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Best Buy Canada's best long weekend deals: Save $1,000s on 25+ items — TVs, laptops, outdoor furniture and more

Best Buy Canada's best long weekend deals: Save $1,000s on 25+ items — TVs, laptops, outdoor furniture and more

Yahoo19-04-2025

Just in time for the Easter long weekend, Best Buy Canada has kicked off a massive five-day sale. You can score epic deals of up to $1,300 on brands like Samsung, Shark and more. If you've been eyeing the Frame TV or viral Shark hair styler, it's a great chance to save some serious dollars.
Whether you're shopping for a new laptop, TV or headphones, you'll want to check out these deals. Not sure where to start? Keep scrolling to check out some of the best long weekend deals from Best Buy, according to Yahoo Canada shopping experts.
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Save $1,300: Samsung The Frame 75" HDR QLED Tizen Smart TV for $2,300 (was $3,600)
Slash $400 off: Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i 15.6" Laptop for $700 (was $1,100)
Take $130 off: JBL Live 770NC Over-Ear Bluetooth Headphones for $170 (was $300)
Snag $50 off: Samsung 55" 4K UHD HDR QLED Tizen OS Smart TV for $700 (was $750)
$250 off: Sony SRS-XG300 Waterproof Bluetooth Wireless Speaker for $200 (was $450)
Score $100 off: eufy Security E330 Video Smart Lock with Chime for $300 (was $400)
$100 off: Sony ULT WEAR Over-Ear Noise-Cancelling Headphones for $250 (was $350)
Been dreaming about The Frame TV? You and me both. Right now, you have the chance to save $1,300 on this "high-tech and stylish" television. Shoppers praise its "vibrant" display and "sound quality."
Take $20 off: Ninja CREAMi 0.47L Ice Cream, Sorbet & Milkshake Maker for $180 (was $200)
$40 off: NutriBullet Ultra 0.9L 1200-Watt Single Serve Blender for $130 (was $180)
Save $140: T-Fal Dual Easy Fry & Grill Air Fryer for $160 (was $300)
Slash $30 off: Shark Pet Pro MultiFLEX Cordless Stick Vacuum for $300 (was $330)
Score $220 off: KitchenAid Bowl-lift Stand Mixer - 5.5Qt for $430 (was $650)
Snag $165 off: iRobot Roomba Combo i5 for $285 (was $450)
With warmer weather around the corner, this Ninja CREAMi will come in handy. You can make your own ice cream, sorbet and milkshakes for you and your family.
Save $500: Garmin fēnix 7X Sapphire Solar 51mm Smartwatch for $700 (was $1,200)
Take $70 off: Shark Flexstyle Multi-Styler Hair Straightener for $280 (was $350)
$20 off: Waterpik Cordless Plus Water Flosser for $55 (was $75)
Slash $70 off: Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 6300 Electric Toothbrush for $100 (was $170)
Score $70 off: Panasonic 5-Blade Wet/Dry Shaver for $230 (was $300)
$570 off: Bugatti Barcelona 3-Piece Hardside Luggage Set for $230 (was $800)
Snag $60 off: Philips OneBlade Shaver Face + Body for $40 (was $100)
If you're looking for a top-notch fitness tracker, this Garmin features performance and stamina tracking, workout suggestions and wellness sensors.
Score $1,150 off: Costway 8PCS Patio Rattan Furniture Set for $1,250 (was $2,400)
$160 off: Greenworks 48V 20" Brushless Cordless Lawn Mower for $540 (was $700)
Take $100 off: Ooni Fyra 12 Wood Pellet Pizza Oven for $249 (was $349)
Save $350: Costway Patio Rattan Daybed for $350 (was $700)
Slash $326 off: Costway 10Ft Patio Offset Cantilever Umbrella for $374 (was $700)
Score $450 off: Avenli London Inflatable Whirlpool for $550 (was $1,000)
$401 off: Segway Ninebot G30P MAX Adult Electric Scooter for $799 (was $1,200)
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Here are 5 ways I actually use the cover screen on my Motorola Razr
Here are 5 ways I actually use the cover screen on my Motorola Razr

