Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale is live, and the markdowns on TVs, headphones, and charging gear range from genuinely steep to barely worth clicking.
The sale spans hundreds of third-party accessories alongside Apple gear. The standout: Sony's WH-1000XM5 noise-cancelling headphones are $198, down from $399.99 - about 50% off. Elsewhere the math is less dramatic. Soundcore's Sleep A30 earbuds drop to $159.99 from $229.99, roughly 30% off, and Anker's Prime TB5 docking station falls to $309.99 from $399.99, about 23% off. TVs and monitors, meanwhile, hold their own: the 65-inch Samsung Frame is $897.99 versus $1,497.99 (about 40% off), and Samsung's 34-inch ViewFinity monitors are discounted roughly 39-41%.
That spread is the real story. There's no consistent pattern by category - audio and docking gear don't uniformly beat TVs and monitors, or vice versa. The Sony deal is the sale's best percentage cut, but it sits next to earbuds and a dock discounted at half that rate, while a premium TV and an ultrawide monitor land right in between.
Translation: skip the category assumptions and check the percentage on each listing. Prime Day pricing is a grab bag, not a formula.