Best early Black Friday tech deals

Black Friday 2024 is fast approaching, and many online stores in South Africa have already started offering discounts on various products in the lead-up to the sales event.

The sales event takes place on the day after Thanksgiving in the US, which this year is 29 November.

Black Friday marks the start of the Christmas shopping season and sees many stores offer substantial discounts on products and extended operating hours to let shoppers make the most of the deals.

MyBroadband looked for some of the best early Black Friday deals from stores like Acer, Samsung, Chatz Connect, Teljoy, Technomobi, Edgars, Expert Stores, Kloppers, Koodoo, and Digicape.

We found five deals available on contract terms through retailers like Chatz Connect, Teljoy, and Vodacom4U.

Chatz Connect is offering the Vivo Y100 256GB on contract, with prices starting at R299 per month. However, it doesn’t specify the contract period for this price.

It also sells the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition for R399 per month.

Teljoy offers its products on a flexible rent-to-own basis. It is selling the Hisense 55-inch 4K Smart LED TV for R389 per month, with the option to own it after 36 months.

It also sells the Xbox Series S 512GB console for R429 per month, with the option to own it after 36 months.

Those looking for a foldable smartphone can get the Honor Magic V2 512GB from Vodacom4U for R1,199 per month.

Several Black Friday deals are available for PlayStation 5 fans, with Koodoo selling various pre-order and newly-released games for between R649 and R1,699, depending on the title.

It also sells PSVR2 headsets for R13,999.

PC gamers can get an impressive monitor with AOC’s 27-inch QHD 180Hz gaming monitor for R6,399 from Kloppers.

RuggedSA is selling the Ulefone Armor 24 for R8,999. The 4G-enabled smartphone features robust protection, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a massive 22,000mAh battery.

It also has a powerful LED backlight that produces 1,000 lumens, making it ideal for power outages and load reduction.

We included two laptops in the article: the Acer Aspire 5 from Acer for R11,999 and the 16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Max from Digicape for R61,999.

The Acer packs an Intel Core 5 120U processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage.

The MacBook Pro features Apple’s M3 Max chip with a 14-core CPU and 30-core GPU, 32GB of unified RAM, and 1TB of SSD storage.

It should be noted that South Africa’s largest online retailer, Takealot, also offers a broad range of early Black Friday deals.

Below are 20 of the best early Black Friday deals available to South African shoppers, listed in ascending order of pricing.

Vivo Y100 256GB — From R299 per month (Chatz Connect)

Hisense 55-inch Smart Ultra LED TV — R389 per month (Teljoy, option to own after 36 months)

PlayStation 5 Digital — From R399 per month (Chatz Connect)

Xbox Series S 512GB — R429 per month (Teljoy, option to own after 36 months)

Various pre-order games and others — R649 to R1,699 (Koodoo)

HONOR Magic V2 512GB — From R1,199 per month (Vodacom4U)

Vivo Y21s 128GB — R1,499 (Technomobi)

Samsung Galaxy A04e 32GB — R1,699.90 (Edgars)

LG Xboom 200W Portable Party Bluetooth Speaker — R4,999 (Expert Stores)

Samsung Galaxy A34 5G 128GB — R4,999.90 (Edgars)

AOC 27-inch QHD 180Hz IPS Gaming Monitor — R6,399 (Kloppers)

Ulefone Armor 24 4G Rugged Smartphone (22,000mAh battery) — R8,999 (RuggedSA)

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE (Wi-Fi only) — R9,499 (Samsung)

Samsung 55-inch Q70D QLED 4K Smart TV — R10,999 (Kloppers)

Acer Aspire 5 [Intel Core 5 120U | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD] — R11,999 (Acer)

PSVR 2 — R13,999 (Koodoo)

Samsung 75-inch QE1D 4K Smart TV — R16,999 (Samsung)

Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus 256GB — R16,999 (Technomobi)

Hisense 85-inch A6N 4K Smart TV — R17,999 (Kloppers)

MacBook Pro M3 Max [14-core CPU, 30-core GPU | 32GB RAM | 1TB SSD] — R61,999 (Digicape)