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Pocophone F2 PRO smartphone (6/128GB version, pop-up selfie camera) for $500

If you hate notches or Selfie cameras, or you are very pro-privacy and don’t want the smartphone’s selfie camera to take unauthorized pictures, you may be interested in the brand new Xiaomi Pocophone F2 PRO smartphone. The selfie camera is a pop-up camera, nestled inside the body. It pops out in order to take a picture. And because of this, there’s no notch/holepunch or whatever that thing is called, the thing that ruins the serene surface of the front of the phone 🙂

The 6GB RAM with 128GB storage (no microSD, but it has a 3.5mm headphone jack) version of the phone is already available for purchase for $500 in various colors at Gear Best which also has the 35-minute launch video, YouTube-embedded below for your phone-entertainment…

This has the Snapdragon 865 processor, Sony IMX686 1/1.7″ pixel-binning 64mp sensor on the main camera (of the five), UFS 3.1, liquid cooling technology, 4700 mAh battery, etc, etc, …

The 8GB with 256GB which has LPDDR5 (instead of LPDDR 4X) goes for $100 more…

May 13, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

13.3″ Apple MacBook PRO sale (2019 model, 7 options, $1099+)

If you are a fan of the 2019 13.3-inch Apple MacBook PROs, you are in luck because B&H Photo is running a limited time sale on them with prices ranging from $1099 to $1499. Specs start at i5 Quad, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Retina, Iris 655 graphics, and so forth…

Some of those offers are also available at Amazon…

May 6, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Wacom Intuos Pro PTH451 Pen & Touch Tablet for $130

If you are a fan of Wacom graphics tablets, B&H Photo is running a special promotion on the new condition PTH451 Intuos Pro Pen & Touch Tablet for $130 with free US shipping. This is the “Small” size (that’s the model name) and it is in the black color scheme… Some would argue this is a good entry-point into the Wacom way… As of the time of writing, it averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 260+ customer reviews…

April 21, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

40% off one in-stock item with Dell Refurbished coupon (ends Thur 9am CT)

Almost forgotten in the Year of the COVID is Earth Day 2020! But Dell Refurbished has not forgotten, coupon code EARTH4UDEAL gets you 40% off any in-stock item at the Dell Refurbished website. Free ground shipping is included. Clearance items are EXCLUDED. The coupon expires on 4/22/20 at 9am central time…

The coupon is only good at “Dell Refurbished”, formerly known as “Financial Services”. These specialize in re-selling off-lease (enterprise/corporate) Dell gear. With a warranty of course…

April 21, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Google Pixel 4 for $500+, Pixel 4 XL for $600+

The ghosts of the Nexus phones are haunting the Pixel 4, but if you’ve read the reviews, pixel-peeped the sample pictures, and you are certain the Pixel 4* line is the one for you, for a limited time B&H Photo is having discounts on select Pixel 4 phones as follows:

+ Pixel 4: 64GB for $500, 128GB for $600

+ Pixel 4 XL: 64GB for $600, 128GB for $700

These are new condition, factory unlocked, with USA warranty. B&H includes a free case and Mint Mobile SIM card.

NOTE that the Pixel 4 phones do NOT have a headphone jack, and they do NOT have a microSD slot. But you can swim in the Google Clouds 🙂

A lot of people consider the Pixel 4 to have the most pure camera, but not all agree. For example, it is currently at #19 in the DxoMark rankings which have two of the new Honor *30* phones in the Top 5. SPOILER ALERT: the #1 in the ranking is a …LEICA 🙂

NOTE that the latest Huaweii P40* series of phones do NOT have Google Play because of the Huaweii embargo thing. If you look in the forums, there are various hacks that come and go, but come on, it’s 2020, who wants to hunt and peck hacks just so you can run basic apps on your phone?

I remember doing this ten years ago with a crappy Pandigital (?) tablet I got on sale at Radio Shaq. No way I would do this now, there are a gazillion other phones available. But that’s just me. Some people love the excitement of living on the Google Play Frontier 🙂

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Samsung Galaxy S20 for $800, S20+ for $1000 [with FREE 128GB microSD]

A limited time offer is running at B&H Photo on the new condition unlocked with USA warranty Samsung S20 and S20+ flagship series smartphones! And during this promotion, each one gets a free 128GB Samsung EVO Plus microSDXC card included by B&H.

