Black Friday 2024 live: Latest offers on Nintendo, Le Creuset at Currys, Amazon and more
Retailers are kicking off early, with deals on everything from the Toniebox to Jo Malone
The early Black Friday sales are well underway ahead of the official start date of 29 November. From Currys and Argos to Boots and Shark, major brands are already dropping their best deals, so you can start your shopping right away.
You’ll find the creme de la creme of deals so far in our shopping guides, plus, for a real-time stream of discounts and Black Friday news, our liveblog has you covered.
Whatever you’re looking for in the sales, whether that be a TV, laptop, mattress or beauty products, the steepest discounts aren’t necessarily the most covetable deals. The best savings are on products that are actually worth your money, so, we’ll be highlighting deals on products we’ve tested ourselves.
In terms of the brands and retailers already on the Black Friday train (ahead of the official sale dates of 29 November to 2 December), Samsung has started its sale, Oodie is offering 50 per cent off blanket hoodies and Dyson is offering hundreds of pounds off its products. Elsewhere, you can find bargains at Boots, Currys, Argos, LookFantastic and more, in what some are calling their biggest Black Friday sale ever.
We’ve been covering the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales for years here at IndyBest, so, we know how to spot a good deal from a dud. If it’s got a decent discount (and it’s worth your money), you’ll find it here.
Read more: Best early Black Friday deals to shop, according to a shopping expert
Get £400 off the Bolzano sofa at BoConcept
Let’s leave the tech world aside to focus on some Black Friday deals for the home.
My colleague Ella has been hunting down the best sofa deals to shop this Black Friday, and has found this £400 saving on this 2.5-seater at BoConcept.
BoConcept bolzano 2.5-seater: Was £1,899, now £1,499, Boconcept.com
Created by Danish designer Morten Georgsen, this sofa is said to be as comfortable as it is chic, thanks to a superior foam-to-frame ratio. Even better, it now comes with 25 per cent off the price tag.
Get three months of Audible for £2.97 this Black Friday
Audible is currently 99p per month for three months for Amazon Prime subscribers who’ve never had Audible before (or haven’t been a member in the past 12 months).
Audible, three month subscription: Was £7.99 per month, now 99p per month, Amazon.co.uk
The audiobook streaming service lets you listen to thousands of select Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks. Once your trial period comes to an end, you’ll start getting charged £7.99 per month, which gets you a credit for one audiobook per month on top of the included content mentioned above. The offer ends on 21 January 2025, so, you’ve still got plenty of time to subscribe, even after Black Friday ends.
Want more mobile phone deals?
If the iPhone 16 deals below aren’t right for you, we’ve got even more discounts in our full guide to Black Friday phone deals.
It includes an enticing contract offer on the Samsung Galaxy S24, one of the best Android phones of the year.
Best Black Friday mobile phone deals we’ve found so far in 2024
Whether you’re upgrading your contract or going SIM-free, these are the top deals to shop in the sale
Get the iPhone 16 Pro with 500GB of data for £39.99 per month
My IndyBest colleague, Lucy, just spotted this great deal on the iPhone 16 Pro at iD Mobile.
iPhone 16 Pro with 500GB: £39.99 per month, £149 up front, Carphonewarehouse.com
The 500GB plan (upgraded from 100GB for Black Friday) has you paying £149 up front and then £39.99 per month. That’s a total of £1,108 over the course of the 24 month plan (mid-contract price bumps not included). The phone costs £999, which means you’re paying a mere £4.57 per month for a 500GB plan.
Our tester called the latest iPhone “evolutionary not revolutionary” in their iPhone 16 Pro review, thanks in part to the delayed rollout of Apple Intelligence features.
These are the best Black Friday deals at Amazon
Amazon’s Black Friday sale officially starts on 21 November and will run until 2 December, but there are plenty of early deals to be found right now.
Finding the best discounts at the online retailer can be a challenge, considering Amazon sells everything from Le Creuset dishes and portable bluetooth speakers to dishwasher tablets and Ring video doorbells. All that on top of Amazon’s own range of devices, which includes smart speakers and televisions.
Helpfully, we’ve taken the legwork out of shopping Black Friday deals at Amazon with our expert-led round-up of curated discounts. We’re always updating our guides as new deals arrive, so go take a look.
Amazon has launched an early Black Friday sale – these are the deals you need to see
The online retailer is dropping prices well ahead of the main sale event
Here’s £20 off the iPhone 16 at Giffgaff
The iPhone 16 is £799 at most retailers, so this £50 Black Friday deal at Giffgaff is actually a £20 saving over the usual price.
That might not seem like much, but deals on the newest iPhone are rare and sell out fast. You’ll need to buy a £10 plan with Giffgaff to take advantage of the offer, but depending on the plan you choose you can cancel or change as soon as you’ve paid.
iPhone 16: Was £829, now £779, giffgaff.com
Unlike the base iPhone 15, which used the chip from the older iPhone 14 Pro, this year’s base iPhone 16 gets the same chip as this year’s Pro editions, giving it speedy all-round performance. In our iPhone 16 review, our tester praised the upgrade. “Many innovations are coming to both phones at the same time: the new camera control; the ability to run Apple Intelligence; the new, improved tougher front and faster wireless charging”.
Get the Pixel 8 Pro for just £499
The Pixel 8 Pro has a massive 50 per cent off in Amazon’s early Black Friday sale, taking the price of the best Android phone of last year down to just £499.
Google Pixel 8 Pro: Was £999, now £499, Amazon.co.uk
The newer Pixel 9 launched back in September, adding fresh AI features, but the 2023 flagship is still highly recommended and an absolute bargain at this price. In my Pixel 8 Pro review, I was impressed by the phone’s “brighter screen, improved camera hardware and whole new set of impressive photo-editing features powered by Google AI”.
The best gaming deals this Black Friday
Whether you’re team Xbox, PlayStation or Switch – or you’re on the lookout for an early Christmas gift – there are gaming deals aplenty in the run-up to Black Friday this year. We’re rounding up the very best Black Friday deals on everything from games consoles to accessories and headsets in our dedicated guide.
Best Black Friday gaming deals 2024: Offers on Xbox, PS5 and more
I’m expecting gaming headsets, consoles, subscription passes and more in the sale
The PS5 could get a big discount very soon
You might want to ignore that little PS5 discount we highlighted at Amazon. Our resident tech expert Alex reports that Sony might have accidentally just revealed a much bigger PlayStation 5 deal in the pipeline.
Sony published an ad on its YouTube channel yesterday that was quickly taken down, in which it announced that the digital edition of the PS5 console would be discounted to $379.99 for the holiday season in the US. A similar price drop in the UK would mean the PS5 would fall below £300 for the first time.
Our advice? Hold off on buying a PlayStation 5 until there’s a price drop. Chances are that Sony will launch the discount early now the information has leaked.
Best PS5 Black Friday 2024 deals to shop right now
There are already discounts to be found on the PS5 Pro, plus controllers and accessories
Save £17 on the PS5
There aren’t any great deals on the PlayStation 5 right now, but Amazon does have a small discount. You can currently save £17 at the retailer.
PS5 Slim disc edition: Was £479.99, now £466.99, Amazon.co.uk
This disc edition model, which can read Blu-Ray discs, is essential for anyone whose library of games and movies is still physical. It’s the only PS5 console that still comes with a detachable disc drive as standard – not even the PS5 Pro has one of those. “A catalogue of exclusive games – many of them truly unmissable experiences – gives the PS5 a slight edge over the (technically more powerful) Xbox Series X,” I wrote in my PS5 review.