Why You Can Trust CNET Wireless headphones on sale: AirPods are just $136, Beats for $180 and Sony's best for $265
Three great wireless headphones are at or near their lowest prices yet.
Once upon a time, Apple products were almost never discounted. Now, Apple seems to be letting the price on some of its keystone products dip southward. The new 2019 version of the AirPods is a case in point: At the Apple Store, they cost $179, or $199 for the version that includes the wireless charging case. But even before Prime Day, those models have been selling nearly everywhere else at $15 to $20 off, respectively. And recently, we've been seeing them dip even lower.
It's not just Apple-branded products, either. Beats models are also nicely discounted now, and Sony's awesome noise-canceling models -- the ones that beat Bose on many fronts -- are also far below their list price.
Let's get to the deals!
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Apple's wireless AirPods are awesome and expensive. You'll pay $159 for the little beauties at Apple, and Amazon currently has them for $145. Sign up for a free account at Rakuten, and the price drops to $136 with code HND24. Hurry, though: The deal ends at midnight tonight, July 31.
These wireless Bluetooth models are the current CNET Editors' Choice for full-size noise-canceling headphones -- and even the new-for-2019 Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 ($400) didn't take that crown. The list price of the Sony is $350, and it's dipped as low as $240 this summer. But it's currently holding at $265 at Rakuten, which is still an amazing deal (that's less than Walmart's refurb offer).
When these updated Beats models hit back in 2016, we liked nearly everything about them except the exorbitant $300 price. They've been selling for closer to $220 recently, but right now you can snag the Beats Solo3 Wireless for $180. That's a far better value.