Tablets, eReaders, Media Players - 2016

[tubemonkey]

Black Friday 2016 -- Tablets, eReaders, Media Players

• Black Friday 2016 = Fri 25 Nov
• Cyber Monday 2016 = Mon 28 Nov

Well, it's Black Friday time once again. I generally start things up when the first BF ad drops. This year, the BF ad for Harbor Freight dropped on 12 Oct.

BF is no longer a 2-3 day shopping event. Thanks to a major shift to online shopping, BF now lasts several weeks with frequent deals that may or may not be better than the planned door busters.

The last several years saw online BF deals starting just after midnight on Thanksgiving morning, with some stores opening their doors later that day. This year will see a change in the trend of stores being open on Thanksgiving day as most of them will be closed.

Again, expect to see stores offer bonus deals and earlier shopping times for their preferred customers (memberships, reward cards, etc).

Feel free to post any BF stories and experiences you may have. Pics and videos are also welcome. I hate dull, boring threads loaded with stats.

Only book-related hardware will be tracked in this thread (tablets, ereaders, media players, computers, digital storage, accessories, etc). The OP will serve as a master index for these categories, linking to ad scans and posts with device and pricing specifics.


Where do I look/post for BF deals about:

• Hardware
• Book Related --> Tablets, eReaders, Media Players - 2016
  
• Non-Book ------> Lounge
  
  
• Media
• Audiobooks --> Audiobooks - 2016
  
• eBooks -------> Deals Forum --> individual genre threads
  
• Non-Book ----> Media Deals - 2016 --> apps, games, magazines, music, videos, etc

Black Friday Websites

• BFAds -------> ad scans -- forum
  
• GottaDeal --> ad scans -- forum
  
• SlickDeals --> ad scans -- forum

Master Index

• Store Index
  
• Store Hours
  
  
• General Thoughts
  
• Shopping Tips
  
• Free Shipping
  
• Wish List --> post your requests and I'll add you to the list

Categories

• Tablets
  
• eReaders
  
• Media Players
  
• No Contract Phones

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[tubemonkey]

Tablets 2016 --> retail/lowest --> Black Friday

Note 1: prices from stores marked with an asterisk* were calculated after subtracting free gift cards.

Note 2: only the most popular size listed - check individual stores for prices of other sizes.


Amazon Fire --> specs | Wikipedia | Fire Forum | Fire Info

• Fire HD 10.1" 16GB ($230/$170) -->
  
• Fire Kids 7" 16GB ($100/$75) --> $75 (AMZ-MEI)
  
• Fire HD 8" 16GB ($90/$60) --> $60 (AMZ-BB)
  
• Fire Tab 7" 8GB ($50/$33) --> $33 (AMZ-BB-BJ-HHG-MEI-STP-TAR)
  
• Fire HD 6" 8GB ($70/$60) -->

Apple iPad --> specs | Wikipedia | Apple Forum

• iPad Pro 12.9" 32GB ($799/$730) --> $730 (HHG)
  
• iPad Pro 9.7" 32GB ($599/$449) --> $449 (MEI*-TAR) | $475 (BB) | $550 (HHG)
  
• iPad Air 2: 9.7" 32GB ($399/$274) --> $275 (BB-FM*-MEI*-TAR) | $350 (HHG)
  
• iPad mini 4: 32GB ($399/$399) --> $275 (BB)
  
• iPad mini 2: 7.9" 32GB ($269/$169) --> $169 (MEI*) | $200 (TAR-WAL)

B&N Galaxy Nook --> specs | Wikipedia | Nook Forum

• Glxy Tab S2 Nook 8" 32GB ($400/$350) --> $370 (BN)
  
• Glxy Tab E Nook 9.6" 16GB ($250/$150) --> $150 (BN)
  
• Glxy Tab 4 Nook 7" 8GB ($150/$130) --> $130 (BN)
  
• Glxy Tab A Nook 7" 8GB ($140/$100) --> $100 (BN)
  
• Nook Tablet 7" 8GB ($50/$50) --> $50 (BN)

