The Best Early Black Friday Tech Deals at Amazon, Best Buy, and More

It’s not even Thanksgiving week, and still, Black Friday deals are already popping up all over the internet. If you’ve been patiently holding off until tech deals strike to get that new tablet or gaming console, there’s no longer any need to wait until you’re stuffed with turkey to start shopping. Across Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and more, some of my favorite tech gadgets are already seeing price cuts. Granted, some of these are designed to fool you with fake markups, which is why it’s important to track an item’s price history before going in on something that looks too good to be true. Luckily, I’ve already done all of the work for you. From now into December, keep checking in here for the best deals on laptops, TVs, Apple devices, tablets, video games, and more.

The Best Black Friday laptop deals

If you’re like my in-laws, there’s a good chance you’re reading this list on a laptop that needs replacing. It’s a good thing that laptops are no stranger to Black Friday deals, across PC and Mac alike.

• Apple MacBook Air 13-inch with M3 Chip: $849 at Amazon (was $1,099)— This is Apple’s most recent MacBook Air, complete with the M3 chip, a base 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That’s more than enough for most people.

• Apple MacBook Air 13-inch with M2 Chip: $750 at Amazon (was $999)— If you’re OK going with a slightly older model, the M2 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is just a little cheaper than the M3 model right now, but you’ll need to apply a $150 off coupon to see the sale.

• Dell Inspiron 16-inch with Intel Core Ultra 7: $999 at Best Buy (was $1,499)— This Windows laptop comes equipped with a modern Intel chip and a lot of bonuses for the price point, including a touch screen, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage.

The Best Black Friday tablet deals

Not everyone needs a whole laptop. Tablets are just as valuable to plenty of techies out there, if not more so. Here are our favorite Black Friday tablet deals that are currently live.

• Apple 11-Inch iPad Pro with M4 Chip: $949 at Best Buy (was $999)—My Best Buy Plus members can save a little bit off Apple’s top of the line iPad right now, which thanks to the brand new chip, is arguably more powerful the MacBook Air.

• Apple 13-Inch iPad Pro with M4 Chip: $1,234.05 at Best Buy (was $1,299)— Also exclusive to My Best Buy Plus members is this deal on the 13-inch M4 iPad Pro, for those who need a slightly bigger screen.

• Apple 11-Inch iPad Air with M2 Chip: $499 at Amazon (was $599)— Everyone who’s not a Best Buy member can still get an M-series iPad on sale thanks to this great deal from Amazon, which cuts $100 off an Apple Intelligence-capable iPad Air.

• Apple 10.2-Inch 9th Generation iPad: $199 at Best Buy (was $329)— If you’re just looking for a cheap, basic tablet, you can’t do much better than the 9th Generation iPad, which is still going strong with the respectable A13 Bionic chip three years later. It won’t support Apple Intelligence, but if you’re still not sold on AI, it’s an oldie but a goodie.

• Microsoft Surface Pro 13-Inch: $899 at Best Buy (was $1,199)— This pick blurs the line between a tablet and a laptop, coming equipped with Windows 11, which gives it a full desktop ecosystem of apps to explore. Plus, this particular model also has a few Copilot+ goodies thrown in.

The Best Black Friday TV Deals

I almost never buy a TV outside of a sales event. If that sounds like you, you’re going to want to keep an eye on TV deals this Black Friday.

• Samsung 55-Inch The Frame TV: $897 at Amazon (was $1,497)— This QLED TV is half display, half art piece, with a glare-resistant matte screen and a built-in art mode. Perfect for if you don’t want to build your living room around a big, black rectangle.

• LG 65-Inch B3 OLED TV: $998 at Walmart (was $1,299)— OLED is still my favorite display tech out there, and if I can put on my oldhead hat, the only one that really compares to CRTs. LG makes some of the best OLED TVs around, and with a high refresh rate and large display area, this is a great option.

The Best Black Friday Video Game Deals

Ever since the 1980s, video games have taken over the holidays. Black Friday is a classic season for buying the latest hits, and here’s some of our favorites.

• Sonic x Shadow Generations for Nintendo Switch: $37.49 at Best Buy (was $59)— Sonic’s latest release, this remaster of Sonic Generations also comes with a highly-regarded, brand-new campaign featuring his edgy counterpart, Shadow the Hedgehog.

• Persona 5 Royal for Nintendo Switch: $14.99 at Best Buy (was $59)— The latest mainline RPG release in the beloved Persona series, this game casts the player as a “phantom thief” who literally steals hearts.

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: $49 at Best Buy (was $69)— This sequel to the modern classic The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild once again sees players embarking on a more open world journey across Hyrule, but this time wielding a magic arm that can build all sorts of wacky contraptions.