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If you are rather tight on your finances at this point in time and yet cannot wait to get a new smartphone just to keep up with the Joneses? It is a good thing then that Black Friday deals are just around the corner, and it seems that ads by Best Buy has leaked onto the Internet, and among the more attractive deals, they include the AT&T HTC One X which will be made available for free. For those who want the Samsung Galaxy S3 on AT&T, you will have to fork out a mere $99.99 for this premium smartphone, and for folks who do not want to hand over a single penny just yet to Verizon Wireless has another choice – the Samsung Stratosphere 2.

If you want the Samsung Galaxy S3 while rocking on to the Sprint network, then it can be yours for an even cheaper $49.99. Needless to say, all of those handsets with the pricing details would mean you will have to tie yourself down to a new two year contract. Of course, there are also older smartphones being made available, perhaps to clear out a burgeoning inventory, right?

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It was just last week when we talked up a new tablet from the folks over at Best Buy, where it was dubbed as the Insignia Flex. This particular tablet has its very own product page now, carrying along with it a 9.7″ capacitive touch-panel display at 1024 x 768 resolution that will place it in the same league as the Apple iPad – in terms of screen size, at least. Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich is the operating system of choice, while a 1GHz TI OMAP 4428 processor should be decent enough to get it going for most tasks.

Other hardware specifications include 8GB of internal memory, a 2-cell lithium-polymer battery, built-in 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN, a 2-megapixel shooter up front, and a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes. Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity is thrown into the mix as well for wireless connectivity to accessories such as a portable keyboard. The entire Insignia Flex tips the scales at 1.5lbs and measures 0.5” thin, and will cost you $249.99. Interested in this mid-range tablet?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Best Buy Insignia Flex tablet to retail for $239 onwards, Best Buy has AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X available for pre-order,

Nokia’s Lumia 920 has been prematurely priced up for its US-exclusive launch on AT&T, with Best Buy spilling the competitive costs for the Windows Phone 8 handset. The 32GB 4G smartphone will be $149.99 with a new, two-year AT&T agreement, according to Best Buy’s listing, while unactivated it will set shoppers back $599.99. However, even undercutting most mainstream smartphones by fifty bucks won’t make it the cheapest Windows Phone 8 flagship.

The Windows Phone 8X by HTC, for instance, is currently listed at $99.99 with a new, two-year agreement from the same retailer. It’s unactivated, unsubsidized price is the same $599.99, but HTC is obviously being more aggressive than its Finnish counterpart.

At $100, that pits the HTC 8X against Apple’s iPhone 4S, though the iOS smartphone has twice the storage of its 8GB Windows Phone rival. Considering HTC also opted not to give the 8X a memory card slot, instead preserving the unbroken lines of its unibody plastic casing, that could prove to be a considerable limitation, even with Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage push.

The Lumia 920 lacks a microSD slot too, but at least gets 32GB of internal capacity. Best Buy has no listings for the smartphone’s accessories, such as the wireless charging plates, though based on UK pricing we’re not expecting them to come cheaply.

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$150 AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 priced to undercut rivals (but not HTC) is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nokia and HTC’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 flagships are still on the standard release path: announcement, federal approval and now, pre-order. Keeping device availability tucked firmly under its hat, Best Buy is now offering Nokia’s Lumia 920 and the HTC 8X for pre-sale, priced at $149.99 and $99.99, respectively. Early buyers have options, too: the Lumia 920 is kitted out in red, blue, yellow, black and white shells. Fashionistas with a flair for purple, however, will need to stick to HTC’s hardware. Unfortunately, you don’t get that much choice — Best Buy’s pre-orders don’t balk at the devices’ AT&T exclusivity. The retailer doesn’t say when devices are going to ship, but we imagine early adopters won’t have to wait too long.

Update: The Lumia 920 has disappeared from Best Buy’s listings, while the 8X remains. This seems to suggest that pre-order stock for Nokia’s new flagship has sold out, but given the short time it was available, let’s hope that other issues are to blame and the absence is only temporary.

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Best Buy offering pre-orders for Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X for $149.99 and $99.99 under contract (Update: Lumia 920 no longer listed) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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