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Psst, don’t buy Sonos right now – huge Black Friday deals are coming next week
Becky Scarrott, Senior Audio Staff Writer, TechRadar
It’s incredibly easy to get carried away in the buying frenzy – because when it comes to spotting a tasty deal on your heart’s desire, you snooze you lose… Right?
Well, this advice may come as a surprize, but sometimes patience is a virtue.
What I’m about to tell you is something few other retailers (or competing online news outlets, for that matter) are keen to let on. However, at TechRadar we like to keep it real and so our advice is this: if you’re looking to nab yourself one of the best Black Friday Sonos deals on a Sonos One, Sonos One SL, Sonos Move, Sonos Arc, Sonos Beam, Sonos Sub, Sonos Roam or Sonos Roam SL, do not click ‘buy now’ today… that’s right, I’m telling you to hold off. Desist. At ease. Stand down, soldier.
Why? Because Sonos likes to take its time – but don’t worry, the company has kindly informed us that deals are coming. Want a date to circle in your diaries? That would be Friday November 18.
Essentially, if you buy direct from Sonos or via “select online retailers” on or after November 18, you’ll unlock rarely-seen discounts on no fewer than seven Sonos products – and said offers will last for ten whole days, until November 28 (or until stock runs out).
Additionally, Sonos tells us it’ll be running a one-day-only deal on the portable Sonos Move on November 28 for 24 hours.
11 of the best Black Friday TV deals I’ve seen this weekend
Mackenzie Frazier, US Deals Editor, TechRadar
Retailers usually reserve their best Black Friday deals for the holiday weekend, but this year, the likes of Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart have launched early sales. And I’ve been really impressed with their TV offers – loads of sets are already the cheapest they’ve ever been. Here are 11 that caught my eye today.
RX 6600 gaming PC for less than $900!
Wow! This is definitely one of the best early Black Friday PC deals we’ve seen so far, giving you a great budget gaming PC for an even better price.
Right now, the MSI Aegis ZS 5DQ-280US gaming PC is on sale for just $899 at Newegg (opens in new tab), which is a real bargain considering it has an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G CPU, AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and 500GB PCIe SSD inside it.
It’s not an absolute top-end machine, but it’s easily capable of 1080p gaming at a framerate of at least 150fps and at $300 off it’s an excellent entry into esports that won’t break the bank.
Black Friday = cheap Chromebooks
If you’re looking for a bargain Chromebook this side of Christmas, then Black Friday is the ideal time to browse the digital shelves. Chromebooks regularly get price cuts at this time of year, bringing the already-cheap devices down to hard-to-resist levels.
A Chromebook won’t necessarily be ideal for everyone, of course – they lack the power for high-end gaming and graphic design work – but they’re a great choice for kids and can also be useful as a second laptop for web browsing.
You’re convinced, right? In which case check out this HP 11AG8EE model below, which is £30 off right now at Argos (opens in new tab). That saves you 23% off the usual price for a laptop with 4GB RAM and an 11.6in screen. See – told you it was a bargain.
10 cheap gift ideas – mostly under $25
There are tons of cheap gift ideas to browse in the sales this weekend. We’ve looked through Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and all the big-name retailers – here are 10 of our favorite deals.
25% off Nintendo Switch Sports Accessories
This one’s a great gift for anyone with kids who already have the Nintendo Switch Sports game. It comes with rackets for tennis or badminton, wrist straps for bowling or volleyball, leg and arm straps for football, swords for chambara and golf clubs. All you do is insert Joy-Con controllers and you’re good to go.
Here’s a recap of some of the best deals this weekend
Our best cordless vac is the lowest price ever
If you’re looking for a new cordless vacuum, this Shark Stratos deal at Amazon is well worth considering. The IZ420UKT sits at number one in our best cordless vacuums guide: we were incredibly impressed with its ability to sense how much dirt is on the floor and increase the suction power accordingly when we tested it – we gave it 4.5/5 in our review.
Previously £549.99, it’s been hovering around the £450 mark since receiving its first price cut in early November, and now it’s dropped again to £438.24 at Amazon – that’s over £10 cheaper than at Shark. Will it drop again? We don’t think it will, and if it does, not by much. It’s a new model after all.
8 of the best TV deals this weekend
We’ve scanned the sales this morning and there are some super-low prices on a range of TVs, covering everything from premium OLED and QLED displays and huge 75-inch sets right through to budget and small smart TVs.
Will prices drop fruther? Yes, some may – we often see the very best Black Friday TV deals in the week leading up to Black Friday. But it’s debatable how much further some of these sets can actually go: it’s been a spectacular year for TV deals already, thanks to LG getting new OLED TV competition from Samsung, plus an oversupply of LCD panels as TV makers pulled back on production following market forecasts.
