Apple Products Highlighted in Best Buy 50-Hour Sales Event Starting Friday

Best Buy’s 50-hour anniversary sale was to have kicked off Friday at 10 p.m. (CDT), a follow-on to a similar event last year (see 1608180034) to ring in its 50th birthday. The Apple-heavy sale was to end Sunday at 11:59 p.m. CDT. The event is tied to back-to-school, and the retailer cited estimates of a $12.8 billion season spending on electronics. Highlights of the sale include up to $500 on select MacBooks; up to $300 on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus; $120 on the iPad mini 4; $500 on select iMacs; $200 on Beats Studio wireless headphones; $70 on Samsung’s Gear S3 Tumi smartwatch; $600 on LG 4K TVs, $350 on gaming PCs and monitors; and $300 on select Windows PCs, it said in a blog post. Eligible customers can also sign up for student deals. Among the TV deals, an LG 65UJ6300 65-inch LED smart TV was cart-priced $300 below the minimum advertised price to $999, and a Samsung 65-inch UN65MU6300FXZA 4K smart TV was cart-priced at $1,193, a $106 discount. Sony’s KDL48W650D 48-inch HDTV dropped by $50 to $429, also below minimum advertised price.