6 Best Apple Products To Buy After the Holidays

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While the holiday season often brings a raft of deals along with it — the period spanning Black Friday through Boxing Day being of prime importance to retailers and manufacturers alike — the new year can be just as appealing to bargain hunters, particularly those eying a new Apple product.

Last January, for example, saw the Apple Watch Series 10 hit an all-time low on Amazon, according to MacRumors — and a slew of 10th-gen iPads were also on a deep discount at the online retailer. Per The Verge, both Best Buy and Amazon ended up putting the newest model of the iPad Mini on a price cut as mid-January hit and the latter platform also offered up a post-New Year’s Day promo on Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 (of nearly 25% off), according to BestProducts.com. With 2026 on the horizon, below are some of the Apple products that shoppers should look to scoop up after the holidays wrap up.

Also here are seven ways to pay less for Apple products.

Apple AirPods Pro 3: A Sale Rerun in January 2025?

TechRadar said sales in January are a way for retailers to clear out warehouse stock. The Verge indicated that Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 hit its all-time low of $199 from both Amazon and Walmart recently.

It’s impossible to predict with absolutely certainty that the AirPods Pro 3 will see this price return in January, but with re-runs being thematic of the holiday sales season (and the post-season clear-out to make way for new SKUs in January through February), these portable earbuds are certainly a contender. They feature a new, sleeker and more comfortable design, better fit, as well as improved active noise canceling (ANC) capabilities.

MacBook Air (M4)

The MacBook Air (M4) is perfect for every Apple fan, whether you’re a casual user or someone who needs to do some heavy lifting in the creative, photo or video editing or core gaming spheres.

And the 13-inch variant recently hit its all-time-low price of $749 at Best Buy, according to Tom’s Guide. Borrowing the same thinking of repeated sales from this month transferring over to deals in 2026, shoppers should keep an eye out for a bargain on the MacBook Air (M4) after the corks have popped and the bubbly has flattened.

This laptop plays host to Apple’s signature Liquid Retina display, the M4 CPU complete with a 10-core GPU, 16GB of RAM and a 256gb SSD.

Apple Watch Series 10, 11 and SE 3, SE 2

While Apple Watch devices have a recent history of hitting record low prices as mentioned above, there are also so many models to keep track of — and for Apple to unload, with the new models recently hitting the market.

So what about those slightly older Apple Watch models: the Series 10, 11 and SE 3 (and SE 2)? You can expect to see most of these models facing continued discounts in January and February, particularly given that they featured heavily during this holiday season’s sale lineup.

The Series 10 and 11, the flagship models, may come in at a heftier price — but they also offer premium features. The Series 11 features a scratch resistant screen, a more power-efficient 5G modem and improved battery life over the Series 10 (which remains a more budget-conscious-but-still-slick option).

On the SE 2 and SE 3 front, the latter boasts a number of improvements as compared to its predecessor, which launched in 2022. The SE 3 is a very efficient sleep tracker (including a Sleep Score function, breathing disturbance alerts and sleep apnea notifications), in addition to other functions.

All in all, wearables is a growing category with a great deal of competition for Apple to confront — both within its own growing inventory and regarding the space more broadly — so this presents an opportunity to grab a slightly older model at a great price.

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