Apple has posted their Apple Store Black Friday deals. These prices are good for one day only (today) and are available at Apple Online Store (U.S.), Apple Online Store (Canada), and other Apple Online Stores around the world as well as in Apple’s Retail Stores.
Also, don’t forget to comparison shop! Try OnSale here, MacMall here, and BestBuy here.
Apple Store Black Friday Deals:
• iMac
– iMac 20-inch, 2.4GHz: $1,148. Save $51.00. (Was $1,199)
– iMac 20-inch, 2.66GHz: $1,398. Save $101.00. (Was $1,499)
– 24-inch, 2.8GHz: $1,698. Save $101.00. (Was $1,799)
– 24-inch, 2.8GHz: $2,098. Save $101.00. (Was $2,199)
• MacBook
– MacBook, White, 2.1GHz: $948. Save $51. (Was $999)
– MacBook, Unibody, 2.0GHz: $1,198. Save $101. (Was $1,299)
– MacBook, Unibody, 2.4GHz: $1,498. Save $101. (Was $1,599)
• Apple TV
– Apple TV with 40GB drive: $208. Save $21. (Was $229)
– Apple TV with 160GB drive: $308. Save $21. (Was $329)
• iPod
– 8GB iPod nano: $138. Free laser engraving. Save $11. (Was $149)
– 16GB iPod nano: $188. Free laser engraving. Save $11. (Was $199)
– 8GB iPod touch: $208. Free laser engraving. Save $21. (Was $229)
– 16GB iPod touch: $278. Free laser engraving. Save $21. (Was $299)
– 32GB iPod touch: $378. Free laser engraving. Save $21. (Was $399)
– 120GB iPod classic: $228. Free laser engraving. Save $21. (Was $249)
• Apple accessories
– Nike + iPod Sport Kit: $24. Save $5. (Was $29)
– Nike + iPod Sensor: $14. Save $5. (Was $19)
– Apple iPhone 3G Dock: $24. Save $5. (Was $29)
– Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset: $88. Save $11. (Was $99)
– AirPort Express Base Station: $88. Save $11. (Was $99)
– Time Capsule 500 GB: $278. Save $21. (Was $299)
• Creative tools
– M-Audio KeyStudio 49: $68. Save $31.95. (Was $99.95)
– Sanyo Xacti VPC-E2 Waterproof Digital Camcorder (Blue): $198. Save $201.95. (Was $399.95)
– Canon Rebel XS Kit (Black): $498. Save $101.95. (Was $599.95)
– Eye-Fi Share 2GB Wireless Memory Card: $68. Save $31.95. (Was $99.95)
• Software
– Office 2008 for Mac – Special Media Edition: $148. Save $351.95. (Was $499.95)
– FileMaker Bento 2: $34. Save $15.95. (Was $49.95)
– Adobe Photoshop Elements 6: $58. Save $31.95. (Was $89.95)
– VMware Fusion 2: $58. Save $21.95. (Was $79.95)
– Computrace LoJack for Laptops Premium Mac – 3 Years: $54. Save $55.95. (Was $109.95)
• Games for Mac
– Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: $44. Save $10.95. (Was $54.95)
– Age of Empires III: $44. Save $10.95. (Was $54.95)
– Guitar Hero: Aerosmith with Guitar Controller: $68. Save $11.95. (Was $79.95)
– The Sims 2: $38. Save $11.95. (Was $49.95)
• Bags and cases for Mac
– Brenthaven MetroLite BackPack (Red): $48. Save $41.95. (Was $89.95)
– Incase Neoprene Sleeve for 13-inch MacBook (Burgundy): $28. Save $6.95. (Was $34.95)
– Incase Nylon Messenger Bag: $68. Save $31.95. (Was $99.95)
– Brenthaven Edge I Case for 13-inch MacBook and MacBook Air (Steel Blue): $38. Save $21.95. (Was $59.95)
• Speakers
– Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere Speakers: $98. Save $31.95. (Was $129.95)
– Logitech Pure-Fi Anytime Premium Alarm Clock for iPhone and iPod (Black): $78. Save $21.95. (Was $99.95)
– Altec Lansing Expressionist Bass FX3022 Speakers: $78. Save $51.95. (Was $129.95)
– Altec Lansing T612 Digital Speaker System for iPhone: $148. Save $51.95. (Was $199.95)
– Altec Lansing Orbit Speaker System: $28. Save $11.95. (Was $39.95)
• Headphones
– Monster Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones: $298. Save $51.95. (Was $349.95)
– Sennheiser PMX 80 Sport II Headphones for iPhone and iPod: $44. Save $15.95. (Was $59.95)
– Sennheiser MX 85 Sport II Earphones for iPhone and iPod: $44. Save $15.95. (Was $59.95)
– Sennheiser OMX 80 Sport II Earphones for iPhone and iPod: $44. Save $15.95. (Was $59.95)
• Power
– Griffin PowerDock 2 Charging Base for 2 iPod or iPhone Models: $38. Save $11.95. (Was $49.95)
– Incase 2-in-1 Wall & Car Charger for iPod and iPhone: $28. Save $11.95. (Was $39.95)
– Kensington Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod: $58. Save $11.95. (Was $58)
– Incase Power Slider Case for iPhone 3G: $78. Save $21.95. (Was $99.95)
There’s more. See all of Apple’s Black Friday deals here.
