UPDATE: Oct. 26, 2023, 4:00 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with a curated list of the best Black Friday Early Access deals at Best Buy.
The Black Friday creep is in full effect at Best Buy.
The tech retailer kicked off the first phase of its 2023 holiday calendar on Friday, Oct. 27, giving paid (Plus and Total) members of its My Best Buy program exclusive access to “some of our hottest Black Friday deals” through Sunday, Oct. 29. Members can also score a $50 gift certificate by spending at least $500 before the end of the month.
Best Buy’s Black Friday Early Access deals will eventually go live for all shoppers on Monday, Oct. 30, according to a press release.
Everything you need to know about Black Friday 2023: The first early deals arrive in late October
This is all happening weeks ahead of Best Buy’s full Black Friday sale, which will be a nine-day affair beginning on Friday, Nov. 17 (or a week before the actual holiday) that runs through Saturday, Nov. 25.
Best Buy’s holiday calendar currently caps off with a Cyber Monday Savings Event featuring “savings [of] up to 50% on top gifts” from Sunday, Nov. 26 to Monday, Nov. 27 (or actual Cyber Monday), but additional deals will likely succeed it. Last year, Best Buy hosted a series of 24-hour flash sales called 20 Days of Deals throughout December.
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Best Buy announced its Black Friday plans on Oct. 17, becoming the first major retailer to do so. (Walmart will likely be next.) While the pre-Halloween debut of these first deals might seem hasty, Best Buy’s Black Friday offers have arrived even earlier in years past: In 2022, they began trickling out on Oct. 24.
Keep reading for a list of some solid Best Buy Black Friday Early Access deals that paid My Best Buy members should consider adding to their carts before they’re open to the masses.
Heads up: Best Buy sometimes messes with products’ original prices, making deals appear better or worse than they actually are, so we cross-check its listings with brand and manufacturer sites whenever possible. As such, you may see some price discrepancies between the MSRPs on its product pages and our (correct) deal breakdowns below.
TV deals
Why we like it
Budget-friendly OLED TVs are relatively rare — as are discounts that exceed the 50% mark among big-name brands like LG. This is a match of a members-only deal we first saw during Best Buy’s 48-Hour Flash Sale in mid-October, which was meant to compete with Prime Big Deal Days (Amazon’s October Prime Day sale).
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Laptop deals
Why we like it
Apple’s 15-inch, M2-powered MacBook Air from early 2023 is a Mashable Choice Award-winner with an 18-hour battery life, a bright (and big) Liquid Retina display, and two extra speakers compared to the 13-inch M2 model from last summer. Best Buy has offered this members-only deal on the base configuration with 256GB of storage a few other times this fall, and no one else has managed to match it yet; it’s never dipped below $1,049 on Amazon.
Read Mashable’s review of the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air.
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Traditional laptops
2-in-1 laptops
Gaming laptops
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HP Victus 15-fb1013dx (AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $449.99
$799.99(save $350) + free 1-month Xbox Game Pass subscription -
Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (Intel Core i5-13500HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $799.99
$1,199.99(save $400) + free 1-month Xbox Game Pass subscription -
HP OMEN 16-xf0033dx (AMD Ryzen 9-7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,399.99
$1,849.99(save $450) + free 1-month Xbox Game Pass subscription
Chromebooks
Tablet deals
Why we like it
Last year’s high-end Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is a slick laptop alternative featuring a 14.6-inch Super AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a huge 11,200mAh battery. The 128GB base model without 4G LTE connectivity is $699.99 (or $400 off) for paid My Best Buy members, which beats its current price on the Samsung website by a good $250. It also comes with a free one-month trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
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Monitor deals
Why we like it
The Samsung M8OC is a modern-looking, 32-inch 4K smart monitor that’s designed to do double-duty as a workstation and an entertainment hub — it has a built-in Tizen Smart TV interface that supports all of your go-to streaming services. Samsung.com had it on sale for $499.99 (normally $699.99) at the time of writing, but Best Buy will give it to you for $100 cheaper if you’re a My Best Buy Plus or Total member.
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Gaming deals
Why we like it
This is a new record-low price for the Xbox Series X Diablo IV bundle, which comes with Microsoft’s beefy current-generation console and a copy of Blizzard’s highly acclaimed action RPG. It’s now $50 cheaper than the price of the Series X itself.
Read Mashable’s review of the Xbox Series X.
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Nintendo Switch
PC gaming
Mobile gaming
Gaming headsets
Headphone and earbud deals
Why we like it
Apple’s over-ear, noise-canceling headphones have returned to their lowest price of 2023 amid rumors that they’re getting updated with a USB-C port and new colors in 2024. Amazon was matching this deal via on-page coupons at the time of writing, FYI.
Read Mashable’s review of the Apple AirPods Max.
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Headphones
Earbuds
Smartwatch deals
Vacuum deals
Kitchen appliance deals
Home security deals
Camera deals
Drone deals
LEGO deals
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