AirPods Pro with MagSafe are $30 off, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals
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November is right around the corner and, if you weren’t already thinking about all of the gifts you have to buy this year, now’s the time to start. Black Friday sales have started earlier than ever, and we anticipate more to come once November 1st hits. This week, we saw the updated AirPods Pro with the MagSafe wireless charging case drop to $220, while Samsung knocked hundreds off one of its high-end projectors. Blink home security cameras have hit near record-low prices and you can still grab a Shark robot vacuum for $150 off. Here are the best tech deals from this week that you can still get today.
AirPods Pro (with MagSafe case)
Apple’s updated AirPods Pro with the new MagSafe charging case are $30 cheaper right now, bringing them down to $220. The earbuds themselves have not changed, but now you’ll be able to magnetically attach them to MagSafe wireless chargers. We gave them a score of 87 for their better fitting design, good ANC and handy Siri access.
Buy AirPods Pro at Amazon – $220
2021 MacBook Pros
Apple’s latest MacBook Pros are already $50 less on Amazon even though they just became available this week. We gave the laptops a score of 92 for their excellent performance, lovely Liquid Retina XDR displays, good battery lives and new bevy of ports.
Buy 14-inch MacBook Pro at Amazon – $1,950
Buy 16-inch MacBook Pro at Amazon – $2,450
11-inch iPad Pro
The 1TB 11-inch iPad Pro is $200 off right now, bringing it down to $1,300. It’s still quite expensive, but with that much storage, this iPad could make a great laptop replacement with the right accessories. We gave the 2021 iPads a score of 87 for their powerful performance and new Center Stage cameras.
Buy 11-inch iPad Pro (1TB) at Amazon – $1,300
Apple Pencil (2nd gen)
The second-generation Apple Pencil is on sale for $100 right now, which is an all-time-low price. It works with all iPads except for the latest 10.2-inch entry-level model, which still supports the first-gen stylus. It’s a must-have if you plan on taking notes or creating artwork with your iPad.
Buy Apple Pencil (2nd gen) at Amazon – $100
Shark IQ AV970 robot vacuum
Shark’s AV970 robot vacuum is $150 off, bringing it down to a near record-low price of $250. It has a self-cleaning brush roll, IQ navigation and Alexa and Google Assistant voice commands, plus an extra-large bin that will hold more debris than other robo-vacs.
Buy Shark IQ AV970 at Amazon – $250
Samsung The Frame TV
You can still grab a 55-inch The Frame smart TV for less than $1,000 in Samsung’s latest early Black Friday sale. These TVs use Art Mode to show artwork and photos when you’re not actively watching something, and they support 4K QLED set with 100 percent color volume, 4K AI upscaling and Alexa voice commands.
Buy 55-inch The Frame at Amazon – $998
Buy 55-inch The Frame at Samsung – $999
Samsung Premiere Projector
Samsung’s high-end Premiere Projector is on sale for as low as $2,498. That’s for the model with a 2.2 channel sound system, but the one with a 4.2.2 channel system is a whopping $1,500 off, bringing it down to $4,998. Both projectors support HDR10+ and up to 2,800 lumens of brightness, plus they both have separate red, green and blue lasers to cover the full Rec.2020 color range.
Buy Premiere Projector (2.2) at Amazon – $2,498
Buy Premiere Projector (4.2) at Amazon – $4,998
Blink security cameras
Amazon knocked up to 33 percent off Blink security cameras this week and you can still get a camera for as low as $25. Blink Outdoor and Indoor cameras are wireless and support 1080p video, motion detection, two-way audio and Alexa commands. If you plan on watching over the outside of your home, the weatherproof Outdoor cameras as they ones to get.
Buy Blink Outdoor kit at Amazon – $70
Buy Blink Indoor kit at Amazon – $60
Buy Blink Mini at Amazon – $25
New early Black Friday tech deals
Arturia free plugins
Arturia has a promotion going on right now that gives you three plugins for free when you buy a MiniLab MkII, KeyLab Essential or KeyLab MkII controller. The plugins themselves are worth over $400, so they’re solid freebies to grab if you’re already set on getting one of the company’s devices.
NordVPN
NordVPN, one of our favorite VPNs, is running a sale on a two-year subscription. You can sign up and pay $99 for two years, plus you’ll get an extra three months free. We like NordVPN for its speed, its no-logs policy, the thousands of servers it has to choose from and that one account supports up to six connected devices.
Tunnelbear
Another one of our top VPN services, Tunnelbear, is offering a two-year subscription for $100. You’ll save 58 percent if you sign up with this deal, and we think Tunnelbear is one of the easiest VPNs to use, especially for those that don’t want to go crazy configuring their connections.
Buy Tunnelbear (2 years) – $100
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