Happy Black Friday everyone. Now let’s see what is good. Note that we have smartphone deals in a separate post. Here we’ll focus on the best tablets, laptops, smartwatches and other offers in the UK. Note that Black Friday sales will run for a full week, leading up to the actual Black Friday (and then Cyber Monday, but all on schedule).
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The M2-powered Apple iPad Air 11” and 13” models are on sale – while the chipset is now three generations old, the tablets themselves are from last year. Only models with a lot more storage remain, but considering the discounts, we’re not complaining.
Apple iPad Air 11 (2024)
M2, Wi-Fi
£75 off
512GB – £526 at Amazon UK 1TB – £634 at Amazon UK
Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)
M2, Wi-Fi
£110 off
1TB – £778 at Amazon UK
You may also consider purchasing a keyboard to turn the Air tablet into a highly portable laptop. Here’s one from Belkin.
Belkin Pro iPad Keyboard Case
£50 off
Air 11″ – £90 at Amazon UK Air 13″ – £90 at Amazon UK
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra is one of the largest tablets you’ll find with a beautiful 14.6″ 120Hz OLED – for reference, the iPad Airs have 60Hz IPS LCDs. The tablet features a powerful Dimensity 9400+ chipset and full DeX multitasking.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
wifi
£200 off
Read our review
12/256GB – £1,000 at Amazon UK 12/512GB – £1,100 at Amazon UK
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra is £100 cheaper, but comes with the older Dimensity 9300+ chip. It’s still fast enough, but then you can save some money by getting the lower storage option and buying a microSD card later.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
wifi
£300 off
Read our review
12/256GB – £900 at Amazon UK 12/512GB – £1,000 at Amazon UK
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 is an IP68 rated tablet with full DeX support. It comes with a stylus and you can get optional keyboards depending on what you want to do with it. It is powered by the Dimensity 9400+ chipset and the storage is expandable via microSD.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11
wifi
£150 off
12/128GB – £650 at Amazon UK 12/256GB – £750 at Amazon UK
There’s no Plus model this generation, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ is still a viable option with its Dimensity 9300+ chipset. It has a larger 12.4” display but is otherwise just as big.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+
wifi
£250 off
12/512GB – £850 at Amazon UK
The Xiaomi Pad 7 and Pad 7 Pro have 11.2″ IPS LCD (144Hz, 12-bit). The Pro model is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, while the vanilla slate has the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3. Both models have an 8,850mAh battery, however, the Pro has slightly faster charging (67W vs. 45W).
Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
wifi
£40 off
Read our review
8/256GB – £290 at Amazon UK 12/512GB – £350 at Amazon UK
xiaomi pad 7
wifi
£50 off
Read our review
8/256GB – £250 at Amazon UK
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE and Tab S10 FE+ also use IPS LCDs – 10.9” and 13.1” (both 90Hz) respectively. The Exynos 1580 is a mid-range chip, however, not at the level of the Snapdragon 8 or Dimensity 9000 silicon.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE
wifi
£150 off
8/128GB – £350 at Amazon UK 8/256GB – £460 at Amazon UK
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
wifi
£150 off
8/128GB – £460 at Amazon UK
The Galaxy Tab A11+ is a new entry-level tablet from Samsung. It has an 11” 90Hz LCD and is powered by the Dimensity 7300. While it may be cheaper, it is ready for 7 major OS updates and comes with One UI 8 (Android 16) out of the box.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+
wifi
£60/£50 off
6/128GB – £190 at Amazon UK 8/256GB – £250 at Amazon UK
The Redmi Pad 2 is another 11″ slate, this one with a 90Hz IPS LCD. It uses the Helio G100 Ultra chipset.
xiaomi redmi pad 2
wifi
£40/£60 off
Read our review
4/128GB – £130 at Amazon UK 8/256GB – £160 at Amazon UK
The Honor Pad 10 is slightly larger with its 12.1” 120Hz IPS LCD and significantly more powerful with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip.
honor pad 10
wifi
£70 off
8/256GB – £230 on Amazon UK
laptop
The Microsoft Surface Pro is a Windows tablet powered by Qualcomm’s ARM chipset. It comes in several varieties with different LCD and OLED displays and different chips – Snapdragon X Plus or X Elite. Note that the cheaper 12″ LCD with the Snapdragon X Plus includes a free keyboard (it’s a separate purchase for the pricier OLED/X Elite models).
