Apple's AirPods are seeing a rare and notable discount today at two retailers, with the wireless earphone accessory marked down to $144.99 at both Amazon and Adorama.
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Straight discounts on AirPods don't come around very often and these are all-time-low prices for the accessory at both retailers, although they have been slightly cheaper for those using sitewide discount codes at places like eBay. So if you have been waiting for a price drop on AirPods, head over to Amazon or Adorama and place your order soon.
We've also got a new collection of Anker discounts to highlight today:
As it does every Tuesday, Apple today updated the iTunes Movies store with a new crop of film releases and discounts to help boost your iTunes Movies library. There are a few notable discounts on recent 4K releases, as well as many Disney films marked down by $5-$10, which you can check out below:
Costco members, also remember that if you're looking to buy some of these movies on sale, you can stock up on iTunes credit at a discount this week with $100 iTunes gift cards for $84.49 and $25 gift cards for $21.49. Head over to our full Deals Roundup for more information on the latest sales going on as we enter August.
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Hopefully the AirPods discounts are because they're going to release that newer version soon that has the wireless charging case. Hopefully since they announced it a year ago they have upgraded it in other ways too like a newer W2 chip which makes the range even better and helps improve battery life a little bit to maybe 6 hours per charge?
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