Black Friday Roundup: Savings for Mobile Phones and Smartphones
By Simon Sage on Friday, November 28th, 2008 at 11:46 AM PST In General
I hope you guys fuelled up on the turkey yesterday, because Black Friday is upon us, and that means some serious savings for everyone, as well as unruly mobs thrashing over one another for the cream of the crop. Even if you don’t have any Christmas shopping to do, now is a good time to grab some cheap phones, and you don’t even have to brave the crowds if you shop online. Besides, who wants to go out and get trampled to death? Honestly, that’s a poor way to follow up a fine Thanksgiving. Here are some of the top deals we’ve been able to find on the web for phones this Black Friday - if you see anything particularly awesome today, be sure to leave a comment for your fellow shoppers.
Walmart
The following AT&T (NYSE: T) phones are free on up to five lines with a new activation, and come along with a 2GB microSD memory card and car charger.
These ones are free on two-year contracts (no data or mail-in rebates required), but no extras, though.
BlackBerry® Curve 8310 Titanium (Red)
BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8110 Pink (Titanium) (Red)
Palm Centro Blue (Black) (White)
Samsung SGH-i617 BlackJack™ II (AT&T) (Pink) (Blue) (Burgundy)
Best Buy
If you’re looking for something more basic, these cell phones are going for cheap on no contract.
Virgin Mobile - LG Flare No-Contract Cell Phone - Black (Silver) - $8.99
AT&T GoPhone A127 - $29.99
Smartphones are available for cheap too…
Samsung Rant M540 Purple for Sprint PCS (Red) (Black) - $19.99
BlackBerry Curve 8330 Silver for Verizon Wireless - FREE!
LG Vu CU920 Black for AT&T - $49.99
Radio Shack
These ones from Radio shack are available for free on contract.
And a few cheap pay-as-you go phones…
Motorola RAZR V3 GoPhone® Blue - 139.99
Nokia 6085 GoPhone® - $109.99
Virgin Mobile Wild Card - $89.99
Motorola W376 from TRACFONE - $30
More to come!
