Amazon Prime Day sometimes brings no less than just a few good Apple offers (iPhones excluded after all) and this fall Prime Day has delivered. The Lightning AirPods Max headphones are on sale for a record-low value of $395, a reduction we final noticed throughout July Prime Day. The brand new USB-C model of the headphones can also be on sale for $500, which is $50 off their common value.
Through the iPhone 16 occasion in September, Apple introduced new commonplace AirPods however did not reveal a brand new pair of over-ear telephones. As an alternative, the AirPods Max had been given a few new colours and an improve to a USB-C port. These fashions aren’t seeing the identical low cost, nevertheless. If you happen to’re high quality utilizing an older charging methodology and do not want one of many new colours, it can save you a good amount of money. We also needs to level out that new Max headphones might come subsequent 12 months, however they don’t seem to be more likely to be close to this value.
Apple’s over-ear headphones with a Lightning connection are again all the way down to the low they hit for Prime Day in July.
Internally, the fashions are the identical, with the identical balanced audio and strong lively noise cancellation we skilled throughout our assessment of the cans again in 2020. Our reviewer, Billy Steele, famous that the Max headphones are on the heavy facet at 385 grams however that the design makes them really feel remarkably gentle. The onboard controls are additionally a pleasure to make use of and the mixing with Siri is useful.
Our fundamental criticism with the Max is the excessive asking value. At $395 that challenge is mitigated a bit, placing them across the identical value because the prime decide in our headphone information. Nonetheless, for Apple followers who crave the model’s premium construct and aesthetic, it is a fairly whole lot.
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