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First Pre-Order Offers Arrive for AirPods Pro 3 and Apple Watch Series 11

Apple this week announced a huge collection of new products, and today we're already tracking a few notable offers you can get when pre-ordering select devices. Highlights include $20 in Best Buy credit when pre-ordering the AirPods Pro 3, and big trade-in values when purchasing the new Apple Watch Series 11.

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Starting with the AirPods Pro 3, Best Buy is offering a $20 bonus reward when purchasing the new earbuds. This offer is available only for My Best Buy Plus/Total members, and the $20 reward will appear in your My Best Buy account approximately 15 days after your order is fulfilled.

Best Buy also has a few trade-in offers on the new Apple Watch Series 11 announced this week. You can get the Series 11 starting at $219 with qualifying trade-ins, plus My Best Buy Plus/Total members can save an additional 10 percent on their trade-in.

Otherwise, we aren't tracking any specific discounts on the just-announced products, but many are live and available to pre-order at both Best Buy and Amazon. All of these devices are set to launch on Friday, September 19.

If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week.


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Top Rated Comments

7 months ago
Will look to get these Air Pods Pro 3 to replace my 2s when they inevitably drop to under $200 at least by Black Friday if not well before. Love all the upgrades but not in crazy rush.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SactoGuy18 Avatar
7 months ago
I'm going to hold off getting the AirPods Pro 3 until the first sale arrives on (likely) the Black Friday deals.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
joshwithachance Avatar
7 months ago
These will be $179 before we know it. And that's when I'll bite.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
7 months ago

AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C were released in September 2023 at $249 and were already on sale for $189 at most retailers by Christmas of that year. So yes, they very likely will be sub-$200 this holiday season.
The USB-C version wasn’t a completely new AirPod…it had already been out for over a year. All they changed was the charge port. So no, they will not be sub-$200 this year.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
macduke Avatar
7 months ago
I read this as “First Pre-Orders Arrive for AirPods Pro 3 and Apple Watch Series 11” and was taken aback.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
7 months ago

Let me just bring up Camel Camel Camel real quick on that one...
https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0D1XD1ZV3?context=search

Black Friday in the...$150s...
Yes, for the previous generation that had already been out for years
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)