Apple’s iPad drops to $299, also the best tech deal of the week

Now is a great time to pick up Apple’s iPad before the upcoming school year. The base, 10.2-inch tablet is now $30 off and down to $299, the best price we’ve seen. It might not have all the bells and whistles of the iPad Air, but it’s a solid, budget-friendly tablet that’ll probably be able to handle anything you throw at it. Elsewhere online, you can pick up Chromecast with Google TV for just $40 and Beats Studio Buds for $100. Here are this week’s best tech deals that you can still get today.

10.2-inch iPad
Apple’s base iPad is on sale for $299, while the model with 256GB of storage is $80 off and down to $399. It’s the most affordable iPad you can get, and we gave it an 86 for its strong performance, center-stage cameras, first-generation Apple Pencil support, and excellent battery life.