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13 Dec: Best Buy expands exclusive Upgrade+ program to include select iMac and Mac Studio models

Building on early excitement, expanded program makes it easy for customers to experience the latest Mac desktops and laptops for an affordable, low monthly payment 

During a time where customers are looking for affordability, we’re excited to announce that our Upgrade+ program, powered by Citizens Pay®, now includes the latest versions of select iMac and Mac Studio desktop computers. 

Back in October, Best Buy in collaboration with Apple announced a first-of-its-kind upgrade program called Upgrade+, making it easy for customers to experience and upgrade to the latest Mac laptops with Apple silicon, including MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, for an incredibly affordable monthly payment.

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24 Oct: Best Buy launches exclusive Upgrade+ program for Mac laptops

New program makes it easy and affordable for customers to experience and upgrade to the latest Mac laptops.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 24, 2022 — Best Buy is offering a first-of-its-kind upgrade program called Upgrade+ powered by Citizens Pay®, making it easy and affordable for customers to experience and upgrade to the latest Mac laptops with Apple silicon, including MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.  

Through Upgrade+, customers can apply for financing to purchase a new Mac laptop with affordable payments spread across 36 months before deciding if they want to upgrade to a newer device in month 37.

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15 Sep: Best Buy Announces Exclusive Offers For Fitness+: A New Fitness Experience With Apple Watch

Beginning today, when you purchase an eligible Apple Watch from Best Buy, you are eligible to get six months to use Apple Fitness+ for free. In addition, My Best Buy members who already own a qualifying Apple Watch will receive two months of Fitness+ free[1].

Fitness+ is the first fitness experience built for Apple Watch, arriving later this year. Fitness+ intelligently incorporates metrics from Apple Watch for users to visualize right on their iPhone, iPad or Apple TV, offering a first-of-its-kind personalized workout experience.

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21 Oct: Best Buy launches special deals on Apple products for My Best Buy members

Apple lovers, rejoice! We’re making it easier than ever to save big on some of the best tech – especially for My Best Buy members.

Starting today, My Best Buy members will receive special access to new discounts on Apple products including everything from iPad to MacBook to Apple Watch and more. New deals will be available each week.

This week’s deals, for My Best Buy members only:

  • Up to $200 off iPad Pro
  • Save up to $200 on select Mac Book Pro
  • $20 off Apple Watch Series 5 GPS + Cellular

My Best Buy members will receive special Apple deals each week, rather than receiving points for Apple purchases. 

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25 Jan: HomePod is Coming to Best Buy

The speaker you’ve been excited about is almost here, and you can pre-order it at Best Buy this Friday.

Apple announced the arrival of HomePod, a new breakthrough wireless speaker for the home. In addition to an amazing listening experience, HomePod lets you talk to Siri to send messages, check the news and much more. HomePod will work with hundreds of HomeKit-enabled smart home products, too.

You can pre-order HomePod beginning this Friday, Jan. 26, on BestBuy.com or pick it up in store beginning Friday, Feb.

07 Mar: How to Find the Fitness Tracker That’s Right For You

You’re making fitness moves.

Maybe you’re ditching the elevator for the stairs, fitting in a few more days at the gym or throwing a few more miles onto that run. You’re stepping up your game big time but still need that push every now and again.

Let a fitness tracker help you.

We get it — with plenty of health and fitness wearables to choose from, finding the right one to slap on your wrist can prove challenging.

But it’s all good.

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26 Dec: Christmas Is Over, But The Deals Are Still Going at Best Buy

For some of us, post-holiday shopping can be stressful. But for many others, it’s all just part of the plan.

Forty percent of Americans — including 51 percent of parents and 75 percent of people between 18 and 34 — postpone gift giving for themselves and others until after the holidays to cash in on deals, according to a new survey from Best Buy1.

Their to-do lists include everything from shopping deals and redeeming gift cards to grabbing accessories for newly acquired tech gifts.

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22 Oct: And the Top 15 Holiday Tech Gifts for 2015 Are…

When it comes to Holiday gifts to give and receive, tech products are high on the list.

Best Buy commissioned a national study to see what shoppers are looking for, and the results show that tablets lead a diverse group that also includes HDTVs, wearables and wireless speakers.

The top of the Top 15? The iPad. Here’s the full list:

Top 15 tech gifts for 2015

  1. iPad
  2. Bose QuietComfort 25 Noise Cancelling Headphones
  3. MacBook
  4. Samsung 48” Smart 4K Ultra HD TV
  5. Sharp 43” Smart HDTV with Roku
  6. Microsoft Surface
  7. Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II
  8. Fitbit Charge HR Heart Rate and Activity Tracker
  9. Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
  10. Dyson V6 Absolute Bagless Cordless Vacuum
  11. Vizio 43” Smart 4K Ultra HD TV
  12. Apple Watch
  13. SONOS PLAY:1 Wireless Speaker
  14. iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot
  15. GoPro HERO4 Action Camera

The Best Buy study also uncovered the following holiday shopping trends:

  • Millennials rank CE No.
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26 Jul: Apple Watch is Coming to Best Buy

The Apple Watch, one of the year’s most talked about and innovative products, is coming to Best Buy.

Starting Aug. 7, Best Buy will be the first national retailer, other than Apple Stores, where customers can buy the Apple Watch. It will begin to arrive in more than 100 Best Buy stores and will also be available on BestBuy.com. Another 200 of our stores will have the Apple Watch in time for holiday shopping.

“The Apple Watch is a big addition to our stores and website, and we know our customers want it,” said Jason Bonfig, senior category officer at Best Buy.

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27 Apr: Apple Pay Now Accepted in Best Buy App, Coming to Stores Later This Year

Starting today, Best Buy customers can use Apple Pay to make purchases in the Best Buy app when using an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. A free update is now available in the Apple App Store.

All U.S. Best Buy stores will begin accepting Apple Pay later this year.

Today’s consumers have many different ways to spend their money and we want to give our customers as many options as possible in how they pay for goods and services at Best Buy.