Summary: Current-gen iPad mini with a $125 gift card, iPhone 6s and $250 gift card for $0, and more. Just avoid the Apple Store.
Despite Apple turning in bland Black Friday offerings year after year, the company’s products do see some crazy-good discounts this season. We’ve combed through all the available ads and hand-selected the very best of what you can expect to find this month.
If you are going to brave the store to try and get these deals, be warned: Apple deals disappear fast, so don’t get distracted. Once you’re inside or online, head straight to the Apple section.
iPads
- Apple iPad Air 2 16GB Tablet with a $150 Target Gift Card for $499 at Target
Although $499 is list price for the 16GB iPad Air 2, this hefty gift card drops the net price down to $349. That’s tied with the lowest price we’ve ever seen for this iPad, and that was just once over the summer. If you don’t want to pay so much up front however, you can plan on heading over to eBay, which currently has the second-best ad for the iPad Air 2, offering it for $360. - Apple iPad mini 4 16GB Tablet with a $125 Meijer Custom Coupon for $399 at Meijer
Assuming you live close enough to a Meijer location to take advantage of this $125 store credit, this ad effectively reduces the cost of the 16GB iPad mini 4 to just $274. That’s a whopping $76 below the best price we’ve seen and $26 below even our rosiest prediction. If you don’t live near a Meijer, this $299 Staples ad is your next best hope. - Apple iPad Mini 2 16GB WiFi Tablet for $199 at Walmart
Another direct “hit” from our Apple price predictions, we nailed it to the penny on this one. Even better? You don’t have to wait until Black Friday. Walmart is doing their whole “Black Friday starts two weeks before” campaign, so you can buy it at this price right now!
iPhones
- Unsubsidized iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus with a $250 Target Gift Card for $0 down at Target
Anything that can take the sting out of paying $650 or $750, respectively, for these Apple phones is a blessing. Assuming you can find something to spend $250 on at Target makes this the best deal we’ve seen on either of these models.Of note, Walmart will have the iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus bundled with a $100 bill credit and $100 Walmart gift card, if you’re looking to shave money off the cost of the purchase of the actual phone and not on some mysterious future purchase. - Subsidized Apple iPhone 6S Smartphone for Verizon, Sprint, or AT&T for $150 at Target
We still stick to our guns (iGuns) that this model will go on sale for $99 somewhere, at some time around Black Friday. (How’s that for being specific!) However, until that time, this is the best subsidized iPhone deal out there — and you could do worse than getting it for $50 off. - Subsidized Apple iPhone 6S Plus Smartphone for Verizon, Sprint, or AT&T for $250 at Target
Everything we said for the iPhone 6S deal above, we can say for this one too — except for the price prediction. For this model, we wouldn’t expect it to go as low as $99, but we’d hold out for a greater discount than $50 off this one. Still, until a better deal comes around, this is as good as it gets.
Computers
- Apple MacBook Air 11.6″ Laptop with 128GB SSD for $729 at eBay
For those looking for a 2015 MacBook, this 12″ Air sports an alluring price, not to mention a solid state drive and 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor. It’s a buck under our predicted $730 Black Friday price, $170 less than buying direct from Apple, and $71 below the current low. - Apple iMac Intel Core i5 21.5″ Desktop for $900 at Best Buy
Just as we predicted, here is the entry-level iMac priced at $900. That’s $50 under the best price we’ve ever seen for this model, and a nice find for Apple fans.
Accessories and What-Nots
- Apple iPod touch 16GB Media Player for $165 at Walmart
This is the latest generation iPod touch that was released in July, which means this will be the first discount we’ve ever seen. Walmart will cut $34 off the list price. - Apple Watch with $100 Target Gift Card for $349 at Target
In our predictions, we held out no hope for a substantial discount on the Apple Watch. In fact, we’d prognosticated a measly $10 off. The inclusion of a $100 gift card is much better.Of note, Best Buy is offering the Apple watch for “up to $100 off”, but it’s unclear what models receive that full discount. (If we had to guess, we’d say the more expensive models are the ones that’ll get the full $100 off.) - Apple TV Streaming Media Player (3rd generation) for $52 at Target
Since other stores (*cough* Staples *cough*) are offering the previous-generation Apple TV for full list price on Black Friday, that means this is a solid deal. In fact, it’s the best no-rebate price we’ve seen. (We did see it for $50 shipped via mail-in rebate a couple weeks ago, but this deal is only $2 measly dollars more.) - Apples to Apples Party Box for $15 at Meijer’s
This is the absolute cheapest Apple product we’ve seen in any of this year’s Black Friday ads! Surely it won’t cause a tantrum, when you buy this for your kid who was expecting an iMac. (All joking aside, this is a good deal, as we’ve not seen this game for less all year.)
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