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Buyer's Guide: Deals on Retina MacBook Pro, iPad Mini 2, Apps, and Apple Accessories

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Deals continue to be a bit hard to find as we head into February, but there are still some discounts to be had on the Retina MacBook Pro, older now-discontinued higher-capacity versions of the iPad Air, some current iPad mini 2 tablets, and the MacBook Air.

We've also got deals on several apps and bunch of Apple accessories ranging from Mophie battery packs to the Jawbone UP fitness tracker. Several sites are also offering some pretty hefty site wide discounts in honor of Valentine's Day.

Retina MacBook Pro

- 13-inch 2.6GHz/8GB/128GB (Adorama) - $1,189, $100 off
- 13-inch 2.6GHz/8GB/256GB (MacMall) (B&H Photo) - $1,399, $100 off
- 13-inch 2.8GHz/8GB/512GB (Adorama) - $1,599, $200 off
- 15-inch 2.2GHz/16GB/256GB (B&H Photo) (Adorama) - $1,869.99, $130 off
- 15-inch 2.5GHz/16GB/512GB - (Amazon) (B&H Photo) - $2,299, $200 off

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MacBook Air

- 11-inch 1.4GHz/4GB/128GB (B&H Photo) - $854, $45 off
- 11-inch 1.4GHz/4GB/256GB (B&H Photo) - $999, $100 off
- 13-inch 1.4GHz/4GB/128GB (B&H Photo - $919, $80 off
- 13-inch 1.4GHz/4GB/256GB (B&H Photo) - $1,099, $100 off

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Non-Retina iMac

- 21.5-inch 2.7GHz/8GB/1TB (Best Buy) (B&H Photo)- $1,199, $100 off
- 21.5-inch 2.9GHz/8GB/1TB (Best Buy) (B&H Photo) - $1,399, $100 off
- 27-inch 3.2GHz/8GB/1TB (Best Buy) (B&H Photo) - $1,659.99, $139 off
- 27-inch 3.4GHz/8GB/1TB (Amazon) (B&H Photo) - $1,899, $100 off

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iPads

Best Buy and Amazon are continuing to offer now-discontinued higher-capacity Cellular versions of the original iPad Air and the iPad mini 2 at $50 to $130 off.

- iPad Air Cellular Silver 64GB (AT&T) - $499.99
- iPad Air Cellular Space Gray 64GB (AT&T) - $499.95
- iPad Air Cellular Silver 128GB (AT&T) - $599.99
- iPad Air Cellular Space Gray 128GB (AT&T) - $599.99

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- iPad mini Wi-Fi 16GB Space Gray - $249.99
- iPad mini Wi-Fi 32GB Silver - $299.99
- iPad mini Wi-Fi 32GB Space Gray - $299.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Silver 16GB - $379.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Space Gray 16GB - $379.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Silver 32GB - $429.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Space Gray 32GB - $429.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular Verizon Silver 16GB - $379.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular Verizon Space Gray 16GB - $329.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular Verizon Silver 32GB - $429.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular Verizon Space Gray 32GB - $429.99

- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Silver 64GB - $399.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Space Gray 64GB - $399.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Space Gray 128GB - $499.99
- iPad mini 2 Cellular AT&T Silver 128GB - $499.99

Apps

Our sister site AppShopper has a list of all the apps that have seen price drops this week. Some notable temporary discounts include Shark Eaters: Rise of the Dolphins (Free), Bloons TD 5 (Free), Baldur's Gate ($4.99, down from $9.99), Toontastic (Free), and Magnifico (Free).

Angry Birds Seasons has been named Apple's App of the Week and will be free to download for the next seven days.

Apple Accessories

A Refurbished Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation Mini can be purchased from Groupon for $24.99, down from $59.95. Groupon is selling the Press Play Fuse Trio Car Charger for $14.99, down from $29.99.

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Incase is offering a 40% coupon code for signing up for the Incase newsletter. Speck is offering 20% off site wide for Valentine's Day with the promo code SWEETHEART. CableJive is offering 20% off site wide with the coupon code LOVE. Scosche is offering 20% off site wide with the coupon code Valentines2015 until 2/8.

Woot has the Mophie Juice Pack Helium battery case for the iPhone 5/5s for $29.99, down from $79.99. Tanga is selling the Apple leather iPhone case for the iPhone 5 and 5s for $19.99, a discount of $20 off the normal price. Best Buy is selling the Jawbone UP fitness tracker for $29.99, down from $79.99.

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A refurbished LaCie Rugged 1TB hard drive is available from MacMall for $84.99, down from $170. The Promise Pegasus2 R4 8TB RAID System with Thunderbolt 2 is also available from MacMall for $1,299, $200 off the regular price.

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justperry
72 months ago
Seems to me nobody really cares about these weekly deals news.
Half a day and no posts until now. :rolleyes:
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neemtree
72 months ago
Actually, I appreciate these guides. Picked up a 13" 2.8GHz MacBook Pro from B&H last week after learning of the $200 discount on MR. Very pleased with this machine. Decided not to wait for the retina air since the fanless design will probably mean major processor throttling under load.
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