Amazon Discounts New M4 iPad Air Models by Up to $69

Nice

Amazon moving old inventory before the new models come out next month.

The Air was released in march. That is not why it's on sale. The only new iPad might be a new Mini.

Huge miss, could have discounted by $67 to unlock purchases among a younger generation of fans.

True. But I got a pretty good deal from the Apple Store last week. $50 off student discount and $100 gift card for my AirM4. Was gonna get the pencil, but the gift certificate took care of that. Not too bad.

The 3% cashback on 12- month zero interest financing was good too. With the Amazon card, I have to choose the cash back or the 0% interest, not both.

That sounds like a great deal. I'm from France, so we don't have these percentages and cash backs here with Apple. It's a little less flexible. Amazon, on the other hand, has discounts regularly.

Huge miss, could have discounted by $67 to unlock purchases among a younger generation of fans.

I much prefer the 69$ rebate…

I've decided that there is zero point in owning a "professional" iPad, especially at these prices, and even more once the Air gets an OLED display. For that reason, I'm holding out on upgrading my M1 iPad Pro until the iPad Air goes OLED.

Has anyone else found that as the iPhone gets bigger, and the MacBook Pro was able to be more powerful with Apple Silicon in the smaller 14" size, that they don't use their iPad as much anymore? I'm kinda tempted to forgo upgrading my iPad entirely and just get the iPhone Ultra 2 next year if it has a telephoto lens. And if the new MacBook Ultra has a touch display that folds over, and can run iPad apps...you see where I'm going with this. Two devices are better than one, even if they are a bit pricey, if you can afford it.

I kind of wonder if the pure tablet form factor will become less popular in the coming years, relegated to being mostly toddler and retiree computers, in favor of hybrid devices? I think so, but I think it will take some time for the prices of these hybrid devices to become affordable in everyday devices (aka non-Ultra models). I think it's more likely to lower sales of the iPad Pro first.