Gone are the days when bargain hunters had to wait until after Thanksgiving to score the perfect Christmas gifts for their family and friends at the lowest possible prices, with Amazon, Best Buy, and even Samsung trying their best to help you beat the holiday rush by discounting all kinds of popular gadgets well ahead of time.
While next month’s actual Black Friday and Cyber Monday events could obviously bring better deals to the table than what’s currently on offer to celebrate this year’s “Samsung Week”, it’s pretty difficult to turn down the opportunity to save 250 bucks on an unlocked Galaxy Z Flip 4 with no strings attached, for instance.
That completely unprecedented discount is only available today through Samsung’s official US e-store on a top-of-the-line 512GB Z Flip 4 variant normally costing $1,179.99, but if you’re on a tighter budget, you can pay $859.99 instead of $1,059.99 for a cheaper-than-ever 256 gig configuration with unlocked 5G support and no special requirements as well.
Of course, if you really want to keep your pre-holiday spending to an absolute minimum, a good old fashioned trade-in is the way to go, with the right device lowering the reasonably well-reviewed and moderately popular Galaxy Z Flip 4 5G to as little as $309.99 and $379.99 in 256 and 512GB storage variants respectively.
Bizarrely enough, the entry-level 128 gig configuration is pricier at the time of this writing than both of those aforementioned digital hoarding-friendly models (with and without an eligible trade-in), which suggests Samsung knows very well that the lack of a microSD card slot is a pretty big problem for Z Flip 4 buyers.
This bad boy also comes lacking a 3.5mm headphone jack and a charger in the box while looking extremely similar to its predecessor. But said predecessor happens to look amazing too, and when it comes to the best foldable phones money can buy right now, the Galaxy Z Flip 4 is definitely the top (budget-friendly) option.
Although you’ll obviously need to ditch a pretty great device in “good” condition to score Samsung’s maximum $600 “enhanced” trade-in credit, something like the OG Galaxy Fold, the Z Fold 2, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 12 will also help you significantly reduce the Z Flip 4’s list prices with your choice of 256 or 512GB internal storage space.
