Best Buy’s early holiday deals worth buying now — and the two to skip (November 2026)

Canon EOS R50 V

By Merry

At a glance

  • The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is $649.00 at Best Buy, a Holiday Deal saving $150 against its $799.00 list price.
  • The $549 doorbuster from last week is over, and $649 is the price now — $99.01 more than the Garmin Venu 4 at $549.99, so buy the Ultra 3 for the Apple Watch, not because it is the cheapest big watch.

Checked 12 November 2026 - Best Buy

Products in this article: R50 V - Ultra 3

Best Buy’s early holiday pricing is live, and the discounts are uneven — some are real money off a list price Best Buy itself prints, and some are a few dollars dressed up as a deal. We checked the verified prices at Best Buy today, November 12, 2026, and this guide only recommends the ones where the saving is real. Every price below is Best Buy, in stock, checked today.

The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is $649.00 at Best Buy, a Holiday Deal saving $150 against its $799.00 list price. The $549 doorbuster from last week is over, and $649 is the price now — $99.01 more than the Garmin Venu 4 at $549.99, so buy the Ultra 3 for the Apple Watch, not because it is the cheapest big watch. For an iPhone owner who wants the 49mm titanium watch with cellular and the brightest screen Apple makes, $150 off list is the best price we have verified since the doorbuster ended.

The Canon EOS R50 V is $569.99, saving $150 against a $719.99 list. It has held this price since November 6 — six days at the same deal price, which is the sign of a real promotion rather than a one-day flicker. It is our pick in the mirrorless cameras guide, and $330 less than the Fujifilm X-M5 we reviewed today.

The Nikon Z50 II two-lens kit is $1,349.95, a Holiday Deal saving $50 against $1,399.95. Fifty dollars is a small saving on a $1,350 camera, but the kit is the point: two zoom lenses — the 16-50mm and the 50-250mm — in the box, so a first-time Nikon Z buyer does not need to buy a second lens in January. Buy it for the kit, not the discount.

The Garmin Venu 4 is $549.99, saving $50 against $599.99. It is the battery-first alternative to the Ultra 3: up to 12 days in smartwatch mode against the Ultra 3’s 42 hours, with an LED flashlight and a 45mm AMOLED screen. For Android owners, or anyone who charges their watch once a fortnight rather than every other day, this is the $50 that matters.

The Xbox Series S is $520.00. It is the cheapest route into current-generation games in the store, and the only console on this list.

The Canon EOS R50 is $679.00, against a comparison value of $779.99 — a $100.99 saving on the stills-first body. It costs $109.01 more than the video-first R50 V, so the choice is simple: stills, buy the R50; video, buy the R50 V.

The two to skip

The Sony A6700 is $1,498.00 — $1.99 off its $1,499.99 price. That is not a deal; it is a rounding error, and the camera is worth buying only if you wanted it anyway. The Google Pixel 11 is $899.00 with no deal at all — Best Buy raised it from $699 earlier this month, and $899 is $200 more than the price it carried days ago. If you want a Pixel 11, wait.

If you buy one thing this week, make it the R50 V at $569.99 — the biggest real saving on a camera we track. The Ultra 3 at $649 is the watch deal. Everything else on this list is worth its price, and the two at the bottom are worth waiting on: Black Friday is two weeks away, and a price that has not moved yet is a price to watch, not to chase.

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Last updated: 12 November 2026

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