[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-prime-day-apple-deals-airpods-watches-and-macbooks-on-sale":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":34,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":35,"tags":36,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},1919,"prime-day-apple-deals-airpods-watches-and-macbooks-on-sale","Prime Day Apple Deals: AirPods, Watches, and MacBooks on Sale","AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and MacBook Air M5 are all discounted during Amazon's Prime Day sale.","Amazon's Prime Day has brought a wave of Apple discounts, with several products hitting record or near-record lows.\n\nThe AirPods Pro 3 are down to $179.99 at Amazon and Best Buy — a record low of $169 briefly appeared at Walmart but sold out. For context, the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation are currently $148.99, making the Pro 3 only about $31 more. Given the Pro 3 adds better noise cancellation and a heart rate sensor, that gap is hard to argue against. The Apple Watch Series 11 (42mm, GPS) has also hit a new low at $279 on Amazon, down from $399. The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is $649 — $150 off — also a new low, bundled with three band styles. On the laptop side, the 13-inch MacBook Air with M5, 16GB RAM, and 512GB storage is $949.99, which is $50 above its all-time low.\n\nWhat makes this Prime Day cycle notable is the breadth: it's rare to see flagship Apple audio, multiple Watch tiers, and a current-generation MacBook discounted simultaneously. Apple products typically hold price well outside of Black Friday windows, so the compression across categories is worth paying attention to if you've been sitting on a purchase.\n\nThat said, these are retailer discounts, not Apple-authorized price cuts — availability has already proven volatile, as the $169 AirPods Pro 3 deal demonstrated. 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