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Best Buy Shows Week's Lead Time on Scarce AirPods Pro

AirPods Pro, largely on backorder since the holiday season, were being sold on BestBuy.com Thursday with in-store availability of Tuesday or Wednesday in various locations and shipping arrival by Tuesday through the website. Apple.com is still showing a month out…

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on filling AirPods Pro orders. A Google search showed the flagship earbuds in stock at Target stores but further clicks showed they were out of stock at New York area stores and unavailable for ordering by website. But standard AirPods are in plentiful supply, including in a Target sale Thursday. The base model AirPods with wired charging case were discounted $20 to $139 and the wireless charging case version showed at $40 off to $169. Other Apple sale items at Target were Powerbeats Pro true wireless headphones, down $50 to $199, while the brand’s over-ear Studio 3’s were also clipped by $50 to $299. The latest iPads were discounted up to $80 with the seventh-generation 10.2-inch model 24 percent off to $249; that was lower than the 7.9-inch iPad mini that was on sale for $50 off to $349.