Microsoft Surface Pro
£380/£330 off
12″ Snapdragon X Plus model includes keyboard
12″ LCD, SD x Plus, 16/512GB – £650 at Amazon UK 13″ OLED, SD x Elite, 16/256GB – £930 at Amazon UK
Or you can get an actual laptop – the Microsoft Surface Laptop. It has multiple screen options (LCD or OLED, ranging in size from 13″ to 15″) and a choice between Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite chipsets.
Microsoft Surface Laptop
16/512GB
£350/£500 off
13″ LCD, SDX Plus – £650 at Amazon UK
smart rings
You can combine – or even replace, to some extent – a smartwatch with a smart ring. The Samsung Galaxy Ring works with the Samsung Health app and does not require a subscription. Ultrahuman Ring Air also includes almost full functionality in the app (although the subscription does provide some additional features). However, the functionality of the Ora Ring 4 is quite limited without a subscription.
samsung galaxy ring
£100 off
Read our review
£300 at Amazon UK
ultrahuman ring air
£105 off with our code: gsm25
Read our review
£224 at Ultrahuman
ora ring 4
£100 off
£250 at Amazon UK
amazon fire tablet
Here are Amazon’s already affordable Android tablets and bargain bin prices. These have good quality screens and come in a range of sizes to suit your needs – these are best for watching videos, scrolling the web and maybe some light work or gaming. They’re not particularly powerful, but the price reflects that. Just remember that there is no access to the Google Play Store out of the box (which can be easily fixed).
amazon fire hd 10
£70 off
with ads
32GB at Amazon UK – £80, 64GB at Amazon UK – £110
amazon fire hd 8
£60 off
with ads
32GB at Amazon UK – £40, 64GB at Amazon UK – £65
amazon fire max 11
£120 off
with ads
64GB – £130 at Amazon UK 128GB – £160 at Amazon UK
Additionally, some of these tablets also have kids versions. They disable ads and are built for younger users – by this we mean they come with a sturdy case and have a 2-year worry-free warranty. They also come with a 1-year subscription to Amazon Kids+ – an all-you-can-eat service with free, curated content for kids (including Marvel TV shows).
You can install the Parent Dashboard app on your phone and set deadlines and educational goals. You can enable or disable certain apps like YouTube and Spotify. A quick note about the Pro models: these come with a different set of permission defaults. For example, a Pro tablet can access the entire Internet (with content filters), while regular models can only open selected sites. Of course, all of this is subject to change through the parental controls app.
Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids
£90 off
no ads
Case + 2 Years Warranty
1 year old+
32GB – £110 at Amazon UK Pro, 32GB at Amazon UK – £110
Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids
£85 off
no ads
Case + 2 Years Warranty
1 year old+
32GB at Amazon UK Pro – £65, 32GB at Amazon UK – £70
e-readers
While you can read books on an LCD tablet, your eyes will thank you for going with an e-reader instead. Amazon has a wide variety, ranging from small and inexpensive to larger, more premium models.
Amazon Kindle
6″, B&W
£25 off
with ads
16GB – £70 at Amazon UK
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
7″, B&W, Signature: Wireless Charging
£35 off
no ads
16GB – £135 at Amazon UK 32GB Signature – £155 at Amazon UK
The Amazon Kindle ColorSoft features an e-ink display that is capable of displaying color. This is great for viewing graphic novels or more complex documents. It can also be used in black and white mode (which increases the PPI of the screen).
Amazon Kindle ColorSoft
7″, color
£76 off
16GB – £164 at Amazon UK, 32GB Signature at Amazon UK – £183
The Amazon Kindle Scribe is large enough to read PDFs comfortably and also includes a stylus. These books are more for work and creativity than reading (although you can do that too). Note that there is a Colorsoft version coming soon, but it did not launch in time for Black Friday.
Amazon Kindle Scribe
10.2″, B&W, Stylus
£120 off
Premium pen included
16GB at Amazon UK – £260, 32GB at Amazon UK – £280
Amazon Kindle Scribe ColorSoft
11″, color, stylus
coming soon
32GB at Amazon UK – £570, 64GB at Amazon UK – £630
As an alternative to Scribe, you can go for Remarkable 2. ReMarkable optimizes its tools – and practically mandatory subscription service – for note taking. A cloud service makes it easy to sync notes, but it costs money.
notable 2
10.3″, B&W, Stylus
£50 off
Premium Bundle – £480 at Amazon UK
