Today is the last day that our readers can take advantage of the MacRumors exclusive Twelve South sale, which is offering discounts on nine products aimed at helping you get ready to go back to school. If you're interested and haven't used the promo code MacRumorsBTS yet, head over to our blog post on the sale, browse the products eligible for the discount, and make your purchase on TwelveSouth.com before 11:59 p.m. ET tonight, August 24.
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As a quick recap, the 15 percent off sale includes savings on the BookBook Vol. 2 for MacBook, BookBook for iPad, Fermata, ActionSleeve and Inspire [mac candle N°2]. There are also a collection of stands, including the Curve and ParcSlope for MacBook and HiRise Duet and HiRise 2 for iPhone.
In other sales, Costco today has again discounted Apple's HomePod to $299.99, down from the original $349.99 price tag. With $4.99 shipping, you can get the HomePod in White and Space Gray for around $305, which is currently one of the best prices online for a new version of the smart speaker. As usual, you'll need a Costco member account to see the discount and place your order.
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Walmart has another notable discount today with the Beats Studio3 Wireless Headphones for $199.99, down from a recent price tag of around $220. Originally, the headphones ran for $349.99. Walmart has the Beats Studio3 Headphones in four colors at this price: Matte Black, Blue, Red, and White.
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In other sales, there are a few sitewide discounts ending soon from Incipio and SENA, offering great chances to save on protective accessories for iPhones and iPads. At Incipio you can save 30 percent off sitewide with the promo code SUMMER30 (expiring later today, August 24), and at SENA you can save 25 percent off sitewide with promo code FALLFLASH (expiring Sunday, August 26).
Head over to our full Deals Roundup for more information on the latest discounts and savings going on this week.
Top Rated Comments
I would probably buy a HomePod for $200. Probably…
$90If Apple actually wants to sell these things they're going to have to go there.
A $50 Dot plugged into $300 worth of nice speaker blows it away in both functionality and sound quality.
Amazon Music or Spotify are as good as or better than Apple Music, neither of which HomePoo can play.
There is a huge ecosystem of thousands of devices I can add to my home right now that HomePoo will never be able to connect to.
Siri remains a joke for the foreseeable future.
At least if the HomePoo was $90, Apple could say it sounds better than the similarly priced standalone Echo, even though the Echo is FAR more versatile.
Apple = Jumped The Shark
I would probably buy a HomePod for $200. Probably…
I'm not sure what the final cost was on ours, I got it with one of those eBay promotions. We LOVED it for the first few months and still like it but its limits are frustrating. We love to listen to SXM at home, so we have to air play it from an apple tv to the HomePod. This isn't a deal breaker as it makes us air play to the other ATV too so then we have music playing at 3 locations in the house but it would be nice if I could walk in and tell Siri to play SXM on the HomePod directly.I would probably buy a HomePod for $200. Probably…
Given the sound quality, I would buy a HomePod for $350. If it would connect to my TV, game console, and other audio sources.But for a device that can't connect to any audio sources, I wouldn't pay more than $10...and that much only because I think it would be fun to tear apart and play with the internals.