Tag: Gear / Deals

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Laptops, Phones, and Accessories Deals

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• TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for $88 ($28 off): If a class requires you to have a graphing calculator, it’s because you’re really going to need it. Let this deal be a little bit of a balm for your initial sticker shock. (And don’t worry, you can totally play games on it.)
• LG G8 ThinQ 128 GB Unlocked for $500 ($350 off): This is a great phone, and even better at a low price. It’s also got fancy gesture controls, if you’re into that. Just make sure to get a case with it. It can be a little slippery.
• Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 (Intel i5, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB) for $799 ($200 off)): We like the keyboard and battery life of this ultralight laptop, but thought it was a tad on the expensive side. Now’s a great chance to get it for a more reasonable price.
• Lenovo Yoga 730 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop for $650 ($200 off): We really like this bendy laptop’s big sibling, the C930. This is a more middle-of-the-road option, but the $200 price cut makes it a solid bargain. Just make sure you get one that has an actual keyboard.
• SanDisk 1 TB Portable USB SSD for $167 ($150 off): If you need external storage, chances are you need it to be portable, too. This slim solid state driver has a ton of space and can fit right in your pocket.
• Apple iPad 128 GB for $329 ($100 off): It can be tricky to figure out which iPad you should actually buy, but the extra storage on this one makes it a great pick. Apple Pencil support and long battery life make this a decent laptop substitute.

Audio, Home, and Camera Deals

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If you prefer to wait out the heat indoors, check out some of our favorite electronics deals for the weekend, there’s plenty in there to keep you busy and entertained until cooler weather returns.

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Our Favorite Outdoor Deals

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Our Favorite Electronics Deals

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August has arrived, which means that we’ve officially entered the broiling, miserable, too-long dog days of summer, when it seems impossible that we ever thought that skipping work to sit in a park would be a good idea. Luckily, there are plenty of sales to both distract and remind you that autumn is coming soon, from Backcountry’s Semiannual Sale to back-to-school sales at some of our favorite retailers. Scroll on to scope our favorite picks.

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Amazon Prime Day is a made up holiday, but its effect on mid-summer sales events is very real. Retailers like Best Buy and Walmart are continuing to roll out hefty price cuts on summer essentials all in the name of a suspiciously generic “Black Friday in July” event that appeared around Prime Day. We all know what that means. Deals! So many deals! So, we braved the wreckage and sifted through the debris of Prime Day to find the very best sales and price cuts you should know about this weekend.

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Home and Kitchen Deals

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TV Deals

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In the past five years, Amazon Prime Day has exploded. It started as a corporate anniversary event and now it’s a two-day spending spree. We didn’t need another shopping holiday, but that’s what it has become. So big is the hype that brick-and-mortar giants like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy have joined in the circus, along with many of Amazon’s digital competitors, including eBay and Newegg.

But the best part about not being an official part of Prime Day? You don’t have to adhere to Prime Day’s rules! Amazon’s sale has ended and many of these retailer’s flash sales have expired, but many of the discounts remain. Below are our top picks. You can also find any remaining deals on our post-Prime Day page.

Updated at 3 pm ET July 17: We corrected some pricing now that Prime Day is over. If an item is no longer at its deal price or sold out, we cross it out. Deal prices sometimes return and items come back in stock faster than we [...]  read more

In the past five years, Amazon Prime Day has exploded. It started as a corporate anniversary event and now it’s a two-day spending spree. We didn’t need another shopping holiday, but that’s what it has become.

So big is the hype that brick-and-mortar giants like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy have joined in the circus, along with many of Amazon’s digital competitors, including eBay and Newegg.

To help you find some good products in the endless fields of discounts, we’ve spent days combing through sales pages. Below are our top picks. We’ll update this list through the end of Prime Day at midnight Pacific time, July 16.

Updated at 9:20 pm ET July 16: We corrected prices, cut a few sold out items, and added two Lenovo Google Assistant speakers and The Allswell mattress. If an item is no longer at its deal price or sold out, we cross it out. Deal prices sometimes return and items come back in stock faster than we can update, so it never hurts [...]  read more

The discount fest that is Amazon Prime Day is chugging along until Tuesday, July 16, ends on the West Coast, and a lot of people will probably pick up a discounted Amazon Device, like the retailer’s Echo speakers, equipped with its Alexa Voice Assistant.

Google isn’t thrilled with that. It would rather you purchase one of its Google Assistant devices instead. To sway you, Google is hosting its own mini Prime Day.

We here at WIRED wish you the best, no matter which smart home ecosystem you choose. (And honestly, you’re fine if you choose none at all!) But from a usability standpoint, we prefer Google Assistant to Alexa. Google answers common questions more capably, and its setup process is simpler and friendlier for any third-party devices you may want to add to your smart home. Many Google devices are on sale, but these are our favorites.

Updated at 9:30 pm ET July 16: We’ve added some Lenovo Google Smart Device deals to the list. If an item is no longer at its [...]  read more

Even if you don’t have epic plans to Kerouac your way around the nation, we all need more memory for our devices and can never have too many charging cables. Most of us have also wrestled with slow hotel Wi-Fi enough to appreciate the value of a good Ethernet dongle.

If an item is no longer at its deal price or sold out, we cross it out. Deal prices sometimes return and items come back in stock faster than we can update, so it never hurts to check for yourself.

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Chargers, Adapters, and Smart Plugs

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Life on the road sometimes means spotty access to power and networks. These power packs help you stock up on energy when it’s available so you have it when it’s not.

• RavPower 22,000 mAh Portable Battery for $33 ($8 off): RavPower makes quality batteries, and this one is big enough to charge your phone, tablet, and probably your laptop. It’s a great backup to take on road trips or wherever you go.
• TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug for $12 ($5 off): If you’re just dipping your toes in the smart home waters this plug makes a low-cost, low-stakes entry point. Just plug it in and you can control whatever’s plugged into it with a yelp.
• RavPower 4-Port USB Wall Charger for $14 ($3 off): If you’re headed anywhere for the night, it helps to have all your chargers plugged into one wall outlet. This one should work well with most everything you have.
• TP-Link USB-3-to-Ethernet Adapter for $8 ($14 off): The next time you try to use hotel Wi-Fi you’ll be glad you bought this adapter. Yes, wireless is everywhere, but fast wireless is not.
• Travel Cable Organizer for $13 ($4 off): Stop digging through your bag searching for the right cable. This organizer keeps all your cables, adapters, dongles, and even a mouse neat and tidy.

Memory to Store Memories

Memory isn’t all that exciting, but admit it, you can never have enough. This year’s Prime Day has some good deals on SD cards of all shapes and sizes, hard drives, and dual USB sticks. Expand [...]  read more

In the past five years, Amazon Prime Day has exploded. It started as a corporate anniversary event and now it’s a two-day spending spree. We didn’t need another shopping holiday, but that’s what it has become.

So big is the hype that brick-and-mortar giants like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy have joined in the circus, along with many of Amazon’s digital competitors, including eBay and Newegg.

To help you find some good products in the endless fields of discounts, we’ve spent days combing through sales pages. Below are our top picks. We’ll update this list through the end of Prime Day at midnight Pacific time, July 16.

Updated at 12:30 pm ET July 16: We added some of Google’s sales to this list along with a few other small updates. If an item is no longer at its deal price or sold out, we cross it out. Deal prices sometimes return and items come back in stock faster than we can update, so it never hurts to check for yourself.

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