Apple’s most recent full-size iPads launched in May, including two new versions of the iPad Air—the Goldilocks tablet for most people, I’d say. It now comes in two sizes (11-inch and 13-inch), both with the powerful Apple M2 chip on board. All models have just dropped in price: here are the bargains.
The prices across the range have just dropped at Amazon: here are the separate links for the 11-inch and 13-inch screen sizes. Some savings are bigger than others. Some see as much as $150 knocked off the regular price.
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The iPad Air comes with two connectivity options, one with WiFi and one with WiFi and cellular (we’ll focus on WiFi models here). It’s available in four colors: starlight, space gray, purple and blue. And there are four storage options to choose from: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB. So, it’s worth thinking about which model you’re after.
Apple iPad Air 11-Inch
For the 11-inch display, the 128GB storage option with WiFi usually costs $599. Amazon has it for $50 off, an 8% reduction, priced at $549 for blue, purple and space gray, or $554 for starlight finish.
The 256GB storage version with WiFi is usually priced at $699 but there’s currently another 8% discount, meaning a $55 price cut to $644 for the starlight finish, with an extra dollar off for space gray and purple, $643. The price drop is more miserly on the blue finish: $681.29.
Shift up to the 512GB storage and on the blue finish there’s an 8% discount which works out at $75, reducing the usual $899 price to $824. Only 7% off the purple and space gray options, bringing the price to $834, while starlight has the biggest price drop, 11%. That’s a full $100 off and brings it down to $799.
If you want the biggest storage on the 11-incher, there’s up to 9% off. That’s a $100 discount on the blue version, down from $1,099 to $999. Purple costs $1,011, space gray $1,031 and starlight is $1,014.
Apple iPad Air 13-Inch
The entry-level 13-inch option has 128GB storage with wifi. Normally it’s $799 but right now, it’s 8% off, a $63 discount, bringing it down to $735. That’s not bad, and it’s across all four colors.
Step up to 256GB and the $899 regular price is discounted by 8% or $72 for purple: $827. Space gray and blue are a touch more, $829, while starlight has a much poorer discount: it costs $879.93.
Next up is 512GB and here there’s a bigger discount on starlight: 8% off the regular $1,099 price brings the cost down to $1,011, the same price as blue. Space gray is a little more: $1,014. But the big discount is reserved for the purple colorway: a big 14% price drop saves $150 off the list price, bringing it to $949.
Finally, for those who must have the most storage, the 1TB model, normally $1,299, is 8% or $105 off in purple: $1,194, just $5 more for blue, $1,199 but best-priced in starlight where a 12% price cut brings it down to $1,149—a $150 savings.
Please check back as I’ll be monitoring the prices as Black Friday approaches.