Best Buy might beat Amazon's Prime Day with $200 off the M1 iPad Air

Amazon Prime Day is here, but Best Buy might have beaten the retail giant as far as iPad deals are concerned. It has $200 off Apple's 5th-generation iPad Air, reducing it from $599.99 to $399.99. We've only seen such a big saving on the 2022 M1-chipped tablet once before, in May, also at Best Buy (For more options, see our guide to the best Prime Day Apple deals).

If you're in the UK, the best price is at Amazon, where the iPad Air 5th gen is reduced from £669 to £479 – also a record saving.

This isn't the newest generation of the tablet since Apple released the 6th-gen iPad Air in May, now in two sizes, 11in and 13in. However, we think the 2022 generation continues to deliver for the market it's aimed at, which is non-professional creatives and artists that need a device that's more powerful than the standard iPad but don't need to run demanding video editing or 3D modelling software. We still rate it as the best value iPads for drawing thanks to its Liquid Retina (IPS 1640 x 2360) LCD display and Apple Pencil 2 support.

Today's best iPad Air deal

iPad Air (5th gen, M1, 2022): $599 $399.99 at Best Buy

Save $200: Best Buy ran this deal for a few days in May, and now it's back just in time to beat Amazon's Prime Day. Considering that this is now only slightly more expensive than the basic iPad 10, we don't expect the price to fall further.

Price check: B&H Photo $499 | Target: $599.99

The best iPad Air deal in the UK

iPad Air 5 (M1, 2022): £669 £479 at Amazon

Save £190:

This Prime Day iPad Air deal at Amazon itself beats the previous best price on this model by £15. See our iPad Air 5 review for more details.

Price check: Currys £624 | John Lewis: £549

Want to compare with other iPads? See our guide to the iPad generators, or see below for all of the best iPad deals in your region.

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Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.