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Deals: AirPods Max $120 off, black Apple Watch Ultra $250 off, Trail Loop 44% off, black Milanese Loop, more

Avatar for Justin Kahn  | Jan 26 2026 - 8:51 am PT
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Alongside the debut of the new AirTag 2 (now available on Amazon), today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are now ready to roll. Starting off with a new 48-hour flash sale at Best Buy, we now have $250 off all black Apple Watch Ultra 2 models alongside some deep deals on official Trail, Alpine, and Ocean bands at up to 44% off. Those offers join this 25% discount on the official black Milanese Loop as well as $120 off AirPods Max (USB-C), and this M3 MacBook Air at $400 less than the M4 model. Everything else awaits below. 

Apple’s new next-gen AirTag 2 now available at $29 via Amazon, or grab the original at up to 30% off

Best Buy launches new 48-hour Flash Sale: Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Max, TVs, Switch 2 gear, more

Apple’s latest AirPods Max (USB-C) now nearly $120 off for the next 48-hours (All colors)

Best Buy has now launched a new wide-ranging 48-hour flash sale and in it, you’ll find quite a notable price drop on Apple’s latest USB-C equipped AirPods Max. All five colors are now nearly $120 off the list price – we are awaiting an Amazon price match.

For 48-hours only, Best Buy is offering Apple’s AirPods Max (USB-C) down at $429.99 shipped. Regularly $549, all five colors are now $119 off the list price to deliver the best deal we can find. 

This offer is $20 under our previous 2026 mention and $30 above the particularly notable Black Friday and Cyber Monday offer we featured late last year. But, generally speaking, the latest AirPods Max don’t often drop below $450 outside of special holiday savings and are almost never down at the $400 Black Friday price we saw in 2025. All things considered, $430 is a more than respectable deal price.

While an Amazon price match certainly isn’t out of the question here, it still has these Apple cans starting at $450 with some colors selling at closer to $500 at the time of writing. 

This AirPods Max deal is arguably one of the most notable Apple offers in the sale, but you’ll want to quickly go check out our coverage of Best Buy’s new 48-hour Flash Sale event right here for more. There are up to 50% off a wide selection of TVs from top brands, audio gear, more headphones, Switch 2 accessories, and more.

This Midnight 16GB M3 MacBook Air is $400 less than Apple’s M4 model right now

While you will find some $200 price drops live on a very select number of M4 MacBook Air configurations this morning, we wanted to highlight this M3 deal. The listing for the 15-inch model in Midnight with 16GB of RAM is now back in stock at $400 under the list price on the comparable M4. 

Coming courtesy of well-known and trusted authorized Apple dealer Expercom, its official Amazon storefront with Amazon fulfillment is now offering the 15-inch Midnight M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD down at $999 shipped.

This model started out at $1,699 before an official RAM upgrade effectively dropped the list price at Apple to $1,499. The comparable M4 model carries a list price at $1,399. 

This means you’re saving $500 off its most recent sticker price and $400 off the current-generation M4 model’s list price. Even if you factor in the current sale price on select M4 models, you’re still looking at $200 less with this M3.

It is also worth noting that Best Buy is currently charging $100 more than this for the 16GB/256GB model M3.

We did see the entire lineup of M4 MacBook Air models at $250 off over Black Friday and the holidays last year, but those deals are long gone in favor of the $200 off we have tracked this year. That said, even those deals are mostly gone now on all but a very select number of colors and configurations. It’s not an M4, but the M3 is still a solid option, more than powerful enough for most folks, and you are looking at the model with 16GB of RAM – not the highly underwhelming old 8GB models.

All black Apple Watch Ultra 2 configs are $250 off at Best Buy right now (Matching Black Friday deals)

While Amazon is still offering a series of Natural Apple Watch Ultra 2 units at $250 off the original list price, Best Buy has now brought back its clearance pricing on the black models. Amazon has had a hard time keeping the black Ultra 2 in stock, but Best Buy delivering Black Friday/holiday pricing for the next 48 hours.

