If your phone is past its «best by» date and you’re ready to score a discount on a new device, here’s a slew of smartphone deals that are available right now.
The best smartphones don’t come cheap (new flagships can get especially pricey today, retailing for more than most computers), but when you need a new mobile, you probably need it soon. The good news is that there are always Google Pixel deals, Samsung Galaxy deals, iPhone deals, and other mobile bargains available year-round, so you don’t have to wait around for the next big sale or for your current contract to expire so you can take advantage of carrier sign-up offers. To save you both time and cash, we’ve rounded up all the best smartphone deals, bundle offers, and carrier promos that can save you enough money to buy one of these smartwatch deals to pair with that shiny new handset. Carrier offers usually require you to sign up for a specific service (usually an unlimited plan), trade in an old device, or port in your current number to get the best possible discount, and this is often the best way to score a deal on a brand-name smartphone — particularly newer models that were just released. That’s not always a viable option, however, so these smartphone deals also include some great unlocked devices that you can bring to a service provider of your choice: More than ten years after their inception, Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones still command the lion’s share of the Android smartphone market and could arguably be considered Apple’s main competition worldwide (although Apple currently enjoys a larger market share in the U.S. than all Android phone brands combined). As you probably inferred from the name, the 2019 Galaxy S10 phones represent the tenth generation of Samsung’s main flagship line, but Samsung got in the spirit of 2020 when it rolled out the new S-series flagship — dubbed the Galaxy S20 — at its February Galaxy Unpacked event. The Galaxy family also features the Note smartphones that occupy kind of a weird space as alternative flagships featuring larger displays and included stylus pens, and we were more impressed with the new Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra than with the S-series devices. Samsung also recently revealed the unique Galaxy Z Flip, a new spin on the old flip-phone concept, along with the larger (almost iPad Mini-like when in use) Samsung Galaxy Fold. As far as 2019 offerings go, there are actually five 10th-generation Galaxy devices for buyers to choose from: The Galaxy S10, the larger S10 Plus, the budget-minded S10e, the Note 10, and the Note 10 Plus.
