During last year’s Prime Day, we saw some pretty good deals on paper: the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom speaker dropped to $49 from $99, you could pick up an Xbox One S 500GB, plus accessories, and three digital games for $239.99 (a 35% saving), or you could save 25% on a Huawei Mate 9. Generally, we found that prices were relatively stable for most of the products, meaning that, if you do see a discounted product on Prime Day, there’s a good chance it’s legit. Asus’ popular Chromebook C202SA was a bit of deal on Prime Day 2017 – dropping to under $200 – while it then jumped back up to nearer $220 in August. However, you could find the C202SA for under $200 at four other times throughout the year.
So is Prime Day Worth it?
However, if you don’t see the product you’re after on sale, you shouldn’t fret about trying to find an alternative, just to take advantage of Prime Day. It’ll likely drop in price at some point later in the year. It’s also worth remembering that some products, with phones and TVs being prime examples (no pun intended), decrease in price over the course of their lifetime anyway. For example, an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 would have set you back $899.99 in July 2017, but in will now cost you just $539.99 – and it’s still a great phone.
The Kindle Fire HD 8 is a brilliant bargain tablet. It uses Fire OS, a modified version of Android, has a 1080p screen and has Alexa built-in. You can even use it as an Echo alternative. The deal extravaganza will only run for 36 hours – so you’ll need to move quickly to take advantage of the deals.