Last go around, only the Natural Titanium case colors were $250 off – like they are right now at Amazon – while the black models were $200 off. But with today’s launch of its latest 48-hour sale event, Best Buy is once again offering $250 price dropson just about every black case Ultra 2 configuration there is. 

This includes the all-black Ocean Band models as well as various Trail and Alpine Loop configs down at $549 shipped. That’s $250 off the original $799 list price and the best we can find in brand new condition. 

You will find some light price cuts on the new Apple Watch Ultra 3 over at Amazon, but nothing anywhere near what we are seeing on the still more than capable Ultra 2. We did catch a couple $100 price drops on Ultra 3 ahead of Thanksgiving and over the holidays last year, but again, the chances of grabbing one of those at any better than that anytime soon is extremely low – a deal on Ultra 3 at $250 off, even during Black Friday 2026, would be borderline insane.

Best Buy launches new 48-hour Flash Sale: Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Max, TVs, Switch 2 gear, more

All-time low: Apple’s latest blue Trail Loop now starts at $56 (Up to 44% off, black or natural) + much more

It has been a busy week in official Apple Watch Ultra band deals. Several of Apple’s latest models went on sale over the last 5 days or so, many of which are still live, but this morning we spotted the Apple Trail Loop in the latest Blue/Bright Blue colorway at nearly 40% off with the Natural finish and at giant 44% off with the black finish – both new Amazon all-time lows.

Amazon is now offering Apple’s Blue/Bright Blue Trail Loop with the Natural Titanium finish down at $60.62 shipped.

However it is also now offering Apple’s Blue/Bright Blue Trail Loop model with the Black Titanium finish down at an impressive $55.58 shipped.

These are regularly $99 official Apple Watch Ultra bands now seeing as much as 44% price drops to deliver the best deals we have tracked, at Amazon or otherwise. 

As anyone who follows our coverage of Apple’s official bands will already know, this is a seriously deep deal. While deals are basically never stable on these bands, with prices jumping all over the place and then quickly back up to the full MSRP, catching deals this soon after release – this color debuted in September – at any better than 20% off doesn’t happen all of the time. 

There are several notable deals on various Apple bands right now, some of which are still live from over the weekend:

Elevate your wrist game with Apple’s gorgeous black Milanese Loop at 25% off

Still live: Rare deal knocks Apple’s official iPhone Air MagSafe Battery to its best Amazon price yet

Neatly store your Apple Watch band collection on Twelve South’s TimePorter down at $22.50

Today’s accessories and charging deals:

Apple’s most affordable 13-inch M5 iPad Pro hits some of the best prices yet, now nearly $150 off

While we did catch some notable price drops on Apple’s latest M5-powered iPad Pro lineup over Black Friday and the holidays last year, many of the deepest offers landed on the (more) niche high-end configurations. Today, however, Amazon is serving up some of its best prices ever on the most affordable 13-inch models at nearly $150 off.

Amazon is now offering the 13-inch M5 iPad Pro with the 256GB storage capacity down at $1,149.99 shipped in Space Black. 

The 512GB model with double the capacity is now down at $1,349.99 shipped in both the Silver and Space Black treatments.

Regularly $1,299 and $1,499, respectively, you’re looking at nearly $150 off on both configurations to deliver the lowest prices we can find and Amazon all-time lows on just about everything – all models are at the lowest we have tracked, outside of the Space Black 256GB that was $1 less than this once before today.

Just for comparison’s sake, Best Buy is currently charging full price on the most affordable 13-inch configurations featured above. 

M5 iPad Pro 11-inch:

M5 iPad Pro 13-inch:

Official Apple Crossbody iPhone Strap now up to 55% off at Amazon, deals from under $27

Official 2025 Apple 46mm Pride Edition Sport Band hits $15.50 Amazon all-time low today (68% off)

Apple’s M4 Mac mini now up to $110 off at Amazon with deals from $499

Nomad debuts must-see new Titanium Stratos Apple Watch band with glowing Icy Blue interior

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Justin is a senior editor covering all things music for 9to5Mac, including our weekly Logic Pros series exploring music production on Mac and iOS devices. Justin is an audio engineer/producer with over 10 years experience in the music industry.

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