36 Best Prime Day Phone and Tablet Deals (2023): Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy, and

Amazon’s annual shopping event is a bargain bonanza, but amid this rushing torrent of deals, you need to remember that glitter is not gold. There are a lot of fake discounts masquerading as actual Prime Day deals. To help you pan for real treasures, we have meticulously sifted through 100,000 deals, checking historical prices and cross-referencing them with our tested product recommendations to uncover the best Prime Day phone and tablet deals worth your consideration, along with some accessories, too.

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The brand-new Pixel 7A is our favorite Android phone for most people (8/10, WIRED Recommends). Now, for the same price, this bundle also gets you the Pixel Buds A-Series, our favorite wireless earbuds. The phone is powerful enough, and it has wireless charging and a nice bright screen—oh, and some of the best cameras you’ll find for the money. Google says it will support it with updates for years to come, so you won’t have to upgrade anytime soon.

Close to being just right for everyone, the Pixel 7A has it all, with a 6.1-inch OLED screen that’s not too big or small, Google’s Tensor G2 processor for slick performance, and a smart 64-megapixel camera with a 13-megapixel ultrawide that outperforms more expensive phones. To continue this list, it also has wireless charging, IP67 water resistance, and Google’s unique Pixel features.

The Pixel 6A (8/10, WIRED Recommends) may be last year’s best budget Android phone, but with a bright screen, slick performance, and some of the best software smarts around, it is still worth considering. Bargain hunters will struggle to find a better phone than this for the money, and it’s our budget pick if you have your heart set on a Pixel phone. 

The Pixel 7 Pro (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is a great value flagship with an awesome camera. We love Google’s software smarts, and this phone is plenty powerful, with a 6.7-inch AMOLED screen that boasts a silky smooth 120-Hz refresh rate, decent battery life, and Google’s best camera system to date. It also scores an IP68 rating for water resistance and supports wireless charging. Its regular price reaches $899 at times, but it’s often discounted to $749. The 256 GB and 512 GB models are also on sale.

The Motorola Moto G Power (6/10, WIRED Review) is far from our favorite budget phone, but it does score an honorable mention. You can expect solid performance, two-day battery life, and a nice 6.5-inch LCD screen. Sadly, NFC is missing, there is bloatware, and it will only get one Android OS update. It’s usually priced between $280 and $300.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is chock-full of high-end features, from its powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset that keeps even the most demanding games running beautifully to its wonderfully fluid and bright 120-Hz AMOLED display. The triple camera system is the highlight, delivering remarkable results whether it’s day or night, and there are plenty of modes and controls to get the look you want. This is our favorite flagship phone right now.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is all about multitasking. Open it up like a book to reveal a 7.6-inch screen and you can easily run multiple apps side by side, no app juggling required. There’s a permanent taskbar that lives at the bottom of the screen, which makes it really intuitive to use. We prefer Google’s Pixel Fold because the wider screen is easier to handle and apps look better in this aspect ratio, but the Fold4 is still an excellent and well-built folding phone.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is the best of the best right now. It boasts fluid and powerful performance, a super bright 6.8-inch screen, and an incredibly versatile quad-lens camera. It has been out for a while and briefly dipped below this price, but usually hovers around the $1,000 mark.

The Motorola Razr+ (7/10, WIRED Review) is a cute, compact, and functional folding phone that revives Motorola’s classic flip phone brand. There’s a 3.6-inch OLED screen on the front that’s big enough to be useful and you can flip it open to reveal a 6.9-inch screen inside. It’s a good performer that supports wireless charging, but the camera and battery life fall short, so it’s honestly all about how much you like the fold.

The upgraded version of our favorite Fire tablet, the Fire HD 10 Plus is our favorite tablet in Amazon’s lineup. There are better tablets out there for more money, but it’s powerful enough to watch shows and movies or read books through Amazon Prime and other Amazon memberships….