Deals: Check out refurbished Galaxy S24 phone and iPad offers

The Motorola Edge (2024) was unveiled earlier this month. It features a sharp 144Hz FHD+ OLED display with a 6.6-inch diagonal and curved edges. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and a 5,000mAh battery with 68W wired and 15W wireless charging. The cameras are the same as last year’s model, a 50MP main (1/1.5”), a 13MP ultra wide (120°) and a 32MP selfie.

The phone just launched, so there’s no discount, but you can get a very similar experience for $200 less with the Motorola Edge (2023). It has a similar display (with curved edges) and, as we mentioned above, identical cameras. The main differences are the chipset (Dimensity 7030) and a smaller battery (4,400mAh), though with the same 68W/15W charging. Both Edge phones are IP68 rated.

Another phone in this price range is the Samsung Galaxy A35. Its 6.6-inch FHD+ OLED display runs at 120Hz and the phone is powered by the Exynos 1380 chipset (with 6GB of RAM). The 50MP main camera has a smaller sensor (1/1.96”), the ultra-wide module is of a lower resolution (8MP), as is the selfie camera (13MP). The 5,000mAh battery only supports 25W wired charging and water resistance is rated lower at IP67. While the A35 has less RAM and storage than the Motos, it does have a microSD slot.

If you’re looking for a flagship model but don’t want to spend the money on a flagship, check out these deals on refurbished phones. Note that these deals are exclusive to specific carriers, and Best Buy has AT&T and Verizon models.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Trio can be discounted by up to $390 if you opt for a refurbished model. This isn’t a bad discount, considering these are current models and only a few months old.

Note that we’ve chosen the 256GB variant (same for the vanilla S24), but other storage options and other colours are available too (subject to availability, of course).

Best Buy doesn’t have refurbished iPhones, but it does have refurbished iPads. The 2021 Apple iPad Pro comes in 11” and 12.9” sizes. Both have 120Hz LCDs (IPS on the smaller one, XDR on the larger one) and both are powered by the original Apple M1 chip. Surprisingly, the larger 12.9” slate is slightly cheaper than its smaller sibling.

For more casual use, the base iPad (2022) will be good enough – the Apple A14 chipset can handle streaming and productivity tasks, and some gaming (especially since the display only has a 60Hz refresh rate). The 256GB models were out of stock and the 64GB is quite limited.

We were leaning toward the older iPad Air (2020) anyway. It uses the same A14 chipset and the same 10.9” IPS LCD, but has a USB-C port instead of Lightning. And it’s only a few bucks more. The Air is thinner (0.24” vs. 0.28”) and lighter (1.01 pounds vs. 1.05 pounds). The iPad (2022) has a better front-facing camera, if that’s a consideration.

Finally, Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge pre-orders are over. Last week, it came with a free TV, now there’s a trade-in offer (up to $500) and Samsung credit available ($150). Note that both the 14” and 16” laptops are powered by the Snapdragon X Elite.

However, the 16” model has an upgrade option – the X1E-84-100 version of the chip. Compared to the X1E-80-100 chip used by default, it has a higher boost clock (3.8GHz vs 3.4GHz single and 4.2GHz vs 4.0GHz dual core boost). Also, the GPU offers more performance (4.6 TFLOPS vs 3.8 TFLOPS). However, the AI ​​performance is the same (45 TOPS).