Canadians: Check out the deals via Apple Online Store (Canada)
Also, don’t forget to comparison shop! Try OnSale here, MacMall here, and BestBuy here.
No thanks. No Black Friday Rage for me.
This is probably the one thing that pisses me off to no end about Apple. Their Black Friday sale has got to be the most insanely shitty deals on the planet. First off, I get discounts at Apple through my employer. They’re better discounts than what Apple is offering. Secondly, they don’t give discounts on everything. Last, that stuff you do get discounts on is either (a) the shit you don’t want anyway or (b) so poorly discounted that my regular discount is better than their offer.
Come on jackasses. Where’s the “deep discount”? I want a MacBook Pro and waited until today to get it. Lucky for me you didn’t discount that at all. Honestly. What the hell? This is jackassery on the order of Microsoft style.
I have to liken this to reading a book that everyone hypes up because it’s so great and awesome so you start to read it. But as you get to the part that’s interesting the book ends. It leaves you hanging, feeling used, incomplete and angry.
Thanks for nothing Apple!
Yawn..
deep discounts..
what a joke..
No thanks, I’ll pass. Apple is gonna get reamed in this economy. Prices are coming down like crazy because people are so tight with money. Apple prices just look weirder and weirder as everything else is coming down.
Crazy disappointing. 16GB iPod Touch cheaper at MacMall even before no tax (for me!). Works out to $24. cheaper even with $5.99 shipping, as an example.
Morons, Apple isn’t going to ever discount anything to such an extreme. They have other retailers to discount their products. That, and they don’t have to discount their products. You discount your products so you can move your product. As we all know, Apple doesn’t have a problem moving their product. “But Jarrett, we are all loyal users, why can’t Apple do something great for us?” They do some great things for us, they keep their noses to the grind stone and keep up on software updates, are always working on making better products, and they don’t listen to anyone outside of Apple on what they should do. Quit bitching about the pricing, I don’t think they should ever discount the product, it cheapens the brand. If you can’t afford to play with the big boys, I hear Dell makes a great system.
“”Investment firm Kaufman Bros. said Wednesday it believes Apple is preparing to offer its deepest Black Friday discounts ever,”
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The “deep discount” rumor was pure speculation from an investment firm… That’s why you should take rumors with a grain of salt..
I love Apple, but I can’t remember the last time I actually bought a Mac directly from them. Amazon, MacMall, MacConnection you name it, they have always offered better alternatives. Today, apparently is no deferent.
This is indeed a disappointment. Apple and MDN touting this like the deal of the year turned out to be a let down.
Thanks for the comment, Jarrett. Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Enlightened producers and distributors realize that deep-discounting (especially on website sales) and subsequently undercutting the majority of one’s retail sales base is not a good plan for long-term sales stability.
This is the same concept employed by Apple when determining RAM pricing. Sure, they have the leverage to make BTO RAM kits available at prices that would be lower to consumers, but that would make it more difficult for retailers to offer competitive pricing on such packages, thus reducing their volume and incentive.
By not irreperably damaging relations with retailers Apple does a better job of making a larger cross-section of their products available to a wider audience in the long term. They also make it easier for all involved at the retail end to realize higher margins per unit sold. As long as they let demand drive production and the combination of function, design and marketing keep the demand high there is no reason to deviate from this strategy.
The first thing I did this morning was check Apple sale prices. I was pleased to see “small” discounts and only on a few items. Big discounts imply trouble. I read this as Apple does not feel compelled to move inventory. This is a view of a sale from someone that owns over 6000 shares of Apple.
Was anyone really expecting Apple to drastically slash prices? Afterall, throwing your pricing strategy out the window is a most drastic step; not to mention a sign you’re panicking.
I think Apple’s success speaks for itself in most cases. Their products may be high priced to the alternative — but people are buying, regardless.
