Computers, Tablets Stand Out in Cyber Monday Offerings

PCs and peripherals have turned heads early in holiday season sales, with some deals dipping into the double digits, we found. At Fry’s Electronics, consumers who use a code from the store flier through Dec. 5, in store, can get a refurbished Lenovo Windows 7 PC for $84 and a 20-inch widescreen Dell HD monitor for $69 while supplies last. Also in Fry’s Cyber week deals: a 10-inch 2-in-1 touch-screen laptop with Intel quad-core processor for $149, a Samsung Galaxy 7-inch tablet for $79 and an Acer Iconia 7-inch tablet for $49. At Walmart Monday, a Nextbook 8.9-inch 2-in-1 tablet with Intel Atom Z3735G quad-core processor came in at $89, an RCA 7-inch tablet priced at $34 and a Toshiba 15-inch laptop was selling for $249. Best Buy Cyber Monday computer deals included an Acer Aspire 15-inch laptop for $199 and $200 off select MacBooks. HDTV deals at Best Buy: a 32-inch Westinghouse TV ($119), 39-inch Insignia TV ($179) and 40-inch Samsung ($279). Also at Best Buy: an iPhone 6 for a buck with two-year activation. On the manufacturer side, Bowers & Wilkins entered the Cyber Monday fray with savings of $200 on the A7 AirPlay wireless speaker, bringing it to $599. B&W’s P5 headphones were chopped by $100 to $199 and the P3 headphones from $199 to $129. Bose took roughly 10 percent off its SoundLink III Bluetooth speaker ($269) and SoundLink color speaker ($119) for Cyber Monday and joined the free shipping trend. Amazon took 17 percent off the Echo speaker/personal digital assistant ($149) and shaved $15 off the kids’ Fire tablet ($84) and $20 off the Paperwhite Kindle ($99).