5 Apple products you shouldn't buy right now (including this popular iPhone model)

Headed to the Apple Store for holiday shopping? Before spending your hard-earned cash, consult this list to find out what's worth buying and what you should avoid.

Thanksgiving is a memory, Black Friday is a blur, and soon all that will be left of Cyber Monday will be reams of digital receipts and a pile of gifts to wrap. 2024 is racing to a close, and with only the final hurdles of the holidays and New Year's Eve -- that special time when we get to find out whether the numerals for the upcoming year can be transformed into effective novelty glasses -- before this year is at an end. But before all that, let's have a little review of Apple's year.

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2024 has been quite the year for the Cupertino company. The hardware has, as we ...