Samsung Galaxy --> specs | Wikipedia | Android Forum

• Tab A 10.1" 16GB ($300/$189) --> $190 (BJ-COS-SC) | $200 (AMZ-BB-FM)
  
• Tab A 8" 16GB ($200/$100) --> $100 (MEI*) | $120 (AMZ-COS) | $130 (BB-HHG-OD-STP)
  
• Tab A 7" 8GB ($150/$90) --> $90 (AMZ-BB-BJ) | $100 (FM-KM-SEA-STP-TAR)
  
  
• Tab E 9.6" 16GB ($230/$150) --> $150 (AMZ-BB-OD)
  
• Kids E Lite 7" 8GB ($130/$80) --> $80 (TRU)
  
• Tab E Lite 7" 8GB ($120/$50) --> $50 (MEI*) | $70 (AMZ-HHG-OD-STP-TRU-WAL)

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[tubemonkey]

eReaders 2016 --> retail/lowest --> Black Friday

Note: prices from stores marked with an asterisk* were calculated after subtracting free gift cards.


Kindle eReaders --> specs | Wikipedia | Kindle Forum

• Kindle Oasis ($290/$290) --> not on sale
  
• Kindle Voyage ($200/$150) --> $170 (AMZ)
  
• Paperwhite 3 ($120/$90) --> $99-$100 (AMZ-SEA-STP-TAR)
  
• Kids Bundle ($125/$70) --> $70 (AMZ)
  
• Kindle 7th ($80/$49) --> $50 (AMZ-TAR)

Kobo eReaders --> specs | Wikipedia | Kobo Forum

• Kobo Aura One ($230/$230) --> sold out until 2017
  
• Kobo Aura H2O ($180/$180) -->
  
• Kobo Glo HD ($130/$110) --> out of stock
  
• Kobo Aura 2nd ($120/$120) -->
  
• Kobo Touch 2.0 ($90/$90) -->

Nook eReaders --> specs | Wikipedia | Nook Forum

• Nook Glow Plus ($130/$100) --> $100 (BN)

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[tubemonkey]

Media Players 2016 --> retail/lowest --> Black Friday

Note: prices from stores marked with an asterisk* were calculated after subtracting free gift cards.


MP3 Players

AGPtEK MP3 Players

• AGPtEK G05 8GB ($29/$29) --> $29 (AMZ) --> Clip Zip clone
  
• AGPtEK A12 8GB ($26/$26) --> $26 (AMZ) --> Clip+ clone

Apple iPod nano

• iPod nano 16GB ($149/$120) --> $120 (TAR) | $130 (FM)
  
• iPod shuffle 2GB ($49/$40) --> $40 (TAR)

SanDisk Clip MP3 Players --> specs | Wikipedia | thread

• Sport Plus 16GB ($60/$50) --> $50 (BB)
  
• Clip Sport 8GB ($50/$37) --> $37 (BB)
  
• Clip Jam 8GB ($40/$25) --> $30 (BB)

Streaming Audio Players

Amazon Echo --> specs | Wikipedia | thread 1 | thread 2

• Amazon Echo ($180/$119) --> $130 (FM*) | $140 (AMZ-BB-HHG-SEA-STP)
  
• Amazon Tap ($130/$80) --> $80 (Alexa) | $90 (AMZ-SEA-STP)
  
• Echo Dot 2 ($50/$40) --> $40 (AMZ-BB-HHG-STP)
  
• Voice Remote ($30/$12) --> no sales

Apple iPod touch

• iPod touch 64GB ($299/$240) --> $240 (TAR)
  
• iPod touch 32GB ($249/$200) --> $200 (TAR-TRU) | $220 (FM*)
  
• iPod touch 16GB ($199/$149) --> $150 (MEI*-TRU) | $160 (TAR) | $170 (FM*)

Google Streaming --> specs | Wikipedia | thread

• Google Home ($129/$129) -->
  
• Chromecast Audio ($35/$35) -->

Streaming Video Players

Amazon Fire TV --> specs | Wikipedia

• TV 2 Game ($130/$115) --> $115 (AMZ)
  
