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Last updated: June 27, 2026, 2:30 PM ET

Apple Product Pricing & Deals

Apple has recently implemented significant price increases across a broad range of its Mac and iPad models, with some products seeing hikes of 10–20 percent and select configurations as high as 50 percent instituted price hikes. This move comes as the company seeks to mitigate cost pressures, including its petition to the U.S. administration to allow the purchase of Mac RAM chips from a Chinese supplier currently blacklisted domestically buy RAM. Despite these increases, select Prime Day deals on Apple products have been extended, offering savings of up to $650 on Macs, iPads, and Air Pods save up to $650. Specifically, Amazon continues to offer the Apple Watch Series 11 at a $120 discount and the Ultra 3 for $150 less, while a 1TB MacBook Air M5 model remains available for $450 off MacBook Air deal extended.

Software Updates & Services

As Apple prepares for the next beta release of iOS, it has been confirmed that five specific iPad models will not receive the update, a decision that has drawn criticism from owners who feel underserved leaving models behind. In a separate service announcement, Plex is warning users that its lifetime streaming plan will more than triple in price from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1st, urging interested customers to purchase before the deadline Plex plan price. This period also sees a continuation of the "Apple @ Work" series, which offers insights into deploying new PCs and highlights the advantages built into mac OS for business environments appreciate mac OS.