It’s starting to look a lot like Prime Day. Although Amazon has yet to secure a date for the big annual event (which typically happens in July, but has been delayed to Q4 because of the pandemic) is almost every tablet, Amazon brand, e-reader, smart speaker and media streamer currently for sale.
Read more: Prime Day 2020: Here’s what we know about Amazon’s big sales
The prices here do not compete entirely with Prime Day (or, for that matter, Black Friday), but they are certainly nearby. Here are a few standouts:
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I love reading e-books, but reading them on my phone can be a struggle because there are so many distractions. That’s why I want to set the phone apart and pick up a Kindle, which also brings the benefits of a larger screen and no blue light emission. This model has been a few dollars cheaper a few times before, but it’s still a great deal at $ 70. Read our Amazon Kindle review.
Toshiba
This turns out to be a newer (2020) version of last year’s popular Toshiba Fire TV, though it’s hard to tell what else is going on. The key features: an Alexa-savvy voice remote and Amazon’s built-in streaming interface. The TV also has three HDMI inputs and potentially decent Onkyo speakers, the latter supported by DTS TruSurround and Dolby audio.
That’s according to the description of the Best Buy product page. Interestingly, Best Buy is the seller, here, not Amazon right. Not that it really does, but you could also get the TV directly from Best Buy for the same price.
This is only the third time that the excellent Echo Studio smart speaker is on sale – and the first time that Amazon bundled it with a freebie. However, if you are in a hurry, you can score an even better deal at Best Buy: The Echo Studio bundled with the Philips Hue Bulb en an Echo Show 5, all for $ 170. Those are boneheads. Read our review of Echo Studio.
A few more selling points that are worth checking out:
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