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Early Black Friday price cuts

Apple AirPods offer powerful sound, great features, and deep integration with the Apple ecosystem. There are deep discounts on almost every model right now, and we haven’t even gotten to Black Friday yet. Here are the latest offers.

The offers featured in this post have been independently selected by the Contributor and do not contain affiliate links.

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Apple AirPods Pro 2

$179, usually $249, from Amazon

$179.99, usually $249.99, from Best Buy

Take $70, or 28%, off the list price for Apple’s premium in-ears. This isn’t the lowest they’ve ever been, and it’s quite possible that when Black Friday is properly underway, there will be further discounts. However, this is an extremely good price and further price drops are unlikely to be more than about $10. You can wait or have AirPods Pro 2 in your hands (and ears) all the sooner with these deals.

AirPods Pro 2 have excellent noise cancellation – estimated to be as good as AirPods 4 with ANC – as well as a perfect fit thanks to the different sized silicone tips. New features have just been added to the Pro 2 model, including a hearing test and hearing aid support.

AirPods 4

AirPods 4 $119, usually $129, from Amazon

AirPods 4 $119.99, usually $129.99 from Best Buy

AirPods 4 with ANC $168, usually $179, from Amazon

Amazon took 8%, or $10, off entry-level AirPods. That’s not bad for a product that’s barely more than a month old. If you want the model with ANC, that’s an $11 or 6% price cut at Amazon, bringing it down to $168. Personally, I’d go with the AirPods Pro 2 for $11 more, but this is still a great product at a good price.

Best Buy also has $10 off the entry-level AirPods 4, but no discount on the model with ANC.

AirPods Max

AirPods Max USB-C from $529, usually $549, from Amazon

AirPods Max Lightning from $459, previously $549, from Amazon

AirPods Max Lightning $499.99, previously $549.99 from Best Buy.

As you know, Apple just refreshed the over-ear AirPods in September, replacing the Lightning connector with USB-C and introducing new colors. The discounts on the new models are small — around $20 or less on Amazon — but if you like one of the new colors, like gorgeous orange, that’s what you’re going for.

However, if you don’t mind a Lightning connection, there are no other major differences between the first and second generation, and the price cuts are very different.

Blue and Space Gray are both $90 off their original price, coming to $459. Green and silver are each $479, while pink is $499.99.

Best Buy matches Amazon’s price for the pink at $499.99 and has the same price for the Lightning colors. There is no discount on the second generation USB-C model.

I’ll report new deals as we see them, but these are decent early AirPods Black Friday price cuts.

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