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This week brought , and a bunch of tech deals across the web. Apple's MacBook Air M1 returns to the best price we've seen it while the iPad Air remains discounted by $100. Some of our favorite Sennheiser wireless earbuds are $100 off, too, and you can still grab a great deal from Oculus that knocks $100 off a second headset when you buy a Quest 2 VR system. Here are the best tech deals we found this week that you can still get today.
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is back down to an all-time low of $850, which is $150 off its normal price. It earned a from us for its stellar performance, attractive, fanless design and its comfortable keyboard and trackpad.
Valentina Palladino / Engadget
Amazon has the new, space gray for $459, or $40 off its normal price. Apple announced the upgraded tiny tablet last week and it's officially available today. We gave it a for its much improved design, speedy performance with the A15 Bionic chip, long battery life and USB-C charging.
is $100 off right now, bringing it down to $500. All five colors are on sale at Amazon. thanks to automatically applied coupons, although with various shipping times. We gave the Air a for its speedy performance and WiFi, healthy battery life and support for the second-gen Apple Pencil.
Apple's returned to its all-time-low price of $600 thanks to a sale and an automatically applied coupon. You're getting all of the performance boosts provided by the M1 chipset in a compact desktop package. This is a good machine to get if you have an older desktop that needs replacing, but you don't want to spend a ton of money.
Devindra Hardawar/Engadget
Through September 27, you can get $100 off a second headset when you buy an . That means you'll get two VR machines for as little as $500. We gave the Quest 2 a for its powerful hardware, higher resolution screens and excellent performance as a standalone and a desktop VR set.
Amazon and Sennheiser have the excellent earbuds for $200, or $100 off their normal price. We gave these buds a for their stellar audio quality, good ANC, smaller size and handy companion app.
Nicole Lee / Engadget
The original is down to $45 again, a return to its all-time low. It's not much different from the second-generation device, which came out earlier this year, so you can safely save some money if you're willing to grab the older device. We gave the Echo Show 5 a for its compact size, decent audio quality and its sunrise alarm feature.
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With the announcement of an coming this October, Amazon knocked $50 off the , bringing it down to $80. We gave this e-reader a for its improved, waterproof design, Audible support and higher-contrast display.
is down to a new low of $379 at B&H Photo. We believe the launch of the Pixel 6 to be right around the corner, so you may want to wait if you want the latest phone from Google. However, the Pixel 4 remains a solid handset — its speedy performance, lovely display and stellar camera experience.
Through December 8, you can enter to . Along with the passes, you'll get access to a special preview night, reserved seating in Hall H, a personal concierge, a private tour of the Comic-Con Museum, dinner in Balboa Park and tickets to the "Night at the Comic-Con Museum" event. It's free to enter, but funds from this sweepstakes will go to the San Diego Comic Convention.
Amazon has the keyboard for $50 off, bringing it down to $180. This one has low profile mechanical switches and an attractive aluminum alloy body. It's also a wireless keyboard that can last up to 40 hours before it needs a recharge.
WarnerMedia HBO Max from Amazon Prime Video Channels this week, but it's hoping to entice fans to subscribe directly with a new offer. Through September 26, new and returning HBO Max subscribers can get six months of the service for , which comes out to $7.49 per month. That's one of the best deals we've seen, but just remember the price will automatically go up after the six-month period.
, one of , is running a sale on a two-year subscription. You can sign up and pay $99 for two years, plus you'll get an extra three months free. We like NordVPN for its speed, its no-logs policy, the thousands of servers it has to choose from and that one account supports up to six connected devices.
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MacBook Air M1
Engadget
is back down to an all-time low of $850, which is $150 off its normal price. It earned a from us for its stellar performance, attractive, fanless design and its comfortable keyboard and trackpad.
iPad mini (2021)
Valentina Palladino / Engadget
Amazon has the new, space gray for $459, or $40 off its normal price. Apple announced the upgraded tiny tablet last week and it's officially available today. We gave it a for its much improved design, speedy performance with the A15 Bionic chip, long battery life and USB-C charging.
iPad Air
is $100 off right now, bringing it down to $500. All five colors are on sale at Amazon. thanks to automatically applied coupons, although with various shipping times. We gave the Air a for its speedy performance and WiFi, healthy battery life and support for the second-gen Apple Pencil.
Mac Mini M1
Apple's returned to its all-time-low price of $600 thanks to a sale and an automatically applied coupon. You're getting all of the performance boosts provided by the M1 chipset in a compact desktop package. This is a good machine to get if you have an older desktop that needs replacing, but you don't want to spend a ton of money.
Oculus Quest 2
Devindra Hardawar/Engadget
Through September 27, you can get $100 off a second headset when you buy an . That means you'll get two VR machines for as little as $500. We gave the Quest 2 a for its powerful hardware, higher resolution screens and excellent performance as a standalone and a desktop VR set.
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2
Amazon and Sennheiser have the excellent earbuds for $200, or $100 off their normal price. We gave these buds a for their stellar audio quality, good ANC, smaller size and handy companion app.
Echo Show 5 (1st gen)
Nicole Lee / Engadget
The original is down to $45 again, a return to its all-time low. It's not much different from the second-generation device, which came out earlier this year, so you can safely save some money if you're willing to grab the older device. We gave the Echo Show 5 a for its compact size, decent audio quality and its sunrise alarm feature.
Kindle Paperwhite (previous gen)
Engadget
With the announcement of an coming this October, Amazon knocked $50 off the , bringing it down to $80. We gave this e-reader a for its improved, waterproof design, Audible support and higher-contrast display.
Google Pixel 4
is down to a new low of $379 at B&H Photo. We believe the launch of the Pixel 6 to be right around the corner, so you may want to wait if you want the latest phone from Google. However, the Pixel 4 remains a solid handset — its speedy performance, lovely display and stellar camera experience.
Comic-Con 2022 sweepstakes
Through December 8, you can enter to . Along with the passes, you'll get access to a special preview night, reserved seating in Hall H, a personal concierge, a private tour of the Comic-Con Museum, dinner in Balboa Park and tickets to the "Night at the Comic-Con Museum" event. It's free to enter, but funds from this sweepstakes will go to the San Diego Comic Convention.
New tech deals
Logitech G915 TKL
Amazon has the keyboard for $50 off, bringing it down to $180. This one has low profile mechanical switches and an attractive aluminum alloy body. It's also a wireless keyboard that can last up to 40 hours before it needs a recharge.
HBO Max (6 months)
WarnerMedia HBO Max from Amazon Prime Video Channels this week, but it's hoping to entice fans to subscribe directly with a new offer. Through September 26, new and returning HBO Max subscribers can get six months of the service for , which comes out to $7.49 per month. That's one of the best deals we've seen, but just remember the price will automatically go up after the six-month period.
NordVPN
, one of , is running a sale on a two-year subscription. You can sign up and pay $99 for two years, plus you'll get an extra three months free. We like NordVPN for its speed, its no-logs policy, the thousands of servers it has to choose from and that one account supports up to six connected devices.
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