Ultimate Black Friday deals guide 2012

November 19, 2012 By Natt Garun

The craziest holiday saving season is upon us, and here's a look at upcoming Black Friday deals on gadgets and accessories -- if you dare brave the lines.

Get your fill of turkey and gravy in early, Black Friday sales are coming sooner than ever this year so you better be prepared. With major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Sears opening as early as Thanksgiving night, you’ll wanna have a look at our top picks for the best tech deals this season. From what we’ve seen so far, it’s naturally a good time to score savings on television, monitors, smartphones, and video games. We’ve arranged the best Black Friday deals by retailers because we know you’d rather just pick one line and get all your deals in one place, but if you have an army of shoppers to send across the mall, have at it.

Best Black Friday Deals by store:

Best Buy (Doors open at 12 a.m.) Editor’s Pick: Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB: $48 from $200 (new two-year new activation, $100 for two-year contract upgrade) Asus 10.1 Transformer Pad 16GB: $280 from 380 40″ Toshiba 40E220U LCD HDTV: $180 from $420 Klipsch Icon 6.5″ Floor Speaker: $175 from $350 Cisco Linkyss Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router: $90 from $150

Walmart (Doors open at 8 p.m. Thursday) Editor’s Pick: Samsung HW-E350 Sound Bar: $98 from $150 60″ Vizio E601i-A3 1080p LED HDTV with WiFi: $688 from $1000 45′” Samsung UN46EH5300 Smart LED HDTV with WiFi: $598 from $800 Apple iPad (second-generation) 16GB with WiFi: $400 with free $75 gift card Note: Walmart will honor its price match guarantee on Black Friday depending on product availability so make sure to bring paper ads if you want to score extra savings in one location.

Target (Doors open at 9 p.m. Thursday) Editor’s Pick: Halo 4 for Xbox 360: $60 with free $20 Target gift card Xbox Live 1600 points: $10 from $20 Nintendo 3DS Super Mario 3D Land bundle: $150 from $210 PlayStation 3 250GB with Uncharted/inFamous bundle: $200 from $300

Office Depot (Doors open at 7 a.m.) Editor’s Pick: Google Nexus 7 32GB:  from $250 24″ LG E2442TC LED Monitor: $120 from $200 Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS Digital Camera with 8GB SDHC card: $130 from $180

Sears (Doors open at 8 p.m. Thursday) Editor’s Pick: 50″ Toshiba 50L2200U LED HDTV: $300 from $800 Nook Simple Touch e-reader: $40 from $100

Staples (Doors open at 5 a.m.) Editor’s Pick: Lenovo ThinkPad Twist with Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, and Windows 8: $700 from $900

Radioshack (Doors open at 6 a.m.) Editor’s Pick: HTC One X on AT&T: Free with two-year contract upgrade from $100 Auvio Portable Bluetooth Speaker: $40 from $80 Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB: $50 with new activation from $200 ($100 for two-year contract upgrade)

 

Online-only:

Dell.com Canon EOS Rebel T3i 18MP DSLR Camera with telephoto zoom lens: $750 from $1000 55″Samsung Series 6 UN55EH6000 LED HDTV: $880 from $1400

Bestbuy.com Ultimate Combo Pack: Killzone Trilogy with controller: $TBD Sony Xperia TL: $TBD

Walmart.com Xbox 360 4GB Dance bundle with Kinect and two controllers: $230 from 275

Amazon Deals are ongoing in forms of temporary “Lightning Deals,” and changes every few hours. To be added: ThinkGeek, Newegg

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/buying-guides/black-friday-deals/#ixzz2CiE7fu9p