Our view? If you see a telly you want this weekend at a good price, and don’t mind if it’s reduced by another £20 in the next two weeks, grab it -the biggest Black Friday TV deals can sell out in minutes, and these offers are already superb value for money.
Is it Black Friday yet?
No – but there are some very good Black Friday deals already that are unlikely to become much better in the two weeks between now and Black Friday proper, on November 25.
TVs, in particular, have huge discounts this weekend – there’s still time to get a new one before the World Cup. Amazon and Currys are your best bet, and we’ve seen a few decent deals at John Lewis and Very this morning too. We’ll highlight the best deals here shortly…
Plenty of small appliances, too, are heavily discounted at the moment. Coffee makers and cordless vacuums are among the biggest bargains we’ve seen so far. For example, you can get a single-serve DeLonghi Nescafé Dolce coffee machine for just £29 at Amazon today – that’s a massive 65% discount from its full price of £79.99, and we don’t expect it to become cheaper on Black Friday itself. Bargain.
Welcome back
Hello to everyone joining us this morning as we walk through all the latest Black Friday news and deals on Saturday November 11.
Stick with us as we walk you through the sales worth taking seriously today – and those that look as though they’ve started, but are likely to have better deals over the coming fortnight.
Quick – LG’s C2 OLED TV just crashed to a record-low price
We’ve just spotted this year’s best-rated TV on sale for $1,296 at Amazon.com. That’s a $150 discount, and the lowest price we’ve seen for the outstanding LG C2 OLED, which sits at the top of our best TV guide.
It showcases everything we love about OLED technology, with excellent brightness and contrast levels. There’s virtual surround sound, smart capabilities and voice control, and it has an extremely thin design.
Having tested it with everything from regular SD shows to Dolby Vision blockbusters, we found the C2 OLED is more than capable of handling pretty much any content you can throw at it. Just don’t buy it if you need HDR10+ support – you’ve got HDR10 and HLG, but there’s no HDR10+ to be found.
Shark cordless vac almost half price
We haven’t reviewed this one ourselves (we tested the model up, the Shark Anti Hair Wrap IZ300 – which we gave 4/5 stars), but the huge discount caught my eye. With £180 cut off the price at Amazon, the Shark IZ202UK is now less than £200 – I’m strongly considering getting it myself. I’ve been trying to replace my Henry for months…
It has a 40-min run time and comes with a second battery, so you could use it in a larger home – although it’s probably better suited to medium or smaller houses, like mine. It averages 4.5/5 stars from over 80 user reviews on Amazon, and on the Shark site it’s a similar story, with an average score of 4.7/5.
Some people say it’s a bit heavy, but overall it seems to do a good job. I think I’m in…
7 coffee machines under £100
9 of the best Black Friday deals in the UK
We’ve looked at some of the best deals in the US – but what about in the UK? Here are a few things that stood out to our deals experts…
One of the best laptops ever made gets a $700 price cut
Dell has launched its Black Friday sale, and it’s well worth a look if you need a new laptop. The one that caught our eye is this huge $700 discount on a high-end Dell XPS 15, which drops the price from $2,899 to $2,199.
It’s a productivity powerhouse, as you might expect given the price, with new Intel Alder Lake processors and RTX GPUs packed into the classic XPS laptop design. We found that it’s even capable of some moderate gaming. We gave it a full five stars in our Dell XPS 15 (2022) review.
Don’t buy it if you don’t need the best of the best – those specs are going to be overkill for a lot of people. But if you want to own what we think is arguably the perfect computer for most Windows users, this is a good deal. It’s the lowest price we’ve seen so far.
Beats Studio Buds get a $50 price cut before Black Friday
The Beats Studio Buds are easily the best-sounding earbuds Beats has ever made. We gave them 4/5 stars in our Beats Studio Buds review: they’re comfortable to wear and they sound great, plus they support active noise cancellation.
Unfortunately, their call quality isn’t perfect and they’re missing Apple’s H1 Wireless Chip. But at $99.99 – which is their current price at Amazon, down from $149.95 – they’re a lot cheaper than Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 $234. We think they’re an absolute bargain for a premium pair of noise-canceling earbuds.
6 more of the best Black Friday TV deals at Best Buy
We said Best Buy has a huge range of TV deals today, and we meant it. Here are six more cracking offers.
Get a 48-inch LG OLED TV for just $569
We’ve been extremely impressed with this year’s Black Friday TV deals so far. Leading the pack is Best Buy, with some of the lowest prices ever on a whole range of 4K, QLED, and OLED displays from all the top brands.
Case in point: the LG A2 48-inch OLED TV – which has a massive $730 discount, taking it down to just $569.99
Is it Black Friday today?
Nope. Black Friday is on November 25 this year – that’s two weeks away. BUT there are hundreds of early Black Friday deals already available, some of which are worth buying now. We’re curtaing the best ones here as soon as they drop, so stay tuned for our live coverage of the early Black Friday sales today and throughout the weekend…