• TV 2 Anten ($122/$85) --> $85 (AMZ)
  
• Fire TV 2 ($90/$75) --> $75 (AMZ)
  
• TV Stick 2 ($40/$30) --> $30 (AMZ-BB-FM-MEI-STP-TAR)

Apple TV --> specs | Wikipedia

• TV 4 Siri 64G ($199/$150) --> $150 (TAR)
  
• TV 4 Siri 32G ($149/$112) --> $113 (TAR) | $130 (HHG)
  
• TV 3 Standard ($69/$53) --> $53 (MEI-TAR)

Google Streaming --> specs | Wikipedia

• Chromecast Ultra ($69/$69) -->
  
• Chromecast 2nd ($35/$35) --> $25 (BB-HHG-MEI-OD-STP-TAR)

Roku Players --> specs | Wikipedia

• Roku 4 ($130/$130) -->
  
• Roku 3 ($100/$50) --> $50 (BB)
  
• Roku 2 ($70/$70) -->
  
• Roku 1 ($50/$50) -->
  
• Rok Stk ($50/$50) --> $35 (AMZ-BJ)
  
• Roku SE ($25/$25) -->

Xiaomi Mi Box --> specs | Wikipedia

• Mi Box ($69/$69) -->

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[tubemonkey]

No Contract Phones 2016 --> retail/lowest --> Black Friday

Note: prices from stores marked with an asterisk* were calculated after subtracting free gift cards.


Ranked by Specifications

Unlocked Phones --> specs | thread

• Sam Galaxy S7* 32GB -- ($670/$550) --> $550 (BB)
  
• Huawei Honor 8 32GB -- ($400/$330) --> $330 (BB)
  
  
• ZTE Axon 7 Mini 32GB -- ($300/$200) --> $200 (BB)
  
  
• Moto G4 32GB -- ($230/$170) --> $170 (AMZ) | $175 (COS)
  
• Moto G4 16GB -- ($200/$130) --> $130 (AMZ)
  
  
• Moto G4 Play 16GB -- ($150/$80) --> $100 (AMZ)
  
  
• Alcatel Pop 4+ 16GB -- ($150/$50) --> $50 (BB)
  
  
• BLU Neo XL 8GB -- ($110/$100) --> $100 (MC)

Ranked by Specifications

No Contract Phones --> specs | thread | Best Buy | Walmart

• Galaxy S6 32GB -- ($399/$249) -- Straight --> $249 (WAL)
  
  
• Ascend XT 16GB -- ($149/$49) -- AT&T --> $49 (WAL)
  
• Galaxy J7 16GB -- ($200/$90) -- Boost --> $90 (BB)
  
  
• LG Stylo 2 16GB -- ($130/$60) -- Boost --> $60 (BB)
  
  
• LG Phoenix 2 8GB ($100/$30) ----- AT&T --> $30 (BB)
  
• LG Tribute HD 8GB ($80/$20) ----- Boost --> $20 (BB)
  
• Galaxy Luna 8GB ($99/$20) ---- Straight --> $20 (WAL)
  
  
• Galaxy Sky 16GB -- ($139/$49) -- Straight --> $49 (WAL)
  
  
• LG K3 8GB -- ($80/$30) -- Virgin --> $30 (BB)
  
  
• Android 5.0 Lollipop --> don't expect an upgrade to 6.0 Marshmallow
  
• Galaxy J3 16GB --- ($180/$60) --- Virgin --> $60 (BB)
  
• Alcatel Flint 16GB -- ($80/$40) -- Cricket --> $40 (BB)
  
  
• Galaxy On5 8GB -- ($80/$30) --- Simple --> $30 (BB-KM)
  
• Galaxy J3 8GB ---- ($99/$39) -- Verizon --> $39 (WAL) | $45 (BJ*)
  
  
• Alcatel Ideal 8GB -- ($50/$10) ------- AT&T --> $10 (BB)
  
• LG Rebel 8GB ------- ($80/$20) -- TracFone --> $20 (BB-KM)
  
  
• Older Technology
  
• iPhone 5S 16GB -- ($149/$99) -- Straight --> $99 (WAL)
  
• Galaxy J1 8GB ----- ($80/$20) --- Verizon --> $20 (BB)

Important Links

• NCPs as Audio Players
• Cellphone Carriers in the US
  
  
• No Contract Phones 2016
• No Contract Phones 2015
• No Contract Phones 2014

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[tubemonkey]

Amazon Fire TV Sale -- $99.99 -->$84.99 -- exp unknown

Lowest price was $75 over Black Friday.


