1,399 (Reg. $1,599)
- 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro 16GB/1TB $1,589 (Reg. $1,799)
- 14-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB/512GB $1,779 (Reg. $1,999)
- 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro 24GB/1GB $2,199 (Reg. $2,499)
- 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro 48GB/1GB $2,591 (Reg. $2,899)
Apple’s latest AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation drop back to Amazon 2025 low at $149 today, base set at $100
The AirPods Pro 2 deal down at $170 is still live, and we still have the base model AirPods 4 sitting at the $100 low, but the elevated AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation are getting in on the Amazon Big Spring Sale today too. Regularly $179, Amazon is now offering Apple’s latest AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation down back down at $148.99 shipped – this is matching our previous mention and the lowest price we have tracked this year there.
While we did catch a short-lived offer on the ANC AirPods 4 ahead of Christmas last year at the $139 Amazon all-time low, today’s deal is otherwise on par with the best we have seen otherwise. There have also been some extremely fleeting, almost spammy, offers from less than desirable online retailers for less, but just about no one had a chance to scoop them up and I’m not sure you would have even wanted too anyway – I didn’t.
Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 remain the gold standard in Apple in-ear listening experiences if you ask me (and million of others) – they were after all one of the most popular products among 9to5Toys readers last year despite the newer AirPods 4 hitting the market last fall, and were featured in our 9to5Toys’ Favorite Things of 2024 feature for this reason.
That said, the AirPods 4 are a less pricey endeavor and one that we came away quite impressed with after getting hands-on last year – Hands-on with AirPods 4: better in every way.
Joining the active noise cancelation, Siri hands- and voice-free interactions, Voice Isolation, and Personalized Spatial Audio tech, they land with a redesigned earbud form-factor featuring a “refined contour, shorter stem, and quick-press controls for music or calls” alongside a case that is the “smallest in the industry with wireless charging”
Eve’s HomeKit Secure Video smart home cam hits one of its best prices at $115 (Nearly 25% off)
As part of the now live Big Spring Sale, and the ongoing Eve smart home sale, we are touching down today to highlight a notable deal on one of our favorite HomeKit smart home cameras – the Eve Cam. Regularly $150, and rarely on sale outside of holiday events, you can now score it at one of the best prices we have ever tracked with Amazon’s listing now sitting down at $114.95 shipped, or nearly 25% off.
While the Eve Cam isn’t the newest HomeKit camera on the market, or the most affordable, after our follow up review at around this time last year over at 9to5Mac, we can confidently say it remains one of our favorites:
Last week, I looked at the state of HomeKit Secure Video. While I agree that it will take a lot of work to meet users’ needs in 2024, I also agree that it’s still the best way for privacy-focused people to use smart home cameras. The Eve Cam is one of the best cameras on the market for HomeKit Secure video.
The Eve Cam, which is now undercutting last year’s Black Friday price, delivers HomeKit Secure Video support – we said “Eve is a vendor as close to Apple releasing first-party HomeKit products as will come.”
It delivers the obligatory 1080p fees to your smart devices from its sleek black frame alongside the suite of notifications and motion alerts one would expect from a camera in this now discounted price range – it is capable of distinguishing between people and pets as well.
Be sure to dive into the wider Eve Big Spring smart home sale where you’ll find the brand’s plugs, outlets, switches, and more starting from $30 right now.
Today’s accessories and charging deals:
Apple’s iPad mini 7 now $100 off for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, deals from $399
The new iPad (A16) is now out in the wild (and is now marked down at Amazon) alongside the upgraded M3 iPad Air (still seeing its first cash deals right here), but Amazon also just brought back the $100 price drops on Apple’s latest, greatest, and miniest iPad. You’ll now find just about every iPad mini 7 configuration on sale via Amazon at $100 off the going rates with prices kicking off from $399 shipped. Head below for a closer look.
Amazon has the 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB models down at $399, $499, and $699 shipped, respectively. That’s a straight up $100 off the regular listings, matching our previous mention, and on par with the lowest prices we have tracked to date.
Apple’s latest iPad mini 7, or more officially the iPad mini (A17 Pro) is the most affordable model in the lineup that can run Apple Intelligence. The aforementioned iPad (A16) is, of course, the least pricey model in the lineup overall – it currently starts down at $329 on Amazon – but it is not compatible with Apple Intelligence.
The iPad mini 7 landed on store shelves in late 2024 with the same compact 8.3-inch display as the previous model alongside a 30% jump in CPU power, 25% better graphics performance, and upgraded storage capacity – Apple finally rid the 64GB models from the lineup. Our iPad mini 7 vs 6 comparison feature piece provides a detailed rundown of everything new this time around.
Here are our favorite iPad mini 7 cases and sleeves from $8.50.
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