Amazon’s October Prime Day event may be a big draw, but Amazon isn’t the only place you can go when you want to find a great deal on tech, especially ahead of the holiday season.
Also: Best early Amazon Prime Day deals
Ahead of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, which starts Tuesday, we’ve scoured the web to find some excellent competing deals on products including laptops, smartphones, home appliances, gaming kits, audio accessories, smart home gadgets, and appliances from retailers, including Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and Newegg.
Best Prime Day alternative deals: Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and Newegg
These are the best deals overall that we have found at other retailers ahead of Amazon’s October Prime Day event:
- Samsung Odyssey Ark 55-inch LED curved 4K UHD gaming monitor: $2,000 (save $1,000 at Best Buy)
- HP X360 14-inch HD touchscreen 2-in-1 Chromebook: $199 (save $130 at Walmart)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra 14.6-inch, 256GB tablet: $900 (save $300 at Best Buy)
- Samsung’s The Frame 85-inch TV: $3,497 (save $800 at Walmart)
- ASUS ROG Strix G15 laptop: $898 (save $601 at Walmart)
- Current price: $2000
- Original price: $3000
For a fantastic deal on a futuristic — and, certainly, future-proof — gaming monitor, head to Best Buy. We’ve spotted a $1,000 discount on the Samsung Odyssey Ark, a 55-inch, 165Hz curved gaming monitor that can be used horizontally or vertically.
- Current price: $199
- Original price: $329
If you want a budget-friendly Chromebook, the HP X360 2-in-1 is available with a substantial cut in price. This Chromebook has a 15-inch HD display and is equipped with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.
- Current price: $900
- Original price: $1200
Best Buy has fantastic deals on a variety of Samsung devices, and one we particularly like is available for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. This high-spec tablet comes with a 14.6-inch display, 12GB RAM, and 256GB storage. An S-pen is included.
- Current price: $3,497
- Original price: $4,297
Samsung’s frame TV is not just for entertainment, adding customization and sophistication to your space by displaying artwork and pictures in hardware that looks like — you guessed it — a frame. The 85-inch model is on sale at Walmart now with $800 off.
- Current price: $900
- Original price: $1499
If you’re a gamer who wants to spend more time and money on games themselves, look no further. The ASUS ROG Strix G15 is a great gaming laptop, built with an AMD Ryzen 76800H CPU and features Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. It’s on sale at Walmart and now available with $599 off.
More alternative Amazon October Prime Day deals
Amazon’s new event, officially known as Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, will take place on Tuesday, October 10, and Wednesday, October 11. Sales officially start at 3 a.m. EDT on Tuesday.
The 48-hour sales event, which bridges the time between July’s extremely successful Prime Day and the upcoming Black Friday week, will run in 19 countries including the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Spain, and Australia.
While Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days is always an exclusive sale for Amazon Prime members and designed to lure more consumers into the Prime fold, if you aren’t a member, this doesn’t mean you are excluded. You can always sign up for a 30-day free trial.
ZDNET only writes about deals we want to buy — devices and products we want, need, or would recommend. Our experts looked for deals with solid discounts (or those that are hardly ever on sale), using established price comparison tools and historical price trackers to determine whether the deal is actually on sale and how frequently it drops.
We also looked over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the deals we’re recommending. Our recommendations may also be based on our own testing — in addition to extensive research and comparison shopping. The goal is to deliver the most accurate advice to help you shop smarter.
