On the Sunday before Black Friday 2024, a running catalog of tablet discounts appeared, mostly routed through Amazon, reminding us how the year's great shopping rush begins quietly, with price tags shifting before the crowds arrive. Samsung and Microsoft hold the largest dollar reductions, while Apple's cuts are modest, as they tend to be when a company's products already command steady demand. The offers are fleeting, and some have already lapsed, so the buyer's task is the old one: to confirm what is real before trusting a promise written in red.
Black Friday tablet deals: Galaxy Tab S9 down $300, iPad Air M2 down $100, and discounts across Samsung, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Amazon
Apple's cuts are small; Samsung's and Microsoft's are the big ones.
Mark
What's the headline here? Is it one big deal?
Mimi
No, it's a spread. The biggest dollar cuts are $300 on the Galaxy Tab S9 and S9+, and $321 on the 2024 Surface Pro.
Mark
And Apple?
Mimi
Smaller. The 13-inch iPad Air M2 is $100 off, 13 percent. The article itself says iPads rarely get big Black Friday cuts.
Luke
Worth noting the percentages depend on list prices the article doesn't spell out. A 33 percent cut on the Tab S9 is only as meaningful as the price it's measured against.
Mimi
Fair. The sale prices are stated, like just under $620 for the Tab S9, but the baseline is less clear.
Mark
Which discount is the deepest in percentage terms?
Mimi
The Fire Max 11 at 43 percent, $120 off, though that's Amazon discounting its own product.
Luke
Also, this is a deals roundup. The performance descriptions are the publication's opinions, and one iPad Mini listing is already marked expired.
Mark
So what should a reader do?
Mimi
Check the current price at the retailer before buying. These offers are time-limited.
Le Pouls
- Samsung and Microsoft are slashing hundreds of dollars off flagship tablets, setting a fierce pace for the season.
- Apple's iPad discounts barely move the needle, leaving shoppers weighing whether to wait or settle.
- Many listings are time-limited, and at least one has already expired, forcing buyers to double-check every price.
- Shoppers are racing to lock in deals on Amazon and manufacturer sites before stock and offers vanish.
On the Sunday before Black Friday 2024, a running catalog of tablet discounts appeared, mostly routed through Amazon, reminding us how the year's great shopping rush begins quietly, with price tags shifting before the crowds arrive. Samsung and Microsoft hold the largest dollar reductions, while Apple's cuts are modest, as they tend to be when a company's products already command steady demand. The offers are fleeting, and some have already lapsed, so the buyer's task is the old one: to confirm what is real before trusting a promise written in red.
On the Sunday before Black Friday 2024, PhoneArena published a running list of tablet discounts, most of them sold through Amazon. The largest dollar cuts went to Samsung and Microsoft, with $300 off the Galaxy Tab S9 and $321 off the newest Surface Pro.
Samsung leads the percentage cuts. The 256GB Galaxy Tab S9 drops to just under $620, and the larger Galaxy Tab S9+ falls below $700. Further down the range, the budget Galaxy Tab A9+ sits just under $150, and the Tab S9 FE arrives with a built-in stylus for under $370.
Apple's discounts are smaller, with the 13-inch iPad Air (M2) at $100 off. Microsoft's 2024 Surface Pro, with a Snapdragon X Plus and 512GB of storage, is the year's biggest single markdown at 27 percent. Lenovo and Amazon's Fire Max 11 offer steep percentage cuts on more modest prices.
The listings are time-limited, and at least one has already expired. Shoppers are urged to confirm current prices with each retailer, and PhoneArena says it will keep updating the page as the sales continue.
On the Sunday before Black Friday 2024, PhoneArena published a running list of tablet discounts, most of them sold through Amazon. The biggest dollar cuts went to Samsung and Microsoft: $300 off the Galaxy Tab S9 and $321 off the newest Surface Pro.
Start with Samsung, where the deepest reductions sit. The 256GB Galaxy Tab S9, with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and 11-inch display, is $300 off, a 33 percent cut that brings it to just under $620. The larger Galaxy Tab S9+ with 256GB is also $300 off, 30 percent, landing below $700. It has a 12.4-inch AMOLED screen. The newer Galaxy Tab S10+ in 256GB carries a $150 cut, or 15 percent, putting it just under $850. Samsung.com is separately offering up to $1,000 off the top-end Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra for buyers with a tablet to trade in.
Further down the Samsung range, the Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ with 256GB is $200 off (29 percent). The Tab S9 FE with 256GB is $150 off, just under $370, and includes a built-in stylus. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) with 128GB is down $95, and the budget Galaxy Tab A9+ is $70 off, just under $150.
Apple's discounts are smaller, as the article itself notes of Black Friday generally. The 13-inch iPad Air with the M2 chip is $100 off, 13 percent. The 11-inch iPad Air (M2, 2024) is also $100 off, 17 percent, for just under $500, though the listing points out its LCD runs at 60Hz. The 10th-generation iPad with 64GB is $70 off, just under $280, and still uses the A14 Bionic chip. An iPad Mini 6 with 256GB and cellular, listed at $150 off, is marked as expired.
Microsoft's Surface line follows. The 2024 Surface Pro, an 11th edition model with a Snapdragon X Plus processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, is $321 off, or 27 percent. The older Surface Pro 9, with a Core i7, 16GB of RAM and 256GB, is $66 off, only 7 percent.
Lenovo's cuts are modest in dollars but steep in percentage. The Tab Plus 2024 with 128GB is $55 off, under $250, with four JBL speakers. The Tab M11 is $70 off, just under $160, and comes with a Folio Case and stylus. The Tab M9 (2023) is $50 off, a 33 percent reduction.
OnePlus and Google are also in the mix. The OnePlus Pad 2, with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 12GB of RAM and 256GB, is $70 off, under $480. The original OnePlus Pad is $104 off, just under $377. The Pixel Tablet with 256GB, without the Charging Speaker Dock, is $140 off, just under $360, and the version with the dock is also $140 off. A separate listing for the Pixel Tablet without the dock shows $120 off, just under $280.
Amazon's own Fire line gets the largest percentage cut on the page: the Fire Max 11 with 128GB, the version without lockscreen ads, is $120 off, or 43 percent.
The listings are time-limited, and at least one has already expired, so anyone interested should confirm current prices with the retailer before buying. PhoneArena says it will keep updating the page as the sales continue.
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Apple's iPads rarely receive massive discounts during Black Friday, but you can still get one for less than usual.— PhoneArena
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