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If you’ve been itching to switch your wireless service provider but don’t want to deal with the hassle, T-Mobile makes changing your carrier super simple. You won’t have to jump through hoops, wasting half a day figuring things out online or worse, in a store. Instead, you should have a new line with T-Mobile in 15 minutes or less. And T-Mobile is the carrier to switch to, as it offers great value while delivering the best mobile network in the US, according to Ookla of Speedtest Intelligence® data.
When you use T-Mobile’s “Easy Switch” tools to get connected online in under 15 minutes, you’ll probably be wondering about getting a new phone. Well, for a limited time, you can enjoy an incredible deal on a new smartphone without the hassle of trading in your old device. Same-day delivery may even be available.
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Unlike other carriers, T-Mobile places a heavy focus on the customer experience, and that starts the moment you begin to make the switch. The easy-to-navigate T-Life app delivers personalized recommendations for plans, so you don’t need to spend hours figuring out what you need. After that, it guides you through the entire setup process. It’s so simple that you can do it between meetings at work or while chilling at a coffee shop. If you don’t have the app, it’s just as easy to change providers on the T-Mobile website, or you can always head into one of T-Mobile’s thousands of store locations.
You can score the iPhone 17 for free when you switch your number from a competing service (Verizon, AT&T, Spectrum, etc.) and opt for T-Mobile’s Essentials Plan, and no trade-in is required. With each line you add to the plan (up to three additional lines total), you can get a new iPhone 17 for free. That’s a pretty awesome deal for four iPhones, especially given the top-tier smartphone has a starting price of $799. You can turn switching to T-Mobile into an awesome gift for the whole family. Just note that a one-time $35 connection charge per phone applies, and the phone discount will be paid via a bill credit over a 24-month period.
T-Mobile has another epic Apple deal available for Black Friday until Cyber Monday on December 1st. With this offer, you can get an iPhone 17 Pro, iPad A16, and Apple Watch SE3 all on T-Mobile. To receive the new iPhone 17 Pro, you must trade in an old phone in any condition on the Experience Beyond plan. The free iPad A16 and Watch SE3 are available when adding a qualifying tablet and watch line to your plan. After all is said and done, you could be saving up $1,899—an epic offer from a reliable, constantly improving network. However, the $35 connection charge per device and monthly bill credits apply to this deal, just like the iPhone 17.
The Essentials Plan required for the iPhone 17 deal is $60 per month for one line and $25 for each additional line; it’s one of T-Mobile’s most affordable plans. With it, you receive unlimited talk and text plus 50GB of premium data. And if you don’t want an iPhone 17, you can score up to an $830 phone credit instead when switching carriers.
If you’re looking for a little bit more, T-Mobile’s Experience More Plan offers unlimited talk, text, and premium data at $85 per month for one line. There are even a few bonus perks, including Netflix and Apple TV+ subscriptions, a 60GB hotspot, a 5-year price guarantee, and more. The top-of-the-line plan, Experience Beyond, which is how you get that iPhone 17 Pro free with trade-in, offers even more for $100 per month.
Danielle is a Tech freelance writer based in Los Angeles who spends her free time creating videos and geeking out over music history.
Tech savvy deal hunters, the wait is over; the Best Buy Cyber Monday Sale has officially commenced. There are hundreds of deals that are worth checking out, including several that are available exclusively at Best Buy. These are the deals you don't want to overlook, because they're very often the best deals you'll find for all of Cyber Monday. Best Buy offers free shipping on orders over $35 with the option to order online and pick up in-store. If for some reason you have to return your item, you can do so at your nearest retail location instead of dealing with return shipping. Check out the deals below.
As you should already know, the Switch 2 console will only accept MicroSD Express cards. If you have a standard MicroSD card from your previous Switch, you sadly won't be able to use it to store games in the Switch 2. Although the two might look similar, MicroSD Express cards are much, much faster than their precedessors, with speeds of up to 800MB/s. Most MicroSD cards cap out at well under 200MB/s.
Currently Best Buy has the best handheld gaming PC deals for Cyber Monday. The Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme SteamOS handheld gaming PC drops to just $649.99 after a $250 instant discount. This is the more powerful model with the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme chip and it is easily one of the best Steam-based gaming handhelds currently available.
Also on sale is the Legion Go S Z2 Go Edition, which is currently $449.99 after a $200 discount. Despite the fact that the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go is a 2nd gen chip, it's less powerful than the Z1 Extreme, but more powerful than the Steam Deck's APU. Since this version also runs SteamOS, you'll get generally better performance out of it.
