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Best Buy Planning 50-Hour Sale With Discounts on iPhone, MacBook, iMac and More This Friday
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Edit: I linked an announcement from last year because I’m an idiot.
Best Buy today announced the upcoming launch of a 50-hour sale filled with Black Friday-like deals in celebration of its 51st anniversary. The sale will kick off this Friday and will last through Sunday night.
Best Buy's sale will see the company offering discounts on a wide range of Apple products, from the MacBook to the iPhone.
Select MacBook, MacBook Pro, and iMac models will be up to $500 off. Best Buy also plans to offer up to $300 off on the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, and the iPad mini 4 will be discounted by up to $120. Accessories like the Beats Studio Wireless headphones will also be on sale.
Best Buy's sale kicks off at 10:00 p.m. Central Time on Friday, August 18 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Sunday, August 20. Deals will be available both online and in retail stores, and students can get additional discounts by visiting Best Buy's student site.
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That's last year's article, bud.
Here's the link for this year's sale https://corporate.bestbuy.com/best-buys-50-hour-sale-back-even-better-deals/
Some people who are aware that it will cost an arm and a leg to buy the "updated" iPhone may have already decided they prefer to spend the extra hundreds of dollars/euros on something else, given that the current iPhone will satisfy all of their needs quite easily. For an increasing number of people, what their smartphone can do for them takes priority over hoping people will notice that they now own Apple's take on the Galaxy S8 in that short window of "me first".
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And save the money for something that may really need to be upgraded or perhaps a nice vacation long overdue.
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If it's overpriced, I see discounts coming sooner rather than later at BB and other places (with the exception of the Apple Store).
Same here. Coming from a 4S going to the 6S Plus was great for my eyes
The entire smartphone segment has matured to a point where there isn't much more that can be done.
Sharper resolution , faster processor, more memory etc.. fine, but do I need it?
Form factor, who cares ? (Sorry, some MR people do (plus camera bump), but they must not have any other real issues in life)
Never had a problem waiting until there were enough available phones when I was ready to buy. So, 8S plus or even 9S Plus.
To save money, I always buy the top shelf max GB model, which then over the years drops into mid-range. Time to buy again when it becomes the entry model.
With Apple's stingy GB policy it will be a while before iPhones start at 128GB.
Does anyone know how the sale works for iPhone? I need to upgrade my wife kid and me.. all still on iphone6. This might be the time to upgrade all of us if the deal is right. I was kinda waiting until the 8 but could be swayed for the right price. Like iPhone 7+ 128 gb is normally $869 but now $569 during the sale? Seems too good but idk how these sales go. And I haven't bought a phone since sept. 2014 w/ the 6+. Thx!
On the iMac's it seems like they are basically dumping the older ones as well. The latest models are just $100 off. Better off going refurbished for an extra $100+ off.
I believe last week they were $200 off.
I believe last week they were $200 off.
Apple Smart Keyboard for the 10.5 iPad is $10 off the retail price. Not a great sale, but it's a little off a relatively recently released accessory.
The biggest discounts I've seen on iPhones during this sale are for Sprint. Haven't found any $300 off ones yet but see a few $200 off.
I don't see anything wrong with this.
My mother is buying one this weekend, upgrading from her iPhone 6 16GB, to a 7 with a larger storage. I let her know that a new iPhone should be out in a few months, but she already knew that. She is just doing it for the savings.
Some people care more about getting a good deal verses having the latest tech.
On this note, the open box deals (when available) are also a great buy. The open box Smart Keyboard I bought for my iPad Pro is holding up great.
The deals were not NEARLY what was advertised. A 15" MacBook Pro (latest version) was only $200 off (not the advertised $500). iPhone 7 Plus was $100 off, but Best Buy's price was already $100 more than the Apple store, so this was no discount at all! I don't know if this was bait and switch advertising by Best Buy or poor reporting by MacRumors.
Emphasis mine. I'm more bothered about the sale prices not all carrying over until Sunday on the MBP 13" base. But that one might not have been part of the 50-hour event.
You aren't wrong about the iPhones though. I hope nobody fell for that.