{"id":67029,"date":"2025-10-08T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/67029\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:56:09","slug":"macbooks-phones-tvs-five-online-tech-bargains-to-beat-the-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/67029\/","title":{"rendered":"MacBooks, phones, TVs \u2014 five online tech bargains to beat the Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Amazon\u2019s Prime Day sale has some steep discounts on things you might be thinking of upgrading to anyway, such as Apple\u2019s MacBook Air\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f1dc64e8-f66a-4962-8d56-816ef03ba171.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">For the \u2018squeezed middle\u2019 who feel let down by Ireland\u2019s Budget, finding savings on stuff suddenly seems to be a little more important. Amazon\u2019s two-day \u2018big deal\u2019 sale has some decent bargains on tech things that you might have been buying anyway. We\u2019ve picked five that can save you up to \u20ac270 per item.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u2026..<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">1. MacBook Air M4<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Apple doesn\u2019t do sales on its MacBooks, so Amazon\u2019s sale on the most popular model is something worth looking into. The MacBook Air is the most-purchased laptop in the world, so if you\u2019ve been waiting to upgrade, today is a really good time to do it at a huge discount. This is the latest, most powerful 13-inch MacBook Air with its M4 chip and 16GB of Ram for \u20ac978, almost \u20ac300 cheaper than the standard retail price of \u20ac1,249.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">2. Sony WH1000XM4 and XM5<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Sony has made the best flagship noise-cancelling headphones for the last decade. Two of them are around \u20ac50 off in the Prime sale \u2014 the WH1000XM4 (\u20ac205) and WH1000XM5 (\u20ac285). Of the two, I\u2019d actually choose the cheaper XM4 model, as it\u2019s foldable. The sound quality is every bit as good, the noise-cancelling is top of the range and the comfort on your head is superb for long sessions. Battery life is also excellent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">3. Apple iPad 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Apple\u2019s most recent 11-inch iPad, with its powerful A16 chip, centre-stage camera and support for both Apple Pencil USB-C and first-generation Apple Pencils, is down to \u20ac336 (128GB) from a retail price of \u20ac419. For most people, this is the best iPad to get and this is probably the cheapest you\u2019ll ever see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">4. Google Pixel 9a<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">This is one of the absolute best unlocked mid-range smartphones you can buy, even at its regular current price of \u20ac559 in Google\u2019s online store. For \u20ac465 (128GB) or \u20ac515 (256GB), it\u2019s a bit of a steal. The screen, camera and interface quality of the Pixel 9a is excellent and is barely a step down from Google\u2019s premium Pixel models.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">5. Xiaomi TV F 32<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">If you\u2019re looking for a decent 32-inch telly to do the basics such as streaming and RTE, this deal is hard to beat. Xiaomi\u2019s TV F 32 is down to \u20ac140 (from \u20ac215) and works with Fire OS7, Alexa Voice COntrol and Apple AirPlay. It\u2019s not 4K (it\u2019s HD) but that doesn\u2019t really matter for a TV of this size. This is perfect for a spare room, student flat or just for someone who doesn\u2019t need a massive telly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s Prime Day sale has some steep discounts on things you might be thinking of upgrading to anyway,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,898,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-67029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-latest-news-ticker","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}