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Best Buy Discounts Apple Watch Series 2 by $70, Drops iPad Pro Price by $100

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In celebration of Mother's Day, which takes place on Sunday, May 14, Best Buy is having a major sale and dropping the price on the iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2, 9.7-inch iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and more.

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All of Best Buy's Apple Watch Series 2 models are available at a $70 discount, dropping the price on the entry-level 38mm models to $299 and 42mm models to $329.

All 9.7-inch iPad Pro models are also available at a discount, with Best Buy dropping the price by $100. For the entry-level 32GB 9.7-inch iPad Pro, that lowers the price to $499.99.

When purchasing and activating an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus on a monthly installment plan through Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon, customers can save up to $300.

Apple's latest MacBook Pro models (the 13-inch version without a Touch Bar) are available from Best Buy for $100 off, dropping the price from $1,499 to $1,399. Both Silver and Space Gray models are discounted.

Best Buy is also discounting the MacBook Air by $200, dropping the price on the entry-level 13-inch model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage from $999.99 to $799.99.

Best Buy's discounted prices will be available through the end of the week, with the deals set to end on May 13.

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Finally some movement on series 2 Apple watch prices...but unfortunately not in my country.

I wonder if this a one off Mother's day sale, or a sign of regularly discounted pricing for the watch line. Maybe Series 3 is closer than the fall?
 
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satchmo said:
Finally some movement on series 2 Apple watch prices...but unfortunately not in my country.

I wonder if this a one off Mother's day sale, or a sign of regularly discounted pricing for the watch line. Maybe Series 3 is closer than the fall?
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Yup still overpriced as ever for us Canucks.
 
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dannyyankou said:
Before anyone blames poor sales, keep in mind retail stores are giving away $100 gift cards with the Galaxy S8.
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Lol leave it to that one person who just has to bring up Samsung lol. And retailers have also done gift cards and BOGO deals for both Samsung and Apple. Pretty sure there was a BOGO deal going on when the iPhone 7 dropped. And carriers were also giving out device fee credits if you traded in your old phone thus making the iPhone 7 (32GB) basically free or heavily discounted if you got the Plus or a bigger GB size. This happens for both Samsung and Apple and LG and Microsoft and Sony, etc etc
 
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I wonder why we rarely seem to get these sales in Canada....

Edt - asked before I read the answer above, though you'd think we'd still get something...
 
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In part because you have a national tax on any media or device that copyrighted music/video can be copied to.
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This was the case back when CD's were popular. I'm not so sure it applies much to today.
If you simply compare Bestbuy.ca and .com, factoring the exchange rate, it's pretty much bang on. In other words, there's not any additional margins found.

So there must be some other factors at play that allows BB to offer a substantial discount in one country and not in another.
 
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Good deal! Was holding off on upgrading my Series 0; but this, and some soon-to-expire rewards changed my mind. Series 0 going on eBay.
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If you were looking for an excuse to take the plunge or to upgrade, its a pretty good deal. Am seriously tempted myself.
 
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Does it seem more likely, then, that new iPad Pro's are close to being released? I've been waiting to upgrade my iPad Air for a little while now, but I'm unsure whether to wait until some unknown date to get the newest generation, or to go get one now at a discount.
 
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Sasparilla said:
If you were looking for an excuse to take the plunge or to upgrade, its a pretty good deal. Am seriously tempted myself.
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Yep. I did the same thing.

No real push to upgrade to a series 2, but wow, I'm glad I did.

The screen brightness is a big deal outside. I can see it now. Plus, the battery is 70% at the end of the day instead of 10%. If the charger doesn't get put on the watch correctly overnight, I'm still good for the next day. Also, having water lock to lock the screen if I'm out in a rain storm is great.

Well worth it.
 
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