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Best Buy 2-Day Sale Nets Store Gift Cards for iPhone, Galaxy Smartphone Buyers

Laptops under $250, a $150 gift card for buying a Samsung smartphone and 4K TV price cuts are part of a two-day sale at Best Buy that ended Saturday, the retailer said in an email blast to customers Friday. Customers…

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buying and activating a Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge or Galaxy S7 active with a monthly installment plan on the AT&T or Verizon Wireless networks could land a $150 Best Buy gift card and a Gear Fit2 fitness tracker, said Best Buy, describing the sale as “first come, first saved.” Sprint customers who opted for one of the new Samsung smartphones qualified for the Gear Fit2 but not the gift card, it said. Best Buy was offering gift cards ranging from $50 to $200 on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus phones with monthly installment plans or lease agreements. The long list of laptops under $250 included a $169 Lenovo Ideapad 110s with an 11.6-inch screen, Intel Celeron processor, 2 GB memory and 32 GB eMMC flash memory. A 32 GB iPad mini 2 was sale-priced at $239, a $30 discount. Vizio's M55-D0 4K TV, with high dynamic range and Chromecast built-in, was priced at $699, down from $899.