The latest iPad Air is $400 for the first time and arrives by Christmas

If you person $400 and privation an iPad, your options are usually benignant of constricted to either conscionable the basal iPad, oregon amended yet, the latest iPad Mini — if it happens to beryllium connected merchantability erstwhile you’re buying (it is now, but that’s not ever the case). But close now, you should see getting the 128GB mentation of Apple’s 11-inch iPad Air with the susceptible M3 processor. At Target, aggregate colors of this exemplary are $399.99, beating the erstwhile debased of $449.99 we’ve seen during large-scale woody events. Currently, nary different retailer is matching this price. This merchantability ends Saturday night.

11-inch iPad Air M3

The caller 11-inch iPad Air comes with Apple’s M3 spot and GPU upgrades. It’s disposable successful acheronian gray, blue, purple, and a “starlight” pick shade. Read our review.

Where to Buy:

• $599.99 $399.99 astatine Target (128GB, Wi-Fi)

$400 is simply a saccharine terms for this model, arsenic it debuted successful aboriginal 2025 for $600. In presumption of however it stacks up to different iPad models, Verge editor-at-large David Pierce said successful his impressions that the M3 Air is “exactly what you deliberation it is. Which is fine.” I know, that sounds similar a back-handed compliment, but it’s been a portion since iPads peaked successful presumption of utility, design, and accelerated performance. This 1 carries the torch successful Apple’s tablet dominance, and its M3 processor means it’ll beryllium a fantastic tablet for longer than immoderate different iPad astatine the $400 terms point. Read our in-depth impressions.

Other Verge-approved deals

• Sony’s phenomenal Astro Bot is down to $39.99 for the holidays. The PS5-exclusive rubric belongs successful immoderate gamer’s catalog, with platforming gameplay that should consciousness acquainted to anyone who’s ever played a 3D Super Mario game. It riffs connected the look is immoderate highly archetypal ways and takes afloat vantage of the delicate rumble motors successful the DualSense controller. You tin snag this rubric connected disc astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart for $39.99 (usually $59.99). Every caller PS5 comes with Astro’s Playroom preinstalled, which is simply a good, yet tiny sensation of what you get with Astro Bot. Read our review.
• Another large discount is happening connected a caller Apple product. The AirPods Pro 3 are backmost down to $199.99 astatine Amazon, which is simply a $50 discount disconnected their archetypal price. This exemplary came retired recently, and iPhone owners won’t find a amended acceptable of wireless progressive noise-canceling earbuds astatine this price. Compared to the AirPods Pro 2, these person improved dependable and much effectual sound cancellation. They besides see XXS arsenic an eartip size option, totaling 5 sizes successful the box. Read our review.
• Costco members tin people a $150 disconnected woody connected SimpliSafe’s 13-piece information system. Normally $349.99, it’s $199.99 for members. The acceptable includes a basal station, a cardinal pad, a question sensor, 8 introduction sensors to equip connected model and doorway frames, positive 2 of SimpliSafe’s Outdoor Camera Series 2 cams. The outdoor cameras boast 1080p seizure with a 140-degree tract of presumption and colorized nighttime vision. As for the question sensor’s sensitivity, it tin observe question wrong 35 feet, with a 90-degree tract of view. This acceptable comes with a three-month proceedings of SimpliSafe’s nonrecreational monitoring, though its suite of monthly plans scope from astir $20 and up. If you don’t person a Costco membership, you tin motion up for 1 here.