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Whether you’re after a SIM-only iPhone, a contract deal on a Samsung Galaxy, or a SIM-free budget-friendly Android handset, the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are your chance to grab discounts on the latest smartphones and data plans.
From deals on SIM-free phones to contract and SIM-only plans from the likes of Vodafone, EE, Three, O2, Carphone Warehouse and more, there’s something for fans of Apple and Android this Black Friday, and I expect most deals will hang around until Cyber Monday – unless, of course, they sell out.
I’ve been testing smartphones for years, and this Black Friday weekend has some of the best prices I’ve seen. The Google Pixel 8 Pro has plummeted to less than £500, and the iPhone 15 Pro has received a £120 price cut. Plus, there are more tech deals on TVs, laptops, headphones and more.
Whether you’re upgrading to the latest flagship or switching to a better plan, I’m rounding up all the top offers in the Black Friday sales, to help you save.
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Best SIM-only deals at Smarty
Smarty is doubling the data of most of its rolling monthly plans, which give you the freedom to cancel and switch whenever you like.
- 15GB (was 8GB): Rolling monthly plan, £7 per month, Smarty.co.uk
- 80GB (was 40GB): Rolling monthly plan, £10 per month, Smarty.co.uk
Best SIM-only deals at id Mobile
You can get unlimited data with id Mobile for an impressive £15 per month, though it requires you to commit to a two-year contract with the network.
- 8GB (was 5GB): Rolling monthly plan, £6 per month, Idmobile.co.uk
- Unlimited data (was 250GB): 12-month contract, £16 per month, Idmobile.co.uk
Best SIM-only deals at Giffgaff
Giffgaff is adding extra data to its 18-month contracts for Black Friday, with its cheapest plan offering a massive 60GB per month.
- 60GB (was 25GB): 18-month contract, £10 per month, Giffgaff.com
- 120GB (was 40GB): 18-month contract, £15 per month, Giffgaff.com
- 200GB (was 120GB):18-month contract, £20 per month, Giffgaff.com
Best SIM-only deals at Voxi
As well as adding extra data for Black Friday, Voxi is including unlimited use of social media, music and video apps in its plans. This lets you use apps like Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music without eating into your data allowance.
- 80GB (was 20GB): Rolling monthly plan, £10 per month, Voxi.co.uk
- 500GB (was 100GB): Rolling monthly plan, £20 per month, Voxi.co.uk
Best contract deals this Black Friday
Here’s a good deal on the new iPhone 16 Pro at iD Mobile. The 500GB plan costs £38.99 per month and £129 up front, and includes a Belkin wireless charger worth £69. Over the course of the 24-month plan (mid-contract price bumps not included), you’ll pay a total of £1,142. The device portion of that is £999, which means you’ll be paying just £5.99 per month for your 500GB of data – that’s excellent value.
Samsung Galaxy S24 with unlimited data: £26.99 per month, £79 up front, Mobiles.co.uk
If you’re a data-hungry user in search of the latest Samsung phone, here’s a 24-month contract deal at Mobiles.co.uk that offers unlimited data with iD Mobile for £79 up front and £26.99 per month (plus the small mid-contract price increase). The Galaxy S24 is one of the best phones you can buy, with a brilliant AMOLED display and powerful camera that won’t disappoint.
iPhone 16 with unlimited data: £29.99 per month, £135 up front, E2save.com
Right now you can get the new iPhone 16 on iD Mobile with unlimited data for £29.99 per month and £135 up front. It’s a rare find for that much data, so I wouldn’t sleep on this one. Oh, and to find it on site, you’ll need to scroll down and click ‘view more deals’ (or use the filter function) – it’s there, trust me.
Google Pixel 9 was 500GB data: £22.99 per month, £9 up front, E2save.com
The top Google Pixel 9 deal at E2save gets you 500GB of data (up from 100GB for Black Friday) on the iD Mobile network, plus a £100 gift card to spend at Currys. We called the latest flagship in the Pixel series “the first smartphone to truly take advantage of AI,” adding that “Google’s latest Pixel feels like something new”.
Best SIM-free mobile deals this Black Friday
This £50 discount on the iPhone 16 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. This year’s base iPhone 16 gets the new A18 chip rather than using the chip from last year’s Pro phones, giving it speedy all-round performance.
