We’re near the end of 2025, and the holiday shopping season is nearly upon us. If you need a new smartphone, are you better off buying a discounted model soon or waiting a bit longer for the next big thing? New tech always offers something new just over the horizon, but we’re at the end of the year, and new phones often launch in January, and sometimes even before the end of December.
Whether you should wait depends on two factors. First, what phone are you hoping to buy, and will that phone go on sale? Some phones, like the Google Pixel, go on sale every year around the holiday season. Other phones, like the Apple iPhone, don’t ever get much of a discount. I’ll walk you through the best deals you can expect.
