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A proverbial tidal wave of deals crashed down this morning, heralding the beginning of Black Friday week. As I searched for deals to include in this roundup, I kept finding one after the other that was better. If you think these are good, consider acting fast, as it’s impossible to tell if they’ll stick around all week or if they’re just a flash in the pan. The very best discount that kicked off recently is a big $60 discount on the Apple Watch SE (40mm, GPS) at Best Buy and Amazon. Regularly selling for $279, it’s just $219 — the lowest price yet. If you want the larger 44mm-sized model, it’s $249 instead of $309. You can shop all of the sizes and colorways right here at Best Buy.
We heartily recommend the SE over the Apple Watch Series 3, despite the fact that the Series 3 is seeing tremendous discounts at Walmart (it will be just $109 starting tonight). The Apple Watch SE is considerably faster and more capable, with additional features and more storage to make updating its software far less of a hassle. Read our review.
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Apple’s midrange wearable, the Apple Watch SE, serves as a step up from the Series 3, with features and a design similar to more recent flagships.
If you need a relatively speedy USB-C SSD to move files between your phone, tablet, computer, or even a gaming console like the PS5, Samsung’s T7 1TB SSD has hit its lowest price at Amazon and Best Buy. This is the latest model of Samsung’s pocket-friendly portable SSD, and it’s just $110 instead of $170. We’ve seen it reach a low of $140 before, but this is yet another unprecedented Black Friday deal.
When the T7 launched in mid-2020, its 500GB version sold for the same $110 price that the model with twice its internal storage capacity is selling for today. It includes a Type-A adapter in case you’re a little lacking in compatible devices.
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Samsung’s portable external SSD that features an optional password protection with AES 256-bit encryption and transfer speeds up to up to 1,050MB/s.
You can snag a digital copy of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition for Xbox (compatible with Xbox One, Series S, or Series X) for just $28 at Amazon. The deal has wiggled well below its original $60 price a few times before, but it hasn’t gone below about $35. This collection contains the Mass Effect trilogy and several DLC items, all looking fresh to death in 4K (that is, if your console outputs to 4K).
