Engadget's Black Friday roundup

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Amazon:

Amazon has many, many deals lined up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but there are a few highlights for tech heads:

It's offering significant discounts on Samsung's 4K TVs, including price drops of up to 49 percent on curved screens.
Canon's Rebel T5i and Rebel SL1 DSLR cameras are both $200 off.
If you want a Chrome OS laptop on the cheap, HP's Chromebook 11 is down to just $150.
Amazon's own devices are on sale, too. The Fire HD 6 and Fire HD 7 are down to $79 and $109 through the weekend, while the basic Kindle will cost $49.

Apple:

Apple is repeating the Black Friday strategy it took in 2013, with a charitable twist. Rather than cut prices, it'll give you an iTunes card and donate to (RED)'s fight against AIDS. The company hasn't said how much credit you'll get, but AppleInsider hears that you'll receive a $100 card with most Macs, $50 with iPads and iPhones, and $25 with Beats headphones, the iPod nano and the iPod touch.

Best Buy:

It'd be more appropriate to ask what Best Buy doesn't have on sale; it's cutting prices on seemingly everything. With that said, some deals are better than others:

Apple devices are much cheaper: you'll get $100 off the 16GB iPhone 6 and (if you shop Thursday) iPad Air 2, $75 off the iPad mini 2 and 3, and $150 to $200 off both 13-inch MacBooks and iMacs.
More of a Microsoft person? You'll get between $100 to $150 off of the Surface Pro 3, and the Lumia 635 for AT&T GoPhone will cost just $40.
It's a 4K TV paradise. Samsung's 55-inch 4K sets will cost as little as $900, while LG and Sony models will respectively cost $1,300 and $1,500.
Gamers are well-covered, too. $400 will get you a PS4 bundle with GTA V and The Last of Us, while the Xbox One Assassin's Creed Kinect bundle is down to $430. A Wii U Deluxe bundle with four games (including Super Smash Bros.) is dropping to $360.
Amazon's Fire TV Stick will fall from $39 to $25.

eBay:

, even an auction-oriented site like eBay has some Black Friday bargains lined up:

iPad Air 2 discounts will range as high as 20 percent.
Canon's Rebel T5i with an 18-55mm lens will cost $500, and a Nikon D7100 body will cost $800.
If you want a PlayStation 4 and don't care for bundled games, eBay is selling it for $330.

GameStop:

You can expect GameStop to slash prices for many games, but we'd say the hardware is the big deal:

It's selling the Xbox One Assassin's Creed bundle for $330, like elsewhere, but it'll also take $30 off of an Xbox Live subscription if you buy it at the same time.
Sony's PlayStation 4 bundle with GTA V and The Last of Us will cost $400, while the PlayStation TV will drop to $80.

hhgregg:

If you can visit hhgregg, you'll be in for a treat come Black Friday... provided you act quickly.

4K TVs will be extra-affordable, starting at $598 for a 40-inch Samsung set and stopping at $1,998 for a 65-inch curved model. LG and Sony 4K screens will cost 40 to 50 percent less, too.
This is the place to go for media hubs: Amazon's Fire TV will drop to $75, and Apple TV will cost $80. Even Chromecast will be cheaper at $25.
Rush the door and you'll get the original iPad Air for $299, or $100 off.

HTC:

HTC has just one main Black Friday deal, but it's a doozy. It's selling the RE Camera for $99 between Friday and the end of December 1st, which makes it very tempting if the regular $199 price tag puts you off.

Microsoft:

It won't shock you one bit to hear that Microsoft will have some very tempting Black Friday discounts, particularly for its own gear:

All Surface tablets will be on sale; you can take $100 off the Pro 3's Core i5 model, while the Core i7 variants and the Surface 2 are $150 off.
If you want a 4K display for that Surface, you can get both a Dell 28-inch LCD and a Surface Pro 3 docking station for $499.
Buy an Xbox One Assassin's Creed bundle ($430 with Kinect, $330 without) and you'll get an extra game for free.
The Lumia 635 for AT&T will plunge to $40 off-contract.

Newegg:

Most of Newegg's Black Friday offers are computer parts, but you can find a few good PC deals, too. Among the top picks:

You can get a CyberPowerPC gaming desktop with a Core i7, 8GB of RAM, a 2TB drive and a Radeon R7 250 for $800 ($1,300 off).
HP's EliteBook 840 G1 Ultrabook with a Core i5, 4GB of RAM and a 180GB flash drive is half-off at $600.
Lenovo's 11-inch Miix 2 convertible tablet is falling to $450, or a hefty $280 off.

Sam's Club:

It won't surprise you to hear that Sam's Club, like its Walmart sibling, will have plenty of discounts on Black Friday weekend. Among them:

Samsung's 55-inch curved 4K TV will drop to $1,278, and a 75-inch 1080p set will plummet to $1,998.
A 16GB iPhone 6 will fall to $99 on contract.
The original iPad Air will cost just $299.
A Nintendo 3DS XL red bundle with New Super Mario Bros. 2 will only set you back by $149.
Getting started in photography? A Canon Rebel T5 bundle with two lenses, a 16GB card and a case is $449 ($150 off), and a parallel Nikon D3300 bundle is $599.

Staples:

Staples will have some pretty aggressive sales, and it's starting on Thanksgiving at 6PM -- you'd better act quickly.

Amazon devices are getting cuts across the board. The Fire HD 6 starts things off at $79, and other tablets will sell for $20-30 less than usual. Meanwhile, the Fire TV Stick will drop to $25.
Apple's also getting first-class treatment. The iPad mini 2 and iPad Air are dropping to a respective $239 and $319, while an Apple TV costs $79.
Numerous PCs are getting price cuts, but the biggest deal may be the ASUS EeeBook X205TA, which is falling from $250 to a mere $100.

Target:

Target is taking a rather unusual approach with some of its Black Friday sales; it's discounting some devices, and offering gift cards with others. For instance:

You'll get a $100 gift card with the iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3 and original iPad Air, and splurging on an iPad Air 2 gets you a $140 card.
The Xbox One Assassin's Creed bundle is dipping to $330, and it'll come with a $50 gift card.
A Nintendo 2DS with Yoshi's New Island will cost $100.
Google's Chromecast streaming stick is dipping to $25.

Walmart:

It wouldn't be Black Friday without Walmart. This year, it's trying a multi-tiered approach where offers start unlocking on Thanksgiving night and carry on through the weekend.

Starting 6PM on Thanksgiving Day, you can get a $330 Xbox One Halo: MCC bundle with a $30 gift card, a regular PS4 with a $50 card and a 3DS XL with New Super Mario Bros. 2 for $150.
Samsung's 55-inch curved 4K set will cost $1,298 at the same time.
Wait until 8PM and there's more: a Fitbit Flex will sell for $69, an original iPad Air will come with a $100 gift card, and the Moto G for Verizon falls to $39 contract-free.
On Black Friday itself, you'll get either a $100 gift card with certain Android phones or $75 with an iPhone 5s or 6.

Game deals: (general)

We may be focused on gadgets, but we know you probably want to snag some new games for that new console or PC. If so, there are a few solid places to go:

Steam has launched an Exploration Sale with some nice PC title discounts, including Watch Dogs (half off), The Wolf Among Us (66 percent off) and, of course, Goat Simulator (half off).
The Microsoft Store has Xbox One games starting from $15.
Sony is running the Co-op Sale, a PlayStation Network sale that drops prices on numerous (if mostly older) PS3, PS4 and PS Vita titles.
And of course, GameStop is cutting prices on games -- you can get Destiny for $50, and many titles for the PS4 and Xbox One will drop by $20 or more.