The prices are as follows: the 128GB S20 goes for $800, while the 128GB S20+ (aka Plus) goes for $1000, while the 512GB of that goes for $1150.

Further down the list, and not getting the free 128GB microSD card you will find international Latin America versions of the S20 Ultra (the more expensive of this flagship trio) going for $1200. One clue as to the internationality is the “dual SIM” in the title. These come with a 1-year B&H warranty. NOTE that this has the Exynos chip, not the QualComm SnapDragon.

NOTE also that these are 5G phones, so you may accidentally intercept intergalactic planetary conversations 🙂

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: samsung, technology deals Tagged With: ,

STEM Education sale at B&H Photo (46 options)

B&H Photo is also running 46 STEM offers and with the current downtime, it’s for kids of all ages, not just actual students. Anyone willing to learn can learn in this decade! It includes products from DJI, AstroReality, MakeBlock, Sony and more… Orders placed now will ship 4/20/20…

April 8, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With:

$50 off on select 2020 iPad PRO tablets (11″ and 12.9″ options)

We have the first notable discounts on the 2020 iPad PROs! When they were announced, the storage jumps was the usual +$100 but now we have movement on the 256GB front, dropping $50 on the 12.9-inch model, making it $1049 in the “Space Gray” at B&H Photo, while the other color being $1069, while the 128GB options remain at around $999… The 512GB is around $1279, while the 1TB is at $1449 in the “Space Gray”.

If you are interested in the 11-inch 2020 iPad PRO, the 128GB version has dropped just $10~ down to $789, but the “Space Gray” of the 256GB version is down to $849 at B&H Photo, while the other color is at $879. Further up, the 512GB is $1049 only in the “Space Gray”, while the 1TB is $1249 again only in “Space Gray”.

If you are of the Apple persuasion, B&H has a number of other Apple promotions and offerings…

And per the Fairness Doctrine (TM) we must needs mention a competitor, Google has Work from Home Router offers, both their own “Google Wifi” routers and the Nest products…

And for students of all ages learning from home, they have created a new Home Schooling portal with related products and offerings…

April 3, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Apple 21.5″ iMac with Retina 4K Display (Early 2019) for $1099

If you are looking for a 2019 iMac with Retina, good until what was usually Tax Day, you can get the new condition Apple 21.5″ iMac with Retina 4K Display (Early 2019) with free US shipping by B&H Photo…

This has the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 Quad processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB 5400rpm, AMD Radeon Pro 555X (2GB GDDR5), with 21.5″ 4096 x 2304 IPS Retina 4K Display, Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2, 1-year warranty and such…

April 3, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Pacific Image Prime Film XEs super edition Film Scanner for $379

It’s the #QuarantineLife these days and if one of your long procrastinated projects is film scanning, well, good for April 2020, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Pacific Image Prime Film XEs super edition Film Scanner for $379 with free US shipping…

April 3, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Pre-order the new iPad PROs and the new Magically Magical and Amazingly Wonderful Keyboards

Leave it to Apple to launch a tablet keyboard that costs more than most non-Apple tablets in the market today. If that hasn’t scared you away, keep on reading 🙂

Apple has just revealed the new generation of iPad PROs along with new MacBook Airs and Mac Minis! But the star of the show are the Magic Keyboards. They are really magic. The iPad levitate on the keyboard platform (well, except for the part of the iPad that is actually attached to the keyboard platform). The Magic Keyboard for the 11-inch goes for $299, while the Magic for the 12.9-inch goes for $349. iOS updates are coming for some of the older iPad PROs to be able to use this new magically magical and amazingly wonderful device 🙂

The new iPad PROs are available for pre-ordering at B&H Photo with the 11-inch starting at $799 (128GB) an the 12.9-inch starting at $999 (128GB). The storage jump from 128GB to 256GB is +$100, but the other two jumps (256 to 512, 512 to 1TB) are +$200 each, with the 1TB options being +$500 of the base option for each screen size. The LTE options is +$150. Finally the days of the 16GB and 32GB and 64GB are over 🙂

Did I mention these new iPad PROs use USB-C? At Last, At Last, At Last 🙂

March 20, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

In-Stock NOW: Google Pixel 3a for $299, 3a XL for $379

Per the Deals Fairness Doctrine (TM), since we’ve been posting iOS/Apple deals left and right, we must needs post something Android as well, and as fate would have it, Google’s brand new Pixel 3a models are now in-stock and shipping at B&H Photo! The Pixel 3a standard model goes for $299 while the XL model goes for $379.