The Zenbook 14 laptop offers exceptional build quality in an ultra-slim footprint, all for well under $1,000. The all-aluminum chassis has a fingerprint resistant finish and meets MIL-STD 810H military standards for durability. It weighs in at a mere 2.8 pounds and measures under 0.6" thin. It features a gorgeous Asus Lumina OLED 1920x1200 display with touchscreen functionality and Corning Glass screen protection. The internal components are nothing to sniff at either. Inside is an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor with Intel Arc onboard graphics, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.
Let's be honest, most people don't need laptops that cost over $1,000. Unless you're using your laptop for intense gaming or work, you'll probably get by perfectly fine with a $650 laptop, or even less. For Cyber Monday, stretch your dollar even more with great deals on budget laptops that start at just $199 or a super good Chromebook for $119.
This is a Best Buy exclusive 1-Day Doorbuster special, which means it might actually expire before we even get to actual Cyber Monday. The TCL QM5K is the least expensive 65" TV I've seen so far that's equipped with a quantum dot Mini-LED panel with full-array backlighting. That basically means this TV will excel at displaying 4K HDR content in its full glory.
Year after year, you can always rely on Best Buy to deliver some of the best Cyber Monday TV deals. That's because Best Buy often carries exclusive models and brands that aren't available elsewhere and thus cannot be price matched. There are several reasons why you should upgrade your TV in 2025, especially since prices have fallen dramatically this year. Whatever your budget constraints and size requirements may be, there's a TV deal for you; pick up a 55" TV for as low as $170 or a wall-hugging 98" TV for under $1,000.
Planning to bulk up on local storage during Cyber Monday? Right now you can pick up a massive Seagate Expansion 24TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive for just $249.99 with free delivery. That averages out to a mere $10.42 per terabyte of storage. Although SSDs are all the rage these days, traditional hard drives are still the superior choice for long term storage. They're cheaper, they have a much higher capacity, and perhaps most importantly, although SSDs can equal HDDs in terms of lifespan, it's much easier to recover data from a HDD than SSD if either one fails.
The Bose QuietComfort wireless noise cancelling headphones are down to just $159.99 for Cyber Monday, a $40 price drop compared to Black Friday. The Bose QuietComfort is just a rename of the QuietComfort 45 with more color options. That's a good thing, because the QC45 was highly praised for its excellent sound and noise canceling performance and all-day comfort.
Cyber Monday is easily the best time of year to score some major discount on Nintendo Switch 2 video games. This time around, Best Buy is the one-stop shop for all of the lowest prices. Pick up must-buy titles like Super Mario Odyssey, Paper Mario, and Splatoon 3 at literally 50% off retail price.
Prospective VR gamers, there's no better time to immerse yourself in real next-gen gaming. Best Buy has discounted both Meta Quest 3S models ($249 for the 128GB model and $329 for the 256GB model) and is also throwing in a bonus $50 Best Buy gift card with either purchase. That's basically getting a Quest 3S headset for as low as $199. You also get a free game: The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners for the 128GB model - a Best Buy exclusive bundle.
The Meta Quest 3S is the best standalone consumer-oriented VR headset under $300. It retails for 40% less than the Quest 3 and yet retains most of its hardware and functionality, including the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, Touch Plus controllers with inside-out tracking, and mixed reality passthrough.
If you're willing to splurge on the more premium model, Best Buy has the Meta Quest 3 for $499.99 but you also get a $75 Best Buy gift card with your purchase. Compared to the Quest 3S, the Quest 3 has a higher resolution, higher FOV display with a much wider focused sweet spot thanks to its superior pancake lens design. The Quest 3 also has much more onboard storage. For VR veterans who are sure to benefit from a better display, I would recommend the Quest 3.
There's no better time to find an excuse to start 3D printing your own products than Cyber Monday, because that's when 3D printers drop to their lowest prices of the year. Bambu is widely considered one of the better 3D printer brands on the market, and its most popular models are all on sale today. New for 2025, Best Buy has become an official reseller of Bambu Lab. Although Bambu Lab now ships its products from US-based warehouses if you order from them directly, I'd still recommend getting the printer from Best Buy because the return policy is much easier (simply return to your local Best Buy store) and you accrue Best Buy rewards.
