Black Friday Cheat Sheet: 20 Must-Have Deals For Techies
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Savvy Black Friday shoppers know prepping for a post-turkey-day olympic shopping excursion doesn't just include sneakers and elbow pads. The most important preparation is research.
In an effort to help with your Black Friday homework and connect you with the best tech-centric Black Friday deals worth scrambling for -- either at your local big-box retailer or online -- here is CRN's 2014 Black Friday cheat sheet.
HP Pavilion 23-h050 23-Inch TouchSmart All-In-One Desktop
Black Friday Price: $600
Specs: Hewlett-Packard's 23-inch all-in-one desktop PC runs an AMD "Kabini" 2GHz quad-core processor, and has 4 GB RAM and a 1-TB drive.
Where: BJ Wholesaler via BJs.com
Regular Price: $700
Samsung Gear Fit Fitness Tracker Smartwatch
Black Friday Price: $100
Specs: The Samsung Gear Fit is part fitness tracker and part smartwatch. It can track activities via S Health app, including sleep times. It also receives pop-up notifications from compatible Samsung phones and tablets that include messages, voicemails and email alerts.
Where: Samsung.com
Regular Price: $150
11-inch MacBook Air
Black Friday Price: $780
Where: Best Buy
Specs: The 11.6-inch Apple MacBook Air laptop (latest model) features Intel's Core i5, 4 GB of memory and a 128-GB flash storage hard drive.
Regular Price: $900
Creative Labs D80 Speakers
Black Friday Price: $20
Specs: Bluetooth wireless indoor 2.4-pound speakers are available in four colors (black, green, blue and pink) featuring AUX-in port, volume rocker and AC cord.
Where: Creative.com
Regular Price: $40
Uniden UDR744 Outdoor Cameras With 7-Inch LCD Touch-Screen (Black)
Black Friday Price: $180
Specs: This easy-to-use wireless, weatherproof surveillance camera system includes a portable tablet-style color monitor. Cameras can transmit from up to 500 feet away.
Where: BJs.com
Regular Price: $290
Nikon Coolpix L330 20.2 MP Digital Camera With 26x Zoom, 35mm NIKKOR VR Lens And FULL HD 720p (Black)
Black Friday Price: $100
Specs: This camera's long-zoom lens, supporting 720p video mode, is powered by 4 AA batteries that are rated to take 370 to 960 pictures per battery life.
Where: Target
Regular Price: $250
Asus X205TA
Black Friday Price: $100
Specs: This 2.2-pound basic 11.6-inch netbook-class laptop sports Intel's 1.33GHz Atom CPU, 2 GB of RAM, a 32-GB SSD hard drive and runs Windows 8.1.
Where: Staples (in-store only)
Regular Price: $200
Acer 20-Inch LCD Monitor
Black Friday Price: $70
Specs: Acer 20-inch (model: S200HQL) has an LED backlit monitor, 1,600-x-900 screen resolution, with a 100M:1 dynamic contrast ratio display.
Where: TigerDirect.com
Regular Price: $90
Microsoft Surface 2 (32 GB)
Black Friday Price: $300
Specs: This 10.6-inch tablet runs the stripped-down Windows 8 operating system, Windows RT, and comes with a 32-GB storage, quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor. It weighs 1.5 pounds.
Where: Best Buy
Regular Price: $350
iPad Mini (16 GB And Wi-Fi only)
Black Friday Price: $200
Specs: This is the original iPad mini (model MD531LL/A) with 16 GB, Wi-Fi only, sporting the 7.9-inch Retina (2,048-x-1,536) screen and the A7 chip.
Where: Walmart (in-store only)
Regular Price: $250
Dell 15.6-Inch Inspiron 15R Laptop PC (Touch Screen)
Black Friday Price: $550
Specs: This 15-inch Dell Inspiron 15R laptop sports Intel's fast Core i7 CPU, a big 1-TB hard drive, 8 GB of memory and a 15.6-inch touch-screen display.
Where: Walmart.com
Regular Price: $730
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128-GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive
Black Friday Price: $28
Specs: This flash drive features a compact design. It offers an easy and secure way to share, move and back up important files. Its retractable USB connector makes it convenient for those who need portable access to their personal files.
Where: BestBuy.com
Regular Price: $55
Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro
Black Friday Price: $1,000
Specs: This high-end Yoga 2 Pro model features a foldover convertible 13.3-inch laptop/tablet design. It has Intel's Core i7 processor, a 256-GB SSD hard drive, 3,200-x-1,800 touch-screen display and runs Windows 8.1.
Where: BestBuy.com
Regular Price: $1,200
Beats By Dre Solo HD Drenched Headphones
Black Friday Price: $97
Specs: These headphones come in every color of the rainbow (and then some) and boast deep bass, excellent midrange and "cleaner" undistorted highs. Apple also said these headphones are so comfy they are "long-wearing" (whatever that means) and keep the sound in and the noise out.
Where: Target.com
Regular Price: $170
Toshiba C55 15-Inch Laptop
Black Friday Price: $400
Specs: Toshiba C55-B5356 features an Intel Core i5, 2.70GHz, 8-GB memory, 1-TB hard drive and 15.6-inch TFT display.
Where: Staples.com
Regular Price: $550
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (10.1-Inch/16 GB)
Black Friday Price: $250
Specs: This Samsung tablet features an HD (1,280-x-800 resolution), 10.1-inch display and a quad-core 1.2GHz S5 Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It is .31-inch thick and weighs 1.1 pounds.
Where: BJs.com
Regular Price: $300
Lenovo C260 All-In-One
Black Friday Price: $300
Specs: The Lenovo C260 (model 57327824) features Intel's 2.41GHz Celeron processor, with 3 GB memory, 1 TB of storage and a 19.5-inch, 10-point touch-screen display.
Where: Lenovo.com
Regular Price: $320
Roku LT Streaming Media Player
Black Friday Price: $28
Specs: The Roku LT offers 1,000 channels, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Go, Hulu Plus, Pandora, MLB.TV, Amazon Cloud Player and Vudu. This is virtually the same as Roku's recently released space-saving $50 Streaming Stick, which essentially replaces the Roku LT.
Where: Amazon.com
Regular Price: $40
Xbox One (Bundled With 'Assassin's Creed Unity' And 'Black Flag')
Black Friday Price: $330 (plus an additional $50 Target gift card)
Specs: The Xbox One bundle includes the console with games "Assassin’s Creed Unity" and "Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag." On top of that, Target throws in a $50 gift card.
Where: Target
Regular Price: $400
Element 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV
Black Friday Price: $120
Specs: Element's 40-inch 1080p LED HDTV (model ELEFT406) has a refresh rate of 120Hz and features three HDMI ports and inputs for one Component video.
Where: Target (in-store only)
Regular Price: $350