It might have been superseded by the iPhone 16, but that means last year’s iPhone 15 Pro can now be picked up with a decent discount. Laptopsdirect is offering Apple’s previous generation phone with £120 off. In our iPhone 15 Pro review, our tester said it “delivered outstanding upgrades” over older models.
Google Pixel 8 Pro: Was £899, now £499, Google.com
The brilliant Pixel 8 Pro has almost 50 per cent off for Black Friday, taking the price of the best Android phone of last year down to just £499. Google launched the newer Pixel 9 back in September, but the 2023 flagship is still highly recommended and an absolute bargain at this price. In our 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”.
Google has discounted the Pixel 8a by more than £100 for Black Friday, taking the price of the already budget-friendly Android down to £369. The Pixel 8a appears in our round-up of the best cheap phones. In our Pixel 8a review our tester said it takes “many of the best features of the top-end devices and crams them into a mid-range phone costing £499.”
Google’s Black Friday sale now includes deals on all of the latest phones in the Pixel series. The Pixel 9 Pro and the Pixel 9 Pro XL both get a £100 discount, starting at £899 and £999, while the base-level Pixel 9 drops to just £699. That’s a huge saving on a phone that launched only two months ago.
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Was £1,749, now £1,449, Google.com
You can save a giant £300 on Google’s newest folding phone, which claims top spot in our round-up of the best folding phones. Like the rest of the Pixel 9 range, the phone comes with one free year of Gemini Advanced – which lets you use Google’s most powerful AI model across Gmail and Google Docs – plus 2TB of cloud storage.
Last year’s Pixel phone is down to just £449 at Amazon. The Pixel 8 has since been overtaken by the Pixel 9 as the best Google phone you can buy, but the older phone is still an excellent Android device and an absolute bargain at this price. In my Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro review, I called the pair “two excellent devices boasting significant hardware upgrades over last year’s models”.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: Was £1,249, now £999, Amazon.co.uk
The Galaxy S24 Ultra is a huge phone with a giant display that’s ideal for getting work done, and now it’s got 20 per cent off at Amazon. The S-Pen stylus slides out of a compartment in the frame, and lets you stay productive with note-taking, while Galaxy AI features mean you can instantly transcribe meetings with dozens of speakers into neatly formatted minutes.
Samsung’s giant folding phone gets a similarly giant £550 discount at Laptops Direct. The Galaxy Z Fold 6 features in my round-up of the best folding phones, where I praised the freshly upgraded specs, saying “the phone runs on the newest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and uses a 1.6x larger vapour chamber for improved performance during demanding tasks like gaming.”
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6: Was £1,049, now £849, Amazon.co.uk
Save £200 on the latest Samsung flip phone, which features in our list of the best folding phones in 2024. Our tester called it “a fashion-first Android phone that compromise on performance or functionality. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 is one of the best designed pieces of technology I’ve ever tested”.
Sony Xperia 10 VI: Was £349, now £259, Sony.co.uk
This is a stunning phone. It has an impressive two days of battery life and is ultra-fast and efficient thanks to an advanced SnapDragon processor that is found in some of the most popular flagship phones on the market today. It does all this while maintaining a lightweight, compact design that is both water and dust-resistant. I reviewed a very similar, older generation of this phone and was impressed with its brilliant sound quality and clever camera sensors, all of which the new version has and much more – including more than 25 per cent off.
An expert in all things tech, IndyBest reviewer David picked the OnePlus Nord CE 2 as the best value phone in his guide to the best phones for a long battery life. Now, after a few updates, the new and improved Nord CE 4 has a whopping 33 per cent off the price. This model includes all the same features David loved, such as a sleek OLED screen and a “gorgeous design”, but with newer software, more-advanced processors and, thanks to Black Friday, a tempting discount.
Will more deals go live on Cyber Monday?
Deals are constantly changing throughout Black Friday and Cyber Monday – prices fluctuate, some offers vanish and others will prove so popular they’ll sell out. So, if you’re looking to get a bargain on something you’d hate to miss out on, it’s wise to snap up the discounts as soon as you can.
However, Cyber Monday (which falls on the Monday after Black Friday) is renowned for its stellar tech deals, so, you can expect to find some brilliant offers on top-rated phones. Don’t wait too long, though, as the deals will end at 11.59pm on Monday 2 December.
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