Black Friday deals come early at Best Buy – lowest prices on Apple Watch and HomePod – CNET

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Black Friday is November 29 — but Best Buy are kicking off early, in which case it’s now. The retailer has started early with a huge sale that includes some of the best deals we’ve seen of the holiday season thus far. Best Buy are setting the all-time lowest prices on the Apple Watch Series 4, this year’s MacBook Air, Beats headphones and the HomePod smart speaker. Rhere are also killer deals to be had at Best Buy on Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 7 and a heap of other laptops, tablets, TVs and more.

You need to be a member of My Best Buy rewards program, the basic tier of which is free, to take advantage of some of the best sale prices. Discounts are available online and in-store. We’ll keep this list up to date with the best deals in real-time, but the current highlights are below.

Best Buy has also revealed its Black Friday ad, offering many specific products it’s selling for the real Black Friday timeframe later this month. 

Note that most of these sale prices are good through Sunday, November 10, but some will sell out as the sale progresses.

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Best Buy has Bose’s SoundLink Revolve on sale for $120, which is the lowest price we’ve seen for it. This model is smaller than the SoundLink Revolve Plus, but it’s a very good compact Bluetooth speaker.

Read our Bose SoundLink Revolve review.

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Best Buy has the JLabs JBuds Air on sale for $30 through Sunday, Nov. 10. They normally retail for $50. JLabs makes a lot of true wireless earphones and this is its most affordable — and frankly, the only one I’d buy. It’s a decent set of true wireless earbuds that’s a relative bargain at $30.

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We saw this deal last year but it’s still a good one: Sony’s micro Bluetooth speaker, the SRS-XB01, is on sale for $15 at Best Buy.

Read our Sony SRS-XB01 review.

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If you’re less inclined to buy from Apple, Garmin’s rugged fitness watches are great. The Fenix 5X cost $700 when it came out in 2017 — now, Best Buy has it for $300. I’ve been using Garmin’s lower-end Forerunner 245 and I like it a lot. The model on sale here includes all of its fitness tracking functions and adds an altimeter and barometer. Plus, you get topographic US maps, routable cycling maps for turn-by-turn navigation and a scratch-resistant sapphire lens.

Read our Garmin Fenix 5X preview.

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Walmart has been selling these headphones for about $120 — a massive $80 discount off the $200 list price. Now, Best Buy takes it a step further by cutting the price to $90.

Read our Powerbeats3 review.

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We love the UE Boom 2 — a compact, durable wireless Bluetooth speaker that plays loud and sounds good. It’s stain-resistant, shock-resistant and fully waterproof. Battery life is a strong 15 hours, and it can be paired with a second UE speaker for stereo sound.

Read our UE Boom 2 review.

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Sure, this entry-level configuration has lower-end components (Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, 128GB SSD). But you’re still getting the best Windows two-in-one tablet, with the Type Cover thrown in, for $600. This is a dynamite deal.

Read our Surface Pro 7 preview.

More early deals available now through Sunday, Nov. 10 

Straight from the company’s press release, here are the current deals it’s highlighting; some of these are already noted above: 

  • Save $350 on 75-inch Samsung 4K UHD Smart TV with HDR (sale price: $749.99)
  • Save $70 on 65-inch Samsung 4K UHD Smart TV with HDR (sale price: $479.99)
  • Save up to $500 on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro (with qualified activation and Trade-In)
  • Save up to $300 on select models of MacBook Pro
  • Save up to $300 on Apple Watch Series 4 (see all Apple Watch deals)
  • Save $200 on latest models of iMac or MacBook Air
  • Save $100 on Samsung 11.6-inch Chromebook (sale price: $89)
  • Save $250 on Dell 15.6-inch Laptop (sale price: $349.99)
  • Save $200 on Dyson Cyclone V10 models (also available elsewhere)
  • Save $270 on KitchenAid Professional 500 Series Stand Mixer (sale price: $229.99)
  • Save $70 on Sony Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones with Google Assistant (sale price: $279.99) (also available elsewhere)

More sales will kick off on Thanksgiving Day

Best Buy stores are opening at 5 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving, with the company highlighting the deals listed below (again, straight from its press release). These will presumably be available online as well.

  • Save $350 on 70-inch Samsung 4K UHD Smart TV with HDR (sale price: $549.99)
  • Save $280 on 58-inch Insignia 4K UHD Smart TV with HDR Fire TV Edition with free Amazon Echo Dot (sale price: $199.99)
  • Save up to $250 on iPad Pro 
  • Save up to $100 on iPad 10.2-inch
  • Save $400-$500 on the Note 10 Series (with qualified activation) 
  • 20% off haircare for My Best Buy members 
  • Save $80 on Google Nest Hello Video Doorbell (sale price: $149.99)
  • Save $1,000 on Hydrow Connected Rower (sale price: $1199)

Free next-day delivery on some items, free shipping on everything else

Feeling the heat from Amazon Prime, Best Buy is now adding free next-day delivery on “thousands of items” purchased on its website. And it’s also offering free standard shipping on everything else through Christmas Day, with no membership or minimum purchase required.

Same-day delivery is also available for some online orders in dozens of US cities, too. 

The full list of Black Friday sales are online, too

Check it out here.


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Originally published earlier. Updated with our favorite deals now highlighted at the top.

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