Unlike the iPhones, the only option here is on the body color. The “3a” has a modest 5.6″ 18.5:9 OLED with Snapdragon 670, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, Bluetooth 5.0, Android 9 and *GASP* a headphone jack 🙂 The “3a XL” [they really need to work on the naming-numbering scheme] has a 6-inch screen. Free unlimited storage on Google Photos is included along with three years of OS and security updates.

UPDATE: per the “Post Saving Doctrine”, to save up on having an additional short post, B&H is also having a sale on various computer monitors as more and more people are working from home and may need more or better monitors…

The silver lining of the Corona-mandated “work from home” is an opportunity for many companies and individuals and cities and states to study work from home ideas and programs to further reduce traffic and congestion in places where it’s impossible not to be in a traffic jam always and forever and ever!

March 20, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

13.3″ MacBook Air (mid 2019) for $899 [128GB] or $999 [256GB]

If the barrage of new Apple products (the Early 2020 Generation) does not tempt you, B&H Photo is having a sale on the mid-2019 13.3″ MacBook Airs. The 128GB version goes for $899 while the 256GB version goes for $999. These are 13.3″ 2560 x 1600 Retina IPS Display with 8th generation Core i5 dual cores…

But if you are tempted by the new 2020 13-inch MacBook Air models, B&H Photo is accepting pre-orders for the early 2020 model starting at $999 (i3, 8GB RAM, 256GB)…

And if you are a Mac Mini aficionado, they are accepting pre-orders on the early 2020 models starting at $799 (i3 Quad, 8GB, 256GB)…

March 20, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

72-Hour NewEgg sale

If you are trying to make a digital omelette, it is time to get some new eggs! NewEgg is having a 72 Hour Sale with their usual assortment of technology products. The sale ends on Friday at 11:50pm pacific. Items that have promo code offers mention so on the individual product pages and require an email in order to use the promo code.

Not sure why this practice, because you have to use an email anyone if you are going to buy them product. But what do I know? 🙂

March 20, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With:

Wedn: 13″ MacBook Air (8/256, 2019) for $999 [Rylo Action Cam w/extras for $150]

One of the Best Buy dailies for Wednesday 2/26/20 is the Rylo (no relation to Kylo Ren, or Rey x Kylo shipping) 360 Action Camera, bundled with a FREE Rylo Adventure case and a Rylo shooting grip, all together now for $150 with free US shipping and/or free store-pickup or free ship-to-store…

Speaking of dailies, the headliner of the Amazon Gold Box dailies is the new condition 13-inch MacBook Air (8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) going for $999 with free US shipping. Limit one per customer. This may sell out before the end of the day. As of the time of writing, the in-stock estimate has shifted to March 1st in 2020 [keep in mind February has 29 days this year]. This was released in the Summer of 2019, fifty years after the number in the “Summer of 69” [the Bryan Adams song], not to be confused with the “Summer of 42” [the movie, which came out a couple of years after 1969]…

February 26, 2020 Filed Under: other cameras, technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

Fastest VPN for $20 [lifetime, 5 simultaneous devices]

Stacksocial is having yet another round of promotions and among them is a discount on the Fastest VPN service. You pay $20 and get lifetime access with up to five simultaneous devices. It supports all kinds of OSes (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, etc] and device types [routers, Roku, etc]. You must redeem within 30 days of purchase. Returns can be made for store credit within 15 days of purchase. It says they are based in the Cayman Islands, so you can feel like a billionaire 😉 It averages 4 and change out of 5 based on 1700+ ratings at Stacksocial…

January 26, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

15% off standing desks at Monoprice

Pixel-peeping requires a lot of computer time, but sitting in front of a computers for hours on end is not very good for one’s health. So alternatives are a must. One such are standing desks. And as fate would have it, Monoprice is having a 15% off standing desks sale. The price you see is the price you say. No coupon code needed.

