Good news! The AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Prime Day deals have arrived in advance of Amazon’s big deal days, and the savings are significant: Best Buy has got the AirPods Pro 2 down from $249.99 to $159.99, saving $90, and Amazon is offering the AirPods 4 for just $99, down from $129. That’s a 23% discount.
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These deals are part of the Amazon Prime Day discounts we’ll be seeing all week, which aren’t just limited to Amazon: rival retailers also do deep discounts, as you can see from the two Best Buy bargains below.
That makes this week a very good week to invest in AirPods of any kind; I’ve been hanging on for deals like these since I broke my AirPods Pro 2 a few weeks ago, so it’s great to see such deep discounting.
Amazon Prime Day deal: AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max
I’d happily recommend all four of these products: I’m a long-term AirPods, AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max listener and they all deliver superb sonics. The main difference is in the fit: AirPods 4 are better if you don’t like ear tips, AirPods Pro 2 are brilliant if you do, and AirPods Max are for those of us who prefer over-ears.
The AirPods 4 without ANC are really good budget buds, and their spatial audio is particularly impressive; they’re great do-everything earbuds. That said, if you’re going to be listening to music, podcasts or audiobooks in busy places or while traveling I’d recommend spending very slightly more on the version with Active Noise Cancellation. It really makes a difference, especially on longer trips: ANC’s a real boon on flights and long road or rail trips.
The AirPods Pro 2 are so good I’ve bought them with my own money: if you’re using Apple hardware their integration is absolutely superb, and their ANC is exceptional. The additional hearing health features are very useful, and I’ve found them very comfortable even on very long listening sessions.
That leaves the AirPods Max, which I’d describe as both brilliant and ludicrously overpriced – so a deal like the one above is essential. They are genuinely amazing headphones but at full price they’re a hard sell. I bought mine several years back on a similar deal and I’m delighted I did: getting a rare discount makes them sound even sweeter.
More early Prime Day deals
- Amazon Prime membership: free 30-day trial
- Amazon Devices: 50% off TVs, Echo & Fire Sticks
- Apple: AirPods + iPads from $99
- Back to school: deals from $5.99
- Beauty: 80% off toothbrushes & skincare
- Headphones: $120 off Bose, Apple & Sony
- Health: electric toothbrushes from $24.99
- Kitchen: 54% off Ninja, Nespresso & Keurig
- Laptops: record-low prices from $175
- Tablets: iPads and Samsung from $54.99
- Toys: 40% off Lego, scooters & Toniebox
- TVs: cheap TVs from $59.99
- Vacuums: Shark, Bissell & Dyson from $49.99