Best Buy’s Launches Flash 48-Hour Sale to Compete With Amazon’s October Prime Day – CNET [CNET]

October 11, 2022 Adam Oram technology

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals.

The holiday shopping season is well underway with Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale, Walmart’s Rollbacks and More event and Target’s Deal Days having all already kicked off. Not one to be left out, Best Buy has today launched its own limited-time sale with huge discounts across tech and home categories. The 48-hour flash sale is running Oct. 11 and 12, the same dates as Amazon’s second Prime Day event, and offers some of the best prices of the year.

Whether you’re in the market for a laptop or TV upgrade, or just want to get in on the air fryer craze, the sale has got something for you. We’ve highlighted several of our favorite deals below but it’s well worth perusing the whole sale to find exactly what you want.

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Apple

The Apple Watch Series 8 was only released last month, but its price is already being marked down as low as $349. The $50 price break applies to all of the GPS-only Series 8 models in both 41mm and 45mm sizes, and offers the best discount we’ve seen since launch.

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In the market for an OLED TV this fall? This 2022 LG model is seeing huge discounts in various sizes to suit your space. In our review, we praised its superb picture quality, gaming features and sleek styling.

Read our LG OLED C2 Series 2022 review.

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Sony

Sony’s new WH-1000XM5 headphones are the best wireless headphones on the market for noise cancellation and you can score them at a $50 discount in Best Buy’s sale. They are comfortable, sound amazing, offer a best-in-class call experience and can even pair with two devices at the same time. Both colorways are discounted.

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Crux

Weird collab aside, the new Crux x Marshmello digital air fryer is $50 off right now making it a solid choice for a large capacity crisper. Its digital touchscreen and 8 preset cooking modes make it easy to use and it can prepare up to 6.6 pounds of food at a time. This deal is one you’ll only find at Best Buy sine the device is exclusive to the retailer.

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Apple

The 2022 MacBook Air model has seen as a complete design overhaul, now featuring a larger and brighter 13.6-inch Liquid Retina Display and thinner profile. Inside, it’s powered by Apple’s all-new M2 chip which allows for a performance bump of up to 40% and battery life as long as 18 hours, according to Apple. You can save $150 on 256GB and 512GB configurations at Best Buy right now.

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