Best early festive season tech deals

Christmas is less than two weeks away, and retailers like Takealot, Makro, Incredible, and Hi-Corp are offering festive season promotions on a wide range of tech products.

These include smartphones, monitors, PC hardware, wearables, and high-resolution smart TVs.

MyBroadband looked for some of the best early Christmas tech deals available to shoppers in the country and found a range of products that meet various needs and budgets.

Notable deals include the Garmin Fenix 8 51mm from Makro for R22,999.

The powerful smartwatch can last up to 29 days without enabling the battery-saver feature, and its AMOLED display provides crisp visuals of all the information you require from a smartwatch.

With battery saving enabled, the smartwatch can last up to 41 days on a single charge.

Makro also sells the JBL Wave Beam true wireless earbuds for R899, which is R200 cheaper than other online retailers.

Those looking to upgrade their home Wi-Fi network before the new year can get a TP-Link Deco E4 Wi-Fi Mesh System three-pack from Incredible for R1,899.

Takealot offers a good deal on the Xiaomi Redmi 13 smartphone with 128GB of storage and 6GB of RAM for R2,999. The deal includes a 10,000mAh Redmi power bank capable of charging the smartphone twice.

Gamers wanting a new, high-refresh-rate monitor can get the 27-inch Asus Tuf FHD 180Hz VG279Q3A-series gaming monitor from Takealot for R3,799.

The monitor features support for AMD FreeSync Premium and offers a 1ms response time.

Another great deal for gamers is the 55-inch Toshiba Z670MN-series gaming smart TV, which has a 4K resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, for R7,999 from Takealot.

Hi-Fi Corp is selling another 55-inch 4K smart TV, TCL’s C755-series QD-Mini LED, for R9,999.

South Africans looking to upgrade their gaming PC or build one from scratch can get the Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 Super Evo OC Edition graphics card with 12GB of video memory for R14,399 from Takealot.

Other notable deals include a Xiaomi Wireless Keyboard and Mouse bundle for R399 and the Huawei Pura 70 Pro 512GB for R17,999 from Takealot.

Below are some of the best early festive season tech deals available to shoppers in South Africa.

Xiaomi Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Bundle — R399 (Takealot)

JBL Wave Beam True Wireless In-Ear Bluetooth Earphones — R899 (Makro)

Tp-Link Deco E4 (3 pack) — R1,899 (Incredible)

Xiaomi Redmi 13 128GB Dual Sim+ Redmi 10,000mAh Power Bank — R2,999 (Takealot)

27-inch Asus Tuf FHD 180Hz Gaming Monitor (VG279Q3A) — R3,799 (Takealot)

Toshiba 55-inch 144Hz 4K Gaming Smart TV (Z670MN) — R7,999 (Takealot)

TCL 55-inch QD-Mini LED 4K Smart TV (C755) — R9,999 (Hi-Fi Corp)

Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 Super Evo OC Edition 12GB — R14,399 (Takealot)

Huawei Pura 70 Pro 512GB — R17,999 (Takealot)

Garmin Fenix 8 AMOLED 51mm — R22,999 (Makro)