Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are now ready to roll. Best Buy has transitioned into its official early Black Friday sale now and we have more than a few Apple deals that should be on your radar. Alongside all-time low pricing on Apple Watch Ultra 3 models at $99 off the list prices, the new Apple Watch SE 3 with the always-on display has now hit its best price ever starting at $200 shipped. We also have several M4 Mac mini configs at up to $110 off joined by $100 off all iPad mini 7 models, and exclusive all-time lows on Satechi’s latest Find My accessories at 40% off for 9to5 readers.
Apple’s least pricey M4 Mac mini now down to $499 at Amazon ($100 off) + 24GB models
Along with the now live Week 1 Best Buy Black Friday Doorbusters, Amazon is ushering in some solid M4 Mac mini deals across several configurations. We featured a special deal on the most affordable 24GB model earlier this week courtesy of B&H, followed by a pair of notable discounts on the upgraded configs at Amazon this morning, but it has now dropped the entry-level M4 mini back down to $499 shipped.
Amazon is now offering the M4 Mac mini with 16GB of RAM and the 256GB SSD – the most affordable configuration you can buy – at $499 shipped.
Regularly $599, you’re looking at a $100 price drop on what many, myself included, consider to be the best bang for you buck when it comes to the current-generation Mac lineup. This thing delivers a full-on macOS experience with a relatively versatile array of I/O options at under $500. And if you ask me, landing a current-generation Mac, especially now with the base 16GB RAM tier, is a steal no matter how you look at it.
Yes, we have seen this deal many a time at this point, and we will certainly see it again, but you really can’t go wrong if these sorts of specs work for you at $499.
All of that said, and as I have spoken about plenty of times now, the 256GB storage is starting to feel soooo 2022 at this point. It works, and I have made it work for me more than a few times with some portable SSDs, but I tend to lean towards 512GB machines these days. However, you will certainly be paying the Apple storage tax with any upgrades at all (as you’ll see from the deal pricing across the lineup below), and if you can make the 256GB work for you, the value here is spectacular.
Apple’s official iPhone 17/Pro/Max Silicone cases now starting from $37 (25% off)
We featured some all-time low pricing on the official Apple iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max Silicone cases for Prime Day last month, and much of those deals are now returning. While some of the colors and sizes aren’t quite as low, they are landing very close (within $1 or so of the best prices ever right now). Scope out the details below.
Options on the base model iPhone 17 are also coming down into that $37 all-time low price range alongside the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max options right now. You’re looking at regularly $49 cases seeing something very close to 25% off right now to land within $1 or so of the best we have tracked to date. Pricing varies slightly on the color option here, but you’re by and large looking at something very close to Amazon all-time lows across the board – it’s really just the orange model and a couple others that aren’t on sale here.
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