Deals – Big Spring Sale day 1: AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max 2, Apple Watch models up to $400 off, much more

Amazon’s 2026 Big Spring Sale is now live with a gigantic number of notable price drops. We have already rounded up this morning’s most notable offers but we also wanted to highlight the up to $400 off we are tracking on Apple Watch models as part of the Doorbuster offers as well as AirPods Pro 3 down even lower to $199, the AirPods Max 2 pre-order offers at up to $130 off, and much more in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. We also have smart home deals and the Anker Big Spring Sale charging charging gear discounts to scope out as well.

Amazon Big Spring Sale hub: Deals on Apple, Google, e-bikes, tech accessories, apparel, more

AirPods Max 2 pre-orders now live: Best Buy offers $130 off when trading in your older Lighting set

Alongside the official kick-off to Amazon’s massive Big Spring Sale, and the $100 price drops on AirPods Max, today is also the day the brand new AirPods Max 2 go up for pre-order. The long-awaited next-generation Apple over-ears will go up for sale for the first time this morning at major retailers and directly from Apple and we are here to uncover the best ways to save.

AirPods Max 2 pre-order deals

AirPods Max 2 pre-order $549

$130 off with Lightning AirPods Max trade-ins

with Lightning AirPods Max trade-ins

As of right now, there are, as expected, no straight up cash discounts on the new AirPods Max 2 for pre-order day. But as we await some potential offers at Amazon, Best Buy is landing this morning with some notable trade-in options for folks looking to upgrade from the previous-generation set.

Before the pre-order listings went live this morning at 9 a.m. ET, Best Buy was already quoting $130 in value towards the older Lightning AirPods Max – this is in fact the only AirPods Max it was accepting for trade at that time. All things considered, most folks who just spent $549 on the updated AirPods Mac USB-C (or much less than that if you’re a 9to5Toys reader) aren’t likely to be jumping at the chance to spend $549 on the new AirPods Max 2 anyway, but we will keep an eye out for options outside of Apple.

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