While Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday to be surrounded by friends and family, one of the biggest days of the years actually comes right after the historic festivities: Black Friday. But to get your hands on the best deals, you have to plan beforehand, and going for giant tech savings takes a little bit of prep work.
Which deals should you be paying attention to when you start shopping on Black Friday? Here are some of the huge ones you definitely don't want to miss in the midst of the holiday shopping frenzy.
1.) Best Buy
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What's happening at Best Buy this Black Friday? The brand has dozens of incredible deals, but here are some of the best ones.
- Get a $250 Best Buy gift card when you buy a Samsung Galaxy Edge 7 or Galaxy S7.
- Take a whopping $400 (yes, you read that correctly!) off of a 60-inch LG 4K TV, now only $599.99 on Black Friday. You're going to need a bigger dorm room.
- If you get the 256 GB iPhone 7 or 7S in the store, you get a $250 Best Buy gift card.
- The Lenovo Yoga 900 is on sale for $900, down from $1,200.
2.) Walmart
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What's Walmart doing on the biggest shopping day of the year? It's got a number of deals that won't disappoint.
- The iPhone 5 will be only $99, a full $50 off the usual price.
- You can get a Samsung Galaxy J3 for just $39 instead of the normal $99 price tag.
- Pick up a 50-inch Samsung 4K TV for $398, a discount of $230.
- Take home a 15.6-inch Acer laptop for $299 instead of $450.
- Get a Fitbit Charge 2 for a $20 discount at $129.
- Skullcandy Uproar Bluetooth Headphones are 50% for $25.
3.) Amazon
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There's a lot to love about Amazon, and the fact that the company is promising new deals every 5 minutes on Black Friday makes it even better. Here are several of the larger ones to focus on.
- The Amazon Echo is $40 off and is now only $139.99.
- The Amazon Echo Dot speaker will see a $10 price drop, now $39.99.
- Amazon Fire TV will also see a $10 decrease and is $29.99 starting on Black Friday.
- In the realm of TVs you can get a Samsung 32-inch 720-Pixel LED TV for $69.99, a Hisense 43-inch Ultra HD Smart LED TV for $199 and an LG 55-inch Ultra HD Smart LED TV for $398.
4.) Target
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Target's bringing in deal after deal after deal, so here's what you need to know now.
- Snag a 9.7-inch iPad Pro for $449, $150 less than usual.
- Grab an iPad Air 2 for $274, $125 below the normal price.
- Take $70 off the typical price of an Apple Watch Series 1 and pay only $198 for it at Target. The current Apple Watch Series 2 will start at $369.99.
- Like video games? You can get an Xbox One S Battlefield 1 Bundle for $249.99, with savings of $50. And here's an added bonus: You get a $40 Target gift card with it.
- Save $140 on 15-6-inch HP Notebooks, now $259.99.
- Buy a Samsung Galaxy Edge 7 or Galaxy S7 and get a $250 Target gift card. Not too shabby.
5.) Kohl's
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- Save $300 on a Canon EOS Rebel DSLR that comes with Wi-Fi, a bag, and two lenses, and get everything for $449.99, plus $135 in Kohl's Cash.
- Get the Apple Watch Series 1 for $269 with $75 in Kohl's Cash and the Apple Watch Series 2 for $369 plus $105 in Kohl's Cash.
- Say hello to the 40-inch Samsung HD LED Smart TV for $249.99.
- Love scooters? The Razor Hovertrax 2.0 is on sale for $349.99, $110 off the usual price. Bonus: You get $105 in Kohl's Cash.
- The PlayStation 4 Uncharted 4 Bundle is only $249.99, down $50 on Black Friday.
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