Android Authority

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  • Android Authority

Here are 5 ways I actually use the cover screen on my Motorola Razr

Ryan Haines / Android Authority I love the cover screen experience that Motorola has curated for its Razr flip phones. I've said it before — often while bashing the hoops that Samsung makes you jump through to get the same usefulness from its Flex Window — and I'm sure I'll say it again, but only because I believe so strongly in it. As someone who would love to push all his friends to pick up a flip phone, it's much easier to recommend Motorola's open, easy-to-use interface, which is ready to grab and go at a moment's notice. However, just because it's easy doesn't mean people will know how to use it. Suddenly, you have this small, square display in front of you that's both a phone and not quite a phone — it works like one, yet kind of does its own thing. So, with that in mind, I thought I'd sit down and walk through a few of the ways I've started using the cover screen on my Motorola Razr (in this case, the Razr Ultra) every day. Who needs a big keyboard when a little one will do? Ryan Haines / Android Authority My love for all things flip phone started when Samsung launched its Galaxy Z Flip 4. It was my first chance to play around with the form factor, and I immediately knew it was the one for me. And, if you remember the Galaxy Z Flip 4, you'll remember that it had a tiny, inconvenient cover screen that offered little more than a quick peek at an email or the ability to read a text. Sure, you could open the door a little wider with Coverscreen OS, but it never made the cover screen big enough to use comfortably. So, when Motorola cranked its cover screen from a 1.6-inch (or so) window to a sweeping 3.6-inch panel, it changed a few things. Suddenly, I had enough space to open up a full QWERTY keyboard that still gave me just enough space around the edges to see the message I was responding to. And, with that new flexibility, the Razr's cover screen became my favorite place to respond to messages. 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I swapped my Apple Watch for the Galaxy Watch 7 — here's what I liked and disliked
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Tom's Guide

time8 hours ago

  • Tom's Guide

I swapped my Apple Watch for the Galaxy Watch 7 — here's what I liked and disliked

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Samsung Confirms Upgrade Choice—Galaxy Users Must Now Decide
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Forbes

time9 hours ago

  • Forbes

Samsung Confirms Upgrade Choice—Galaxy Users Must Now Decide

This decision defines the future of your phone. Republished on June 7 with reports into Google's new decision for Android users. A timely warning from Samsung this week, which neatly sets out the biggest upgrade decision now facing Android users. As whispers start to spread suggesting a disconnect between Samsung and Google at the heart of Android, this is critical. We're talking AI and the new features and offerings now hitting phones and PCs at breakneck speed. This is where Galaxy has an advantage, Samsung says, 'in privacy-first, AI-powered experiences' which can 'protect you in the era of AI.' The question the Galaxy-maker asks in its latest post is the right one: 'This level of personalization' brought by AI 'can be incredibly helpful, but the more your phone knows, the more there is to protect. So, what's keeping all that personal data secure?' Samsung's answer is Knox. 'Every Galaxy device is protected from the chip up by a multi-layered approach, which includes on-device personalization, user-controlled cloud processing, and ecosystem-wide protection through Samsung Knox Matrix.' This is Samsung's secure ecosystem that is the closest replica to Apple's securely walled garden currently available on Android. 'At the core of this system is Samsung Knox Vault, Samsung's hardware-based solution for your most sensitive information.' Knox is not new and neither is the concept of hardware-enabled Galaxy data security. What is new is segmenting sensitive the latest AI-related data from the rest, and securing that alongside the more traditional PINs, passwords and credit card numbers. 'Location service metadata from your most personal photos,' Samsung says, 'could easily give away the exact location where the image was taken.' And there's not much data more sensitive than who did what, where and when. 'In the era of AI, personal information like your home address, face clustering ID, person ID, pet type, scene type and more need to be encrypted and stored in a safe location. These things aren't just files — they are deeply connected to your daily life.' It's unclear exactly what is being or will be segmented and how this plays into the various opt-ins that Samsung has added to distinguish between on-device and cloud AI, between what is only within your secure enclave and what is outside. But it's difficult not to read this push as a play against the latest announcements from Google and the cloud-based AI that will now run riot across sensitive data, including emails and even cloud data storage. Yes, there are always opt-outs, but it's all or nothing for users who want AI but are not yet worrying about privacy. 'As Galaxy AI becomes more useful,' Samsung says, 'it also becomes more personal — learning how you use your device and adapting to your needs… Knox Vault is more than a security feature, it's Galaxy's promise that no matter how advanced your devices become, or how much AI evolves, your privacy is secured.' Google, meanwhile, will not make this decision easy for Samsung user. No one is rolling out new smartphone AI innovations faster, and it will always overshadow what can be done if users take a privacy-centric, device-only approach. Per Android Police, the latest update is 'Google's Gemini replacing Google Assistant as the default AI assistant, taking on all digital assistance responsibilities as Assistant is phased out later this year. Gemini is gaining 'Scheduled Actions,' allowing users to automate recurring tasks and information delivery at specific times.' This is the stepping stone to so-called Agenctic AI on phones, where monitoring data and events and activities enables an agent to make decisions autonomously on a smartphone owner's behalf. This next step, with 'Scheduled Actions streamlining routines [and] offering personalized updates,' is just the start. As Mashable says, 'When combined with computer vision, which is what allows a model to 'see' a user's screen, we get the agentic AI everyone is so excited about… Agentic AI tools could order groceries online, browse and buy the best-reviewed espresso machine for you, or even research and book vacations. In fact, Google is already taking steps in this direction with its new AI shopping experience.' Allowing AI access to smartphones with all the data and insight they contain, pushed this to a level even beyond Windows's controversial Recall. It's decision time.

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