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Prime Day 2024 features the best AirPods pro deal our tech writer has ever seen
This unmissable saving on Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 earbuds brings them down to just £179
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If there’s absolutely anything worth buying this Prime Day, it’s a pair of Apple’s wildly popular AirPods Pro earbuds. I’ve been waiting for a discount on these for months, and now, not only have they dropped in price (finally), they’ve practically plummeted.
Apple’s AirPods Pro have fallen to just £179 this Prime Day – that’s the lowest price I’ve ever seen on the AirPods, which are rarely ever on sale, making now the best time to pick up a pair.
The most recent premium earbuds from Apple have better audio quality, noise-cancelling performance and longer battery life. But the biggest quality of life improvement for me has to be its new volume controls. With the latest AirPods Pro, I can finally adjust the volume without having to take my iPhone out of my pocket.
What’s more, at the end of last year, they were updated with two new audio features – adaptive noise control and a conversation awareness mode, plus they’re set to get even more updates when iOS 18 launches this September.
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As a tech writer who has been covering Amazon Prime Day for seven years, you can trust me when I say this is the best AirPods pro deal I’ve ever seen, plus the two other AirPods models (sans Pro) are als on sale this Prime Day – again, the cheapest price I’ve seen.
Apple AirPods pro 2nd generation: Was £229, now £179, Amazon.co.uk
The AirPods pro earbuds offer a “significant improvement over the already-splendid first-generation model,” praised tech critic David Phelan in his review. “The case now includes Apple’s U1 chip, which means you can use the Find My app on your iPhone, say, to locate it when you’ve misplaced it,” he added. “Though there’s no major design change, except to the charging case, the improvements to audio are worth having.”
They also featured in his review of the best wireless earbuds, where he noted they “fit the ear well and stay put securely, and there are now four sizes of silicone ear tips to ensure decent sound isolation”. It “uses the camera on the iPhone to work out what you can hear best from the way your ear looks and can adjust the audio accordingly”. Phelan added that the faster chip in the earbuds has improved the sound quality.
The AirPods Pro 2 also received a new USB-C charging case with the launch of the iPhone 15 last year, meaning you can reverse charge your AirPods on the go using just your iPhone. If you’ve been waiting for a price drop, now’s the time to snap them up, trust me, I’ve just put a pair in my basket.
Apple AirPods, 3rd generation: Was £169, now £129, Amazon.co.uk
Resident Apple guru Phelan has also tested these AirPods and loved them. In his review, he noted that they were a “very big step up from the second-generation model”, adding that the “improved audio is noticeable, especially with spatial audio and the new shape”. This is the lowest price I’ve ever seen the 3rd-generation model, taking them down to almost £100 for the first time.
Apple AirPods, 2nd generation with wired charging case: Was £129, now £95, Amazon.co.uk
While the AirPods 2 have been superseded by the AirPods above, the second-generation model still packs a punch, though they forgo the active noise cancellation found on the AirPods Pro. They’ve dropped to their lowest price for Prime Day. Phelan noted in his review that they are “some of the very lightest in-ears you can find”, adding that “the design is unchanged since day one, but improved electronics inside mean that, like on the pro model, you can say, ‘Hey, Siri’ to invoke the virtual assistant without even touching the earbuds”.
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