Five Unmissable UK Black Friday Tech Deals

Today is Black Friday, an US phenomenon that has made its way across the pond and inspired shoppers to spend like crazy. Every year on the day after Thanksgiving in the USA, companies go wild and discount products as they officially welcome the Christmas shopping season. In the UK, we actually have Cyber Monday (the Monday after Black Friday), which is when traditionally consumers go wild on the internet but this year a common trend is occurring – UK retailers are celebrating both Black Friday and Cyber Monday with a weekend of bargains. With that in mind, here’s 5 UK Black Friday tech deals you definitely won’t want to miss.

Deal 1: Nokia Lumia 1020 for £169.99

It’s only a year old but the Lumia 1020 has already been discontinued; don’t let that put you off however as if you’re someone who wants to take amazing photos with your mobile phone, there’s none better than the king of cameraphones that is the Lumia 1020.

Sporting a market-beating 41MP camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, PureView oversampling technology, Nokia Rich Recording and a host of other features (both hardware and software), the Lumia 1020 is still one of the best (if not the best) camera phones on the market. It’s updatable to Windows Phone 8.1 which means you’ve got the benefits of Microsoft’s latest platform including Cortana, your very personal voice assistant. It’s available in Black and Yellow and it’s 4G compatible meaning superfast internet on the go (if your provider of choice supports it).

Fancy a bargain or looking to get a budding photographer in the family a new phone? Head over to O2 now to pick it up for £169.99 on Pay As You Go. Oh and you’ll also get a free camera grip and Coloud Pop headphones (just in case the deal itself wasn’t already good enough for you).

Deal For: Nokia Lumia 530
Deal Price: £14.95
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Available: Online and In-Store

Deal 2: Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 for £249

Looking for a new tablet? The first of our two recommended tablet deals sees the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 discounted from £399.00 to £299.00 and with £50 cashback on offer from Samsung, the handset will cost you a total of £249 (after cashback).

The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is Samsung’s latest large tablet and boasts an impressive specs list including a 10.5 inch 2k Super AMOLED display (2560 x 1600 pixels which offers 288 ppi density), a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS and an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 brings the features of the Galaxy S5 to the larger form factor and also comes with a fingerprint sensor, 3GB RAM, 16/32GB storage with microSD card (up to 128GB) and a 7900 mAh battery.

You can pick up this cracking Galaxy Tab S 10.5 deal from John Lewis and it also comes with a free 3 year guarantee which makes it even more impressive; Samsung warranty may not be the easiest to deal with but John Lewis really look after their customers so it’s extra peace of mind.

Deal For: Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 16GB Wi-Fi
Deal Price: £249
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Conditions: £299 before £50 cashback from Samsung
Valid From: TBC
Valid Until: TBC
Available: Online

Deal 3: Nokia Lumia 530 for just £14.95

Another Nokia Lumia makes it onto our hot deals list; the Lumia 530 is one of the fastest selling Windows Phone handsets of all time and as we’ve already shown you, it can withstand quite a beating as well as being run over by a car.

The Lumia 530 comes with a 4 inch qHD (480 x 854 pixels) display that offers 245 pixels per inch density. It also has a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage and a microSD card slot supporting up to 128GB expandable memory. It runs on Windows Phone 8.1 with all of Microsoft’s latest OS features including Action Centre, Cortana and the WordFlow Keyboard.

To get the Lumia 530 at this amazing price there’s a small snag – you need to have an existing Pay As You Go SIM card. The offer is on Pay As You Go “upgrades” through Carphone Warehouse and as long as you’ve got an existing SIM card, you’ll be able to buy it at the super cheap price. The retailer also has a promotion offering £250 worth of discount vouchers with the purchase of every Pay As You Go smartphone. This deal opens from 8am UK time on Friday 28th November and runs until Tuesday 2nd December (presumably whilst stocks last) and is available online and in-store.

Deal For: Nokia Lumia 530
Deal Price: £14.95
Conditional Deal: Yes
Conditions: Must have existing Pay As You Go SIM card.
Valid From: 8am (UK) Friday 28th November
Valid Until: Tuesday 2nd December
Available: Instore

Deal 4: LG G3 for £299.99

Arguably one of the best handsets of 2014, the LG G3 is now available for an amazing £299.99 SIM free and unlocked. Although not technically a Black Friday deal (as it was available earlier this week), it still deserves a big mention in our list.

The LG G3& features one of the best displays on the market in the form of a 5.5 inch True HD-IPS 2K panel offering 1440 x 2560 pixels (which is approximately 534 pixels per inch density). It’s powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and this model comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. There’s also a microSD card slot, 13MP camera with Laser Auto Focus and OIS+, 4k video recording, 4G LTE, NFC, Qi wireless charging and a host of other features including a 3000 mAh battery.

To get this deal, simply head over to Ebuyer where it’s available in either Black or Gold.

Deal For: LG G3
Deal Price: £299.99
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Available: Online

Deal 5: LG G Pad 8 for £99

The second tablet deal to make it onto our list comes via John Lewis again who have really embraced the Black Friday phenomenon this year. This deal sees a whopping 33% knocked off the cost of the LG G Pad 8 16GB Wi-Fi bringing down to £99 from £149.

Announced in May this year (and released in July), the LG G Pad 8 features an 8 inch IPS display offering 800 x 1280 pixels resolution (approximately 189 pixels per inch density). It’s powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 processor and has 1GB RAM, 16GB internal storage and a microSD card slot (up to 64GB). It runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat with LG’s own customisations such as Knock Code onboard.

To get this deal head over to the John Lewis website (it may also be available in-store).

Deal For: LG G Pad 8
Deal Price: £99
Conditional Deal: No
Conditions: N/A
Valid From: Unknown
Valid Until: Unknown
Available: Online (possibly In-Store)

Black Friday has only just begun but there’s already lots of bargains to be had. Follow me on Twitter for regular deals throughout this crazy weekend of sales and if you’ve managed to pick up a bargain, let us know in the comments below!

(Deals Via HotUKDeals)