I think Apple are playing it safe, rather than cause a collapse in stock value and riots in its stores that would make the school district peddling $50 iBooks a year ago look like a picnic.
Anyway, if you’re smart you’ll be looking to save your money at times like this, instead.
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Yawn… Apple’s deals won’t part me with my money.
Nor will you catch me in the mall this day.
These ARE “deep discounts” … for Apple. Apple, the company that cuts supplies to those who under-sell their “MRP” by a penny. Apple, who competes directly with their resellers both on-line and bricks and mortar. At least they let their resellers under-cut their MRP today rather than force them to offer “associated freebies” that folks might, or might not, want.
I won’t be going to the mall today. Not because the Apple “deals” are so trivial, though. I’ll wait a couple of weeks. As for Apple, maybe January.
Com on Apple makes 30% off of us all year long for 1 day don’t you think they could live with 15% or even 10%.
Wow, save $51 on an iMac 20-inch. Now my mother can have that operation…
Hey, folks, remember it was some sort of “analyst” who was
predicting the deeper discounts, not Apple. Getting all in a froth at
Apple because they didn’t do what some goober said they were
going to do is a waste of energy.
Lame, lame “Sale” 🙁
I think the UK regulators should go after Apple for the Advertisement on their main page today.
“Save Big … ” is just a lie on their part.
Can’t you realize that all this disappointment over Apple’s Black Friday sale was engineered by a brokerage firm with, no doubt, a position on Apple stocks?
They played you like a $20 whore.
And to the guy who is already getting a deeper discount at work, <sarcasm>doesn’t your life suck?</sarcasm>
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I’m quite surprised how many seem to have misjudged Apple; especially their pricing system. Besides, what constitutes ‘good value’ is entirely a matter of personal opinion, to any extent.
If a no-name brand of beans cost 5 cents, say, and the Heinz variety cost $1 — what would you go for? Sure, the 5 cents can could be considered a bargain, but then you ask yourself, what allowed them to undercut the price so much? What’s the catch?
And the absolute last thing you want to do is involve govt regulators to arbiter what’s ‘fair’ and what’s not. Let the consumer with their wallets DECIDE who’ll get their cash. If enough people think Apple’s offerings today are a steal, then good for them; Steve judged correctly.
If on the other hand you don’t buy anything from Apple today, then that’s your rightful prerogative. Go buy a Dell instead.
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I actually understand the importance and business sense of maintaining price integrity, but these are special circumstances, and other factors should be considered. As long as it’s clear that a sale is a unique occurrence, it can be very healthy for a business’s future revenues.
It’s true that people are looking to save; my folks, who have been mac users since around 1999 or so, are considering forgoing a new MacBook (even the super cheap refurbished models) for a Toshiba or an Acer. It makes me want to weep, but it is what it is.
Given all that though, speaking strictly from a business point of view, not discounting probably won’t hurt Apple much either.
The choice is between bottom-level pricing, quality product, and a stable profitable company. Which two do you want?
Perhaps Apple should be like Dell and certain automakers, and ruin themselves selling you junk at fire-sale prices?
Granted, Apple did set themselves up here and the “deep discounts” aren’t that great. But yeesh, what a tough crowd!!
The limited sale is just fine, as long as Apple judged sales correctly and doesn’t see a decline due to the recession. I think the recession won’t even be as bad as 1992, as long as The One doesn’t “experiment” too much on the economy. OTOH, if Apple sales tank because Apple won’t make a $700 notebook, than Stevo screwed the pooch!
This has nothing to do with the health of AAPL. This has everything to do with one day. 364 out of 365.25 days per year this company charges, IMHO, the correct prices for their products. They make a premium product people want. And Apple’s customers expect nothing less than mind blowing products. Apple delivers that and more at the price point that’s correct.
But TODAY, the one and only sale day, the much touted sale day, they give aggravatingly shitty deals. And those aggravatingly shitty deals are not even on everything. My goal was to get a sale priced MBP. They’re not even on sale. MacBooks are not even a consideration because of their tiny 13″ screen.
All of this is about one day. 0.27% of the calendar year. Today. The sale day. And Apple HIGHLY underperformed and under delivered. Where’s the discount on the MBP? Where’s the discount on the iMac 24″? How about the 1TB Time Capsule?
No discount on iPhone 3G? No problem. I get that. That makes sense.
But no discount on the new MBP when you’re discounting the new MB’s? *BBBZZZTTT WRONG!!!!*
You can offer the MBP, for ONE day, at a discount.
This whole sale is a farce and makes me so angry I could scream.