Best Buy is offering an outstanding deal on a powerful gaming laptop for Cyber Monday. For this week only, you can pick up the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16s GeForce RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop for just $1,449.99 after a $450 discount.
The Acer Predator Helios Neo offers the proper combination of premium build quality (solid aluminum top with plastic composite bottom chassis) and powerful components. This particular configuration is equipped with a gorgeous 16" 2.5K OLED display, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 32GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The RTX 5070 Ti mobile GPU is comparable to the RTX 4080 and pulls ahead of it in games that support DLSS 4.
If you haven't heard already, a recent surge in demand for memory has caused DRAM to increase in price. To a lesser extent, according to Tom's Hardware, this has also affected NAND flash storage. SSDs have already been increasing in cost recentl. If you're holding out in hopes that memory card prices will drop even further within the next few months, you'd be taking a gamble. If I were a betting man, I'd say that you'd have to wait until mid to late 2026 before prices stabilize again. I'd recommend just getting one now so you don't need to worry about running out of space.
Looking to upgrade your audiophile setup without investing too much money? Best Buy is offering a pair of the excellent KEF Q1 Meta Bookshelf Speakers for only $399.99 shipped. All three color options - white, black, and walnut finish - are discounted. These speakers normally retail for $600 and don't go on sale very often.
The KEF Q1 Meta is a passive pair of bookshelf speakers which means you'll have to connect them to an external amplifier to deliver power. The impedance rating is 4ohm and maximum power output is 150W. KEF Meta speakers feature a labyrinthine "metamaterial" that's designed to tune out up to 99% of unwanted sound, delivering a purer, more natural, and accurate sound reproduction. The Q1 is KEF's most affordable speaker that employs Meta technology, which is usually reserved for higher end speakers like the very well reviewed KEF LS50.
OLED TVs are considered the best TVs for gaming, but they can also be very expensive. Fortunately, LG has a B-series OLED lineup that's hundreds of dollars cheaper than its other OLED TVs while still offering incredible image quality. As part of its Cyber Monday sale, Best Buy currently has the 48" LG B5 4K OLED Smart TV for a low price of $529.99 with free delivery. At this size, the TV could also be used as a big-screen gaming monitor for your PC.
Best Buy has the lowest price on a Apple AirTags keyfinders for Cyber Monday at just $62.99. The Apple Airtag works as a little Wi-Fi keyfinder that helps locate your lost objects by pinging its general location to your iPhone using Bluetooth 5.0. If you're willing to get your holiday shopping done in advance, the Apple Airtags would make a great gift idea for anyone who owns an iPhone and tends to lose small wearables like wallets, keys, or remotes.
Even after all these years, the Nvidia Shield Android TV Pro sits atop the throne as the best Android-based streaming box on the market. For Cyber Monday, you can get it on sale for just $169.99 after a 15% off discount. This deal isn't exactly an exclusive - it's also available at Amazon - but Best Buy is most likely to have it in stock for the longest.
Make no mistake the Shield TV Pro blows the Roku, Apple TV, Fire Stick, Chromecast, and just about every other media player out of the water in terms of performance and functionality. It's capable of handling 4K video with Dolby Vision HDR from all of your favorite streaming apps as well as Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital Plus audio support. The Shield TV Pro is also one of the only streaming devices that supports GeForce Now, which allows you to stream your PC games to your TV without having to own a gaming PC.
Cyber Monday is the best time of year to upgrade your gaming PC and get the most powerful system for the least amount of money. Best Buy has several exclusive Cyber Monday deals on gaming PCs from CyberPowerPC, iBuypower, Skytech, and more. They're equipped with the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series or AMD Radeon 9000 series GPUs so that you can play the latest and most demanding games without breaking a sweat.
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
Social media videos of women riding motorbike and dancing in the streets in the Islamic Republic have gone viral. But after war, and the crushing of the ‘Women, life, freedom’ movement what is life really like? Deepa Parent reports
In recent months videos of women in Iran riding motorbikes, dancing in the streets, and defying mandatory hijab laws have been popping up across social media. It seems that three years after the ‘Women, life, freedom’ movement swept across the country, women’s lives have been transformed. But is this the real picture?
Photographer Kiana Hyeri recently visited for the first time in three years. She says she was amazed at the number of women in Tehran, the country’s capital, with bare heads and crop tops. Especially because the protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, picked up by the morality police for infractions of the hijab law had been so brutally repressed.
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