AirPods Max 2 Fall to $429 in October Prime Day Sale

Amazon is advertising Apple’s AirPods Max 2 headphones for $429 during its October Prime Day sale, a $120 reduction from the listed price of $549. The discount was listed on October 7, the sale’s reported final day, but the available information does not establish how long the price will remain afterward. The $429 price represents a 22% reduction. Amazon’s listing is the consistent focus of reports on the offer. One reviewer also reported seeing the same price at Walmart and Best Buy and said the deal was not exclusive to Prime Day; those additional retailer listings were not independently confirmed in the available reporting. The current price is not the lowest reported for the headphones. A June Prime Day price of $399 was cited in one account, making the October offer $30 higher. The AirPods Max 2 were listed at their full $549 price on Apple’s website in one report, while the U.K. Amazon listing was reported at £499 without a discount. The October offer described here applies to the U.S. price. Apple says the second-generation over-ear headphones provide up to 1.5 times more Active Noise Cancellation than the previous AirPods Max.