If you’ve got a few Amazon gift cards burning a hole in your drawer, this iPad deal will help you get the most bang for your buck: Amazon is selling the 13-inch blue M3 iPad Air with 5G and 128GB of storage for less than $780, a savings of $170, and the best price we’ve ever seen for this generation. In fact, it’s $20 cheaper than Apple charges for the same model without cellular.
The M3 iPad Air is the closest you can get to the iPad Pro without spending more than four figures. It’s the only other iPad with a 13-inch screen and an M-series processor, and it’s ready for everything you want to throw at it, from lounging around and watching videos to creating movies with Final Cut or drawing with the Apple Pencil Po (also on sale for $35 off).
In our iPad preview for 2026, we noted that we don’t expect the iPad Air to get much more than a chip refresh, so you don’t need to worry about regretting your purchase in a few months. So go save a bundle right now on this iPad Air before the price shoots back up.
Author: Michael Simon, Executive Editor, Macworld
Michael Simon has been covering Apple for more than 20 years. He started covering rumors with Spymac when the iPod was the iWalk, and has owned nearly every iPhone Apple has ever made. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, son, and far too many gadgets.