U.S. retailers will mark down Apple’s iPad with steep discounts this Black Friday, according to store circulars and a retail analyst.

Best Buy, which published deals for Black Friday — the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. — on Tuesday, will discount all models of the just-released iPad Air 2 by $100 and cut prices of the smaller iPad Mini 3 by $75, dropping the entry-level configurations to $400 and $325, respectively.

The electronics chain will also sell last year’s iPad Air, but will not reveal prices until Nov. 20, a week before sales start.

Meanwhile, Target’s specials will include a $140 store gift card with the purchase of a 16GB iPad Air 2 (which lists for $499), a $100 card with a 16GB iPad Mini 3 or iPad Air ($399 each), and an $80 card with a 16GB non-Retina iPad Mini ($249).

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