Our favourite Apple gear of 2025 is back to record-low prices in the year-end sales

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Christmas has flown past, but that's good news for those who were waiting until the end of the year to treat themselves. The year-end sales mean that much of the best Apple tech from 2025 is back down to the record-low prices that we saw during Black Friday.

There's up to $250 off the newest MacBook Air at Amazon, and up to $250 off the M5-chipped MacBook Pro at B&H Photo. On top of that, we've also found discounts on iPads, AirPods and Apple Watch 11. See below for full details on the deals. Also see our roundup of the best creative tech of 2025 and the best new laptops of 2025 for creatives.

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The M4 chip brought Apple's slim and light MacBook Air closer to MacBook Pro levels of performance this year, while also providing improved performance for AI tasks.

This is the laptop we recommend for most people as the ideal balance between value, portability and the power necessary to handle creative software for image editing and more.

We saw this price briefly beaten by $10 during Black Friday, but only on the Midnight colour. This remains the best price yet on other colours.

Our rating: ****½ in our MacBook Air M4 review

UK deal: £999 £879.07 at Amazon

We found the more economical MacBook Air now powerful above to be enough to handle most creative software for everything but 3D and motion design. Anyone who's doing professional video editing on the move will appreciate the superior graphics performance of the latest M5-chipped MacBook Pro.

This laptop was only released in October 2025, and this remains the best price we've seen so far, matching the deal that Amazon ran during Black Friday.We weren't expecting to see such a big saving so soon.

Our rating: ****½ in our MacBook Pro M5 review

We've yet to see any more than $100 off the recent update to Apple's most powerful tablet, but that's not surprising considering that it was only released in October.

With a bright OLED display, this is the best iPad for drawing, and the power of the M5 chip means that it can zip through video editing in Final Cut.

This is the iPad to go for if you're looking for a laptop replacement capable of video editing and graphics work with lots of layers. If you're looking for a tablet for general, entertainment, browsing and sketching rather than professional creative work, Best Buy has the standard 2025 iPad reduced from $349 to $299.

The price above is for the starting configuration of the 11-inch model. There's also $100 off the 13-inch model.

Our rating: ****½ in our iPad Pro M5 review.

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Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.

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