Edit: Sale Ended -- 10 Jan
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[issybird]

Barnes and Noble is running its trade-in promotion again. Trade-in any Nook and get a $50 credit toward a Nook Samsung tablet; the offer ends March 5.

I could be tempted, but not the way this offer is structured. If I could double up, they'd have me, or if the Nook HD+ were worth more of a discount than the original Nook.

Nook accessories are also 25% through February 20, in-store only.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by issybird

Barnes and Noble is running its trade-in promotion again. Trade-in any Nook and get a $50 credit toward a Nook Samsung tablet; the offer ends March 5.

I could be tempted, but not the way this offer is structured. If I could double up, they'd have me, or if the Nook HD+ were worth more of a discount than the original Nook.

Nook accessories are also 25% through February 20, in-store only.

I guess they have to be working properly and running the Nook HD software? No chance they'd take one that's been flashed to run Android only, and whose light is extremely dim?

[issybird]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I guess they have to be working properly and running the Nook HD software? No chance they'd take one that's been flashed to run Android only, and whose light is extremely dim?

I suspect that's down to luck. The first time they had the promotion, I traded in a classic Nook which couldn't be charged and had a bulging battery (I charged the battery, such as it was, on another Nook), but all they did was turn it on. So long as yours booted, I think there's a good chance you'd get your credit. If you're close to a B&N, it's worth a try. For 90 bucks, I'd get the Tab 4, if I had any use for it at all. But the deal has to be sweeter for me for the other two.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by issybird

I suspect that's down to luck. The first time they had the promotion, I traded in a classic Nook which couldn't be charged and had a bulging battery (I charged the battery, such as it was, on another Nook), but all they did was turn it on. So long as yours booted, I think there's a good chance you'd get your credit. If you're close to a B&N, it's worth a try. For 90 bucks, I'd get the Tab 4, if I had any use for it at all. But the deal has to be sweeter for me for the other two.

Thanks, I am going to try it later this month. I am charging it up now.

[tubemonkey]

Amazon has the following items on sale:

• $35 -- Fire TV Stick w/ Std Remote -- exp 06 Feb
• $40 -- Fire TV Stick w/ Voice Remote -- exp 06 Feb
• $180 -- Fire HD 10 16GB -- exp 13 Feb

• see the link for additional offers

[Barbara1955]

Fire HD sale is a Joke. You have to Order 3 things from Amazon Not 3rd party venders to get the Fire HD for sale price!

[KyBunnies]

Originally Posted by Katie1

Fire HD sale is a Joke. You have to Order 3 things from Amazon Not 3rd party venders to get the Fire HD for sale price!

So nice to know I was not the only person who felt this way. I thought it might of been a misprint but doubted it. Then I felt like Amazon was screwing me.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Katie1

Fire HD sale is a Joke. You have to Order 3 things from Amazon Not 3rd party venders to get the Fire HD for sale price!

No; it's $180 without ordering anything extra. I just tried it.

[koland]

Originally Posted by Katie1

Fire HD sale is a Joke. You have to Order 3 things from Amazon Not 3rd party venders to get the Fire HD for sale price!

Limited time offer: Save $50 on Fire HD 10 $229.99 $179.99

No other purchase required.

Also, Fire HD 10 Essentials Bundle including Fire HD 10, 10.1" HD Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB - with Special Offers, Amazon Cover - Black and Screen Protector
is $70 off - $230
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019IZZ5G6?

Perhaps you viewed that one, instead?