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Heading into a long weekend, it’s important to take advantage of your time off in as many ways as you can. If shopping is on the agenda, take a minute to scan the five deals below. They’re the best we unearthed from the many three-day sales going on right now, with deep discounts on stuff we love like iPads, fitness trackers, headphones and more. Even with Black Friday on the way, massive price drops are already happening at major retailers, and we salute their deals here.
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Fitbit is one of the leading names in fitness wearables, and we had a lot of good things to report about the Versa 4 in our review. According to managing editor Angela Moscaritolo, “the Fitbit Versa 4 is an excellent fitness-focused smartwatch with welcome design improvements over the last generation.” Those improvements include a more responsive touchscreen, a physical button for more reliable input during exercise, and 40 different workout modes to track your calorie burn. With a bevy of sensors including GPS/GLONASS satellite navigation, optical heart rate, red and infrared for blood oxygen saturation monitoring, altimeter, accelerometer, and skin temperature, it delivers a total readout of your physical state.
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Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 45mm, Midnight, M/L, Sports Band) for $329.00 (List Price $429.00)
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 (Bluetooth, 44mm, Green) for $255.72 (List Price $329.99)
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Fitbit Charge 6 Fitness Tracker With 6-Months Membership for $99.95 (List Price $159.95)
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 (Bluetooth, 40mm, Graphite) for $168.99 (List Price $299.99)
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Google Pixel Watch 3 (41mm, Wi-Fi, Matte Black, Obsidian Band) for $279.99 (List Price $349.99)
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Walmart is having a big pre-Black Friday sale this weekend, and there are a bunch of deals available on consumer electronics. One of the most appealing is a juicy 47% off the JBL Clip 4, a pint-sized Bluetooth speaker that contributing editor Tim Gideon called “a good-looking, easily portable speaker that has a fully waterproof, dust-resistant build” in our review. With an IP67 rating, it’ll withstand the elements quite well, and gets nice and loud thanks to a 40mm, 5-watt driver. Connectivity is a breeze and it even has a built-in carabiner to attach it to a backpack or your hiking pants.
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We gave an Editors’ Choice award to this very impressive desktop PC in our review, with writer Charles Jefferies putting it through its paces and commenting that it “put up admirable numbers in our gaming benchmarks.” Right now a number of configurations are on sale, but the best value is this one, which packs a potent 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900F processor, 32GB of RAM, a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super graphics card and a 1TB SSD. The minimalist case is easy to open and expand if you need to, and this price can’t be beat.
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If you need to establish a personal space bubble this holiday season, a new pair of headphones might be the way to do it. Budget buyers have a really great option right now with Sony’s WF-C700N in-ear buds, as they perform way above this price. In our review, contributing editor Tim Gideon said that they “deliver an enjoyable audio experience that you can sculpt to taste,” but noted that the noise cancellation is dependent on how you position them in your ears. Multiple modes including an ambient sound setting that lets in your environment and blends it with your music are welcome, and an IPX4 rating means they’ll repel sweat if you’re exercising.
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We called the 9th generation iPad “one of the best tablets you can buy, no matter the price” in our review, with writer Steven Winkelman giving it an Editors’ Choice award and lauding its increased storage, boosted processor and impressive front-facing camera. Although it’s showing its age since its original 2021 release, there are still years of software support ahead for the 9th generation iPad, and it’s more than capable of handling your basic tablet needs with style. $130 off brings it to the lowest price we’ve seen.
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Need to save even more over the long weekend? Head over to our deals page for all the bargains.
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