PS: if you don’t want to buy a proper standing desk, there are many hacks, DIY and workarounds. It could be as simple as using a big kitchen towel as a stand for a small(er) laptop or tablet 🙂

January 12, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (SM-N960U, 512GB on-board) with FREE DeX, 256GB microSDXC for $750

If you prefer the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 over the latest Note 10 for whatever reason (headphone jack, lower price, etc), B&H Photo is running a limited time promotion on Galaxy Note 9 bundles (model SM-N960U, 512GB on-board storage, S-Pen included of course, 1-year warranty) in three color schemes until 12/16/19 at 11:59pm ET for $750 with free US shipping. B&H is automatically including three freebies, two of which are very useful and/or resellable if not needed:

+ 256GB Samsung EVO Plus microSDXC [among microSD cards, I now prefer them over the other brands)

+ Samsung DeX Pad Dock

+ 3-month prepaid 12GB Mint Mobile SIM card with unlimited talk/text during that period

As usual, check the model name against your carrier(s) of choice to make sure it will work to your satisfaction…

December 14, 2019 Filed Under: samsung, technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

Pre-order the new Mac PRO computer line-up

Just in time for the Holidays of 2019, Apple has updated the Mac PRO computer line-up and these new creative critters are now available for pre-ordering at B&H Photo along with a 32″ PRO Retina 6K display, along with assorted and related products and accessories. Apple is putting Xeon back in the tech-o-sphere radar? 🙂

December 10, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Google Pixel 3a for $299+, Pixel 4 for $599+ [Android]

The Nexus phones (and more importantly the Nexus mentality) are not coming back at Google any time soon, so for now, it’s the Pixels! And if you want the “pure Google Android experience” without breaking the banks, for a limited time the entry-point Pixel 3a is on sale for $299 for the standard edition and $379 for the XL, while the Pixel 4 goes for $599 (standard) and $699 (XL). Prices increase with more storage options…

The sale is at B&H Photo and Amazon and of course Google’s own online store…

December 2, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Last Call (ends Mon PM): iPad sales

Last call on the Apple-sanctioned iPad sales for Black Cyber Fri-Monday! A variety of iPad models (I’ve lost track now) are on sale going from the Mini to the 12.9-inch models. Find the latest offers at B&H Photo and Target and yes, Amazon itself (when interests intersect, Amazon and Apple become frenemies ~ one gets to sell more items, the other gets to boost their iPad sales and market share)…

December 2, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Apple Mac Mini (late 2018 models) start at $699

The B&H Black Friday deals include a variety of Apple products on sale as well, including the Apple Mac Mini (late 2018 models) being on sale, with prices starting at $699 (i3, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) and climbing as the specs improve. A total of 23 options are available. You also get a 1-year FREE of the recently launched Apple TV streaming service…

Plan your B&H purchases for today ahead of time. B&H’s website will NOT be accepting orders between Friday at 4:15pm ET and Saturday 5:45pm eastern. Peruse their Black Friday deals before then to make sure you don’t miss out any potentially interesting/hot deal…

November 29, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Pre-order new Pixel 4 and 4 XL and get a $100 Gift Card

If you are a fan of the Pixel smartphones, B&H Photo is running a limited time pre-order promotion on the just-announced Google Pixel 4 phones. They include a $100 B&H electronic gift card with pre-orders! There’s no coupon code, the e-gift card is included automatically with the pre-orders.

Depending on your viewport/screen, the free items may not be very visible. Look for the tiny text that says “Includes Free”. Also included is a 3-month prepaid Mint Mobile SIM card that’s why you may see “2 items ($160.00 value)” instead of just the $100 B&H e-gift card.

Prices for the Pixel 4 start at $799 (64GB) and jump to $899 for the 128GB option.

Prices for the Pixel 4 XL start at $899 (64GB) and jump to $999 for the 128GB option.

Estimated shipping date for the Pixel 4 models is October 22 in 2019. It’s a Oh So Orange Just Black and Clearly White Tuesday 😉

Also available for pre-ordering but not including a $100 B&H gift card are the new Pixelbook Go laptops. Scroll further down the listings to find the preorder options. For now they appear to have a “Ships to USA only” restriction. Prices start at $649 for the Intel m3 and increase as memory, storage and processor increase…

October 15, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

Saturday: refurbished iMacs, Air (also gaming sale)

IT’s a day of “Woot Plus” offerings at the Woot website. At the main Woot, it’s all about Apple products, featuring refurbished iMacs, Airs and PROs… And at “Computers”, they have a sale on various gaming accessories…

October 12, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Dell 24 Hour Flash Sale: 10% off extra on computers

For fans of the Dell Way of Things, they are running a 24 hour flash sale that gets you an extra 10% off select participating computers. Check their website for details!

