The 10+ best early Black Friday phone deals to grab now

It's the two words you either dread or love: Black Friday. This year's holiday shopping bonanza is still a month away -- with the official sale happening on Nov. 28 -- but if there's one thing I've learned from covering the biggest holiday for retailers, it's that every single one of them is impatient in the best way. 

Ahead of Black Friday, stores like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, as well as carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, have marked down a handful of phones at prices that you can expect to stick around as the weeks go by. One of the best deals nets you a Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge with 512GB for $490 off.

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I should mention that we only recommend phones that have gone through our rigorous testing methodologies, so all the picks mentioned on this ...