Deals: Best Buy Kicks Off Huge Apple Sale and Amazon Offers $50 iTunes Gift Card for $42.50

Best Buy today launched a new Apple savings event, marking down iPhones, MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros, iMacs, iPads, iPad Pros, and some HomeKit devices. There are numerous notable discounts in the sale that include all-time-low prices, so be sure to check out all of the savings in the list below and head to Best Buy before the event ends on December 8 at 11:59 p.m. CT.

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Specifically, deals worth keeping an eye out for include the 9.7-inch iPad from earlier in 2018 (32GB, Wi-Fi), which is down to $269.99 today. This isn't quite the lowest price ever, but it is currently the best available online and $10 under the discount found just yesterday at eBay. Best Buy's event also has the first discounts found on the 2018 Mac mini in two configurations and lowest-ever prices on the 10.5-inch iPad Pro.

iPhone and iPad

Mac

  • MacBook Air (Mid 2017) - Save up to $200 on select models / as low as $849.99 for 8GB RAM/128GB HD

  • MacBook Pro (Mix of 2017 and 2018) - Save up to $200 on select models / as low as $1,599.99 for 2018 8GB RAM/256HD

  • iMac - Save up to $300 / as low as $1,024.99 for 21.5-inch 8GB RAM / 1TB HD

  • 2018 Mac mini - Save up to $100 / as low as $724.99 for 8GB RAM / 128GB HD

Apple Watch and Accessories

HomeKit

CarPlay

At Amazon for a limited time, you can save 15 percent on the $50 App Store and iTunes gift card. With this Gold Box deal, the $50 gift card is marked down to $42.50. This deal will expire around 2:00 p.m. CT, or when it is 100 percent claimed by Amazon shoppers, so be sure to place your order soon if you want to add a bit of iTunes credit to your Apple ID.

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Our full Deals Roundup is keeping track of all of the best sales and discount events this holiday season, so be sure to bookmark it and check back often.

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Top Rated Comments

MrAperture Avatar
80 months ago
I’m kind of concerned by all the sales on new devices this year. Not that they aren’t warranted.
Why would you be concerned? Apple isn’t selling like it used to, especially at their higher prices.
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