September 27, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Best Buy Flash Sale for Rewards members only!

Best Buy has launched a 24-hour flash sale for MyBestBuy Rewards member. The actual sale is behind a login wall ~ you have to be signed up to the free-to-join “My Best Buy” rewards program. Unfortunately I don’t have my Best Buy password on this laptop so I can’t check what’s included in the sale…

September 23, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals

Dell Home Clearance sale in-progress

If you are a fan of the Dell Home website, in-progress now they have a Clearance sale featuring a variety of computers including Inspirons and Alienware, along with a 2-in-1 11.6-inch Chromebook with 4GB RAM for $230. Laptops dominate the sale but there are some AiOs and desktops as well… Clicking on the other visual tabs at the top of the page you can find other products by category of interest, eg Monitors…

September 23, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Sunday: Performance Graphics Cards (31 options)

If you are looking for graphics cards, the Sunday Woot Computers deal of the day is a big sale on Performance Graphics cards with 31 options participating with prices ranging from $130 to $780 from MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA. Warranty varies by manufacturer ~ as usual check each individual listing for the pertinent details (condition, what’s include, warranty, description, etc). Sale ends at 11:59pm central (Texas) time on Sunday 9/15/19 [yes, September is half over already ~ Black Friday is coming Ned, I can feel it in my bones) or earlier for any that may manage to sell out ahead of their designated expiration time…

UPDATE: speaking of sales ending tonite, coupon code SAVE20 gets you 20% off select Clearance items at Groupon Goods.

UPDATE #2: the second to last day of the Amazon Germany End of Summer sale includes among many others:

+ XP-Pen graphics tablets from 21 to 418 euro (12 options)
+ more coffee machines (capsule type)
+ Honor and Samsung sub-250-euro smartphones
+ various UGREEN cables
+ Potensic drones (six options, 37 to 236 euro)

September 14, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, technology deals Tagged With:

Pre-order new 10.2-inch iPads starting at $329

A sign perhaps of Apple’s need to drive more sales among the “mere mortals”, this week saw the first official live-stream of a big Apple event in the modern era on YouTube and this was backed up by a Tim Cook statistics on the iPad ~ a lot of the iPad users are new and non-iPhone users, the iPad is bringing fresh blood in the shoppe.

Which brings us to the just-announced 10.2-inch iPads, they are now available to pre-order at B&H Photo with prices starting at $329 (Wifi, 32GB) and going +$100 for the jump to 128GB. For fans of 4G LTE, they have the usual +$130 on the Wifi-only model.

And there’s good reason iPads are keep getting bought up by non-platform users. Both Microsoft and Google tablets are in a state of non-existent confusion. Google can’t decide if they want Android or ChromeOS or both or neither for their tablets 🙂 Microsoft can’t decide which variant of “Windows Lite” to launch this month 😉

PS: if the CEO of Apple can get away with saying “eggspecially” can I also do it? Or is this too part of the Apple script to make the presentation feel more conversational/human/casual/relatable? I’m eggspecially interested in finding out!

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Dell Outlet overstock sale, Monoprice Refurb/Open-box, Adorama Flash Sale

For the computer-inclined, the Dell Outlet is continuing its Overstock sale with various offerings as usual. The offers that require a promo code say so in their little virtual box that describes the offer.

Meanwhile the Dell Home store is continuing its semi-annual sale with 17% off savings on select items (some require promo code SAVE17). They also have optional 6-month financing offers on $499+ purchases (on approved credit, etc, etc, etc).

In other related action, MONOPRICE is having another refurbished and open-box sale with a variety of participating products. Monoprice, per their website, offers a 30-day money-back guarantee and a 90-day warranty on products in this category that are, per their website, inspected and tested. You can filter them by product category
and such on the left hand side of their website.

Speaking of Monoprice, they now have in-stock and shipping their new FORM technology backpacks with prices ranging from $60 to $90 with free US shipping.

And back to the camera front, ADORAMA is having another flash sale with over 650 camera and photo and accessories participating. The price you see is the price you pay as usual, with a number of the items having promotional rewards and/or free items with purchase.

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,