Apple Is Having a Banner 12 months—and Has the October Prime Day Offers to Match

It has been a very good yr for Apple. The skinny, gentle iPhone Air was the largest redesign that the iPhone had in years, and the Apple Watch’s prolonged battery life was a step ahead on a function that the corporate had been engaged on for years. Resizable and movable home windows have turned the iPad into a way more usable work laptop, and Apple’s AirPods Professional 3 are higher than ever. When you’re an Apple fan, a lot of your on a regular basis objects have gotten simpler and higher to make use of. Even higher, there are a handful of nice October Prime Day Apple offers that may also make them extra reasonably priced.

After all, meaning if you have not upgraded your Apple gadgets in a while, it is time to rotate in some contemporary gear. (I actually am nonetheless holding on to an authentic iPad mini from 2012.) This is the perfect Apple gear that is discounted on Amazon’s Prime Massive Deal Days, with the caveat that you just want Amazon Prime membership to purchase it. When you’re on the fence, this is our information to the perfect Amazon Prime perks. Be sure you see the remainder of our Prime Massive Deal Days protection.

Up to date 3:41 AM EST: We have added a batch of contemporary offers from day 2 of Amazon’s Prime Massive Deal Days.

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The Apple Watch Sequence 10 Is on Sale

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Hear me out: I feel the upgraded battery life on this yr’s Watch Sequence 11 (from 18 hours to a full 24) is a crucial sufficient improve that it’s best to simply contemplate going straight to this yr’s watch. It makes the entire well being options in WatchOS 26 rather more helpful, particularly this yr’s Sleep Rating. (Previously, many individuals I knew wouldn’t sleep with their Apple Watches as a result of it is too annoying to get up with a drained watch.) Nevertheless, this can be a not-inconsiderable low cost on a watch that’s nonetheless a slim, engaging, full-featured health tracker.

Nearly the Lowest Value on the Finest iPad

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{Photograph}: Brenda Stolyar

Would you like an iPad this yr? I am nearly satisfied that this yr’s iPad OS upgrades would make an iPad setup a lot lighter and simpler for journey. (I would be capable to work and watch films in mattress!) It is necessary to notice, nonetheless, this iPad doesn’t help Apple Intelligence and solely works with the first-generation Apple Pencil. Through which case, you will need …

An Upgraded iPad

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The iPad Air is our improve choose that helps Apple Intelligence, has 5G connectivity, and helps a few of the latest equipment. Maybe it’s costly for an ancillary pill; nonetheless, that is positively a cut price value for a brand-new work laptop.

The Finest Work Laptop

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Apple

MacBook Air (M4, 2025)

Or you possibly can get the work laptop that all of us have. I am penning this on a MacBook Air proper now. It is on the prime of each our Finest Laptops and Finest MacBooks guides, and it has loads of onboard RAM. Except you edit video or produce music for a dwelling, you most likely needn’t spend tons of of {dollars} on the M4 Professional or M4 Max chips. (Though you may at all times test our purchasing information, simply to make sure.)

A Couple of Headphones

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Just about the one factor that is incorrect with the AirPods Max is that they are a few of the costlier wi-fi headphones that we have tried. However despite the fact that they got here out in 2020, they’re nonetheless the perfect headphones for iPhone customers, with a noticeably wonderful construct high quality, and so they very hardly ever go on sale.

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AirPods Professional 2 (With USB-C)

The AirPods Professional 2 are additionally on a really steep low cost. They do not match fairly in addition to the most recent AirPods Professional 3, which I’d say are the best-fitting AirPods that I’ve ever tried. However their efficiency and options are nonetheless higher than loads of the opposite earbuds we check.

Extra Apple Equipment

Apple

AirTags (4-pack)

Put ’em in your pockets! Your suitcase! All over the place!

Logitech

Combo Contact

You want this in your new iPad!

Anker

MagGo Energy Financial institution (10K) (Qi2)

I carry one among these in my purse. Battery life continues to be a persistent drawback with the iPhone.

Anker

MagGo UFO 3-in-1 Qi2 Charger

Tremendous cute and tremendous transportable, this folding 3-in-1 is an actual house saver.

Belkin

2-in-1 Wi-fi Charging Pad

Belkin’s 2-in-1 charger is an effective bridge between previous and new telephones and helps Qi2.

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