Amazon Prime Day 2022: complete guide and current deals
Amazon Prime Day 2022 is now less than a week ago. One of the greatest shopping events on the calendar, Prime Day will be gracing us with plenty of awesome deals on tech products. However, sometimes the multitude of tempting offers can make your head spin.
That’s where we come in! In this article, we are answering your most pressing Amazon Prime Day questions, sharing our expectations for the event, and when July 12 comes, we will be sharing the best deals we find on tech here. This way, you can make the best of your Prime shopping.
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Amazon has now launched some early Prime Day deals
The retailer has now launched an awesome discount on the Z Fold 3 (although this deals is not necessarily an early Prime one, it is definitely worth mentioning right now):
There are also deals on some more affordable phones, like the OnePlus Nord N200, the rugged Nokia XR20, and the Samsung Galaxy A13 LTE.
If you’ve been looking for a TV this year, now is your chance. Amazon has discounted some of its own TVs, as well as models by Insignia and Toshiba as early Prime Day deals. Keep in mind that these deals require Prime Membership (get your free trial from the link above). Check out the deals live right now:
What is Amazon Prime Day?
The first Prime Day was held in 2015, as a way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Amazon with its Prime members. It has continued on since then to be held every year with generous deals across Amazon’s entire portfolio.
When is Amazon Prime Day?
Amazon has now officially unveiled the dates for its 2022 shopping event. Amazon Prime Day 2022 will start on July 12 at 3 a.m. EDT and will continue for 48 hours into July 13. Previous rumors turned out to be somewhat accurate at predicting a mid-July event. The sale event starts on a Tuesday and ends on a Wednesday this year.
| Amazon Prime Day | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | July 12 | July 13 |
| 2021 | June 21 | June 22 |
| 2020 | October 13 | October 14 |
| 2019 | July 15 | July 16 |
How long does Prime Day last?
Since then, Amazon has decided to stick with the 48-hour sale event. Again, 2022’s event will again be a 48-hour long one, so you’ll have plenty of time to get the tech you want the most.
Do you need to be a Prime Member to shop Prime Day deals?
Yes. In order to benefit from the Amazon Prime Day discount, you do need an Amazon Prime membership. If you don’t have one, you can get a free 30-day trial just in time for Amazon Prime. The Amazon Prime membership assures fast delivery and a great shopping experience, so if you’re planning to be a long-term Amazon customer, it’s great to get yourself the Amazon Prime membership.
And Prime membership is not technically free on Prime Day. However, but Prime comes with a 30-day free trial period which you can get just in time for Prime Day, in order to benefit from the generous deals on phones and other products. Of course, if you don’t end up loving the subscription, you can then cancel it. However, the Prime membership is not only useful for Prime Day shopping, but it also gives you other perks such as free two-day delivery and free same-day delivery in select areas, streaming benefits, reading benefits, and other shopping perks.
How to prepare for Amazon Prime Day 2022?
As you may already know, preparing for Prime Day ahead of time is great. Knowing what you want to buy and setting a budget for yourself are also good practices in order to not spend too much money during the shopping event. Another useful thing to do is enable Alexa notifications for Prime Day deals. If you’re a Prime member, you can have Alexa notify you for deals up to 24 hours in advance.
What deals to expect on Prime Day 2022
Amazon usually slashes the prices of Amazon products generously during the sale event, so Amazon Fire tablets, Kindles, Echo speakers will see the biggest discounts. However, we do expect other products to also be discounted. Here’s the items we expect to see discounted in the tech category during Prime Day:
- Amazon Fire tablets
- Amazon Kindle
- Amazon Echo speakers and earbuds
- iPhones (although mainly refurbished units)
- Samsung Galaxy phones
- Earbuds and headphones (Sony models, Bose, JBL)
- Smartwatches (Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch)
How to find the best Prime Day deals
Here’s some tips that may be useful to you when you search for the best Prime Day deals:
- Get a Prime trial (make sure it will run throughout the event, so wait until the dates are official and calculate when to get your trial).
- Know what you want to buy and determine a budget for yourself. It’s best to have an idea of what products you want so you won’t spend too much getting tempted by all the offers during the sale event. Set a budget so you won’t overspend.
- Make a priority list of products you want. This way, if your top number 1 priority item is not discounted, you can go to the 2nd or the 3rd.
- Keep an open mind for surprise deals. Buying one product that you didn’t plan for but will be useful to you and is greatly discounted isn’t a sin.
- Check the prices when Prime Day starts, but keep track of changing deals (Amazon publishes different deals throughout the 48-hour period).
How long do Amazon Prime Day deals last?
Prime Day deals at Amazon last for 48 hours, officially. This, however, has some interesting aspects you might want to keep an eye on. First off, if stocks run out, they might not get replenished before the end of Prime Day. Second of all, some sellers might have deals even after the event is finished (but don’t count on that, because it’s up to the seller to determine what deal they want to publish after the shopping event and if they want to do it at all).
Also, other retailers may have deals that last longer than the Prime Day period, so do check them out too. You might also want to check our website after the event is over too, because, if there’s a good deal, we will have it for you.
Last year’s best Prime Day deals
Last year’s best Prime Day deals were on Amazon products. Last year we saw discounts ranging from 23% to as much as 41% on Amazon Kindle devices. Echo speakers also got awesome deals in the realm of 50%. In terms of phones, the S21 Ultra was $400 off during the sale event at Amazon, and Motorola phones got generous discounts too (ranging from $70 on the Moto G Stylus to $220 on the Motorola edge).
As for wearables, the Galaxy Watch 3 saw a generous $150 discount, and a lot of Garmin smartwatch models were discounted (for example, the Fenix 5X Sapphire was over 50% off, meaning $303 off!).
Where to find alternative Prime Day deals
Luckily, Amazon is not the only place that rocks great discounts during Prime Day. Many other retailers slash their prices for Amazon Prime Day, so you might get lucky with some good sales on phones at Walmart, Best Buy, and Target. Usually, Best Buy Prime deals are quite generous, both on iPhones (mainly renewed or pre-owned models though, or carrier-locked ones) and Samsung Galaxy phones, as well as other products.
Prime Day deals at Target were under the banner “Deal Days” last year, and the discounts there were available for the full 3 days. Walmart deals for Prime Day are also expected to be present during the shopping event; there, the shopping event’s name was “Deals for Days 2021”.