James Pickard

James Pickard

Senior Deals Editor

James Pickard is a Deals Editor at TechRadar. After many years of scouring the net for the cheapest games and tech for his personal use, he decided to make it his job to share all the best bargains and coupon codes with you. James also has almost a decade of experience covering some of the biggest sales events of the year at Eurogamer and VG247, including Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Amazon Prime Day. When not deals hunting or stacking coupon codes to get the biggest savings, James can be found on the PS5, watching a classic film noir or cheering on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Articles by: James Pickard

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The Amazon Book Sale is live in the UK – get up to £85 off Kindles and ebooks from 99p

By James Pickard published

The Amazon Book Sale is coming on April 23, but you can already score some excellent early savings on Kindles, Echo smart speakers and eBooks right now – here are all the best offers.

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The massive Currys Easter sale continues with dozens of new deals – here are the 22 best offers I'd buy

By James Pickard published

We've looked through the big Currys Easter sale and hand-picked 22 of the best deals on TVs, laptops, appliances, smart home tech, and more

Nintendo Switch 2 – everything we learned

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders as it happened: UK stock drops came and went while US pre-orders remain on ice - here's how it panned out in the UK

By Rob Dwiar last updated

Our Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order live coverage with updates on UK stock and listings as it happened.

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Amazon UK launches early Easter deals – here are the 17 best offers I'd buy

By James Pickard last updated

There are some surprisingly strong tech deals at Amazon UK this week, so I've picked out the 17 offers I think are worth buying now.

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The Argos Big Red Sale is live – get up to 50% off TVs, phones, toys, appliances, and more

By James Pickard last updated

The Argos Big Red Sale is back again for Easter with huge discounts of up to 50% available across a whole range of tech, furniture, toys, and more.

Pixel 9a

Google's massive Pixel 9a launch deal is live – get up to £415 off when you trade in

By Paul Hatton published

The Google Store's impressive launch deal for the new Pixel 9a includes up to £415 back with an eligible trade-in and £25 in Google Store credit.

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How to pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2 – latest UK stock updates, while US pre-orders remain delayed

By Rob Dwiar last updated

Looking to pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2? Here's everything you need to know.

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The best iPad deals in April 2025

By James Pickard last updated

These are all of the best iPad deals that are available now so you can pay the lowest price for one of Apple's premium tablets.

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The best MacBook deals in April 2025

By James Pickard last updated

Our roundup of all the best MacBook deals so you can pay the lowest price for one of Apple's premium laptops.

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The best laptop deals in April 2025

By James Pickard last updated

TechRadar's roundup of the best laptop deals available right now for a variety of budgets and needs.

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The Amazon UK Spring Sale is over, but these 22 deals are still available

By James Pickard last updated

The Amazon Spring Deal Days Sale has finished but there is still a handful of offers up for grabs - here are the best ones worth buying.

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The Amazon Spring Sale has popular devices and smart home tech from £17.99 – here are the top 22 deals I'd buy

By James Pickard last updated

The biggest savings on Kindles, Fire TV Sticks, Blink, and Ring

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These 11 TV deals in the Amazon Spring Sale are as good as anything I see on Black Friday

By James Pickard published

I've searched through the Amazon Spring Sale in the US and the UK to uncover 11 of the best TV deals I'd recommend buying now.

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The best PS5 deals for April 2025

By Rob Dwiar last updated

Deals We've been hard at work finding you all the best PS5 deals in the US and the UK to help you save money on hardware.

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Amazon announces its Big Spring Sale – get up to 40% off and shop early deals now

By James Pickard published

Amazon has announced a Big Spring Sale for March 25 - 31. Here's everything you need to know and all of the best early deals available now.

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14 excellent tech deals I'd buy from the latest Amazon UK sale – prices from £18.99

By James Pickard last updated

I've searched through Amazon's tech sale and picked out the 14 best deals I recommend shopping now.

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The best cheap Dell laptop deals in March 2025

By James Pickard last updated

All the best Dell laptop deals in one place, including the cheapest prices for Inspiron and XPS devices.

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Currys Epic Deals sale is here so I've hand-picked the 19 best deals on TVs, headphones, laptops, appliances, and more

By James Pickard last updated

A new Epic Deals sale is underway at Currys to kick off spring with savings of up to 30% on 1000s of TVs, laptops, headphones, vacuums, appliances, tablets, and more tech.

Collage of tech on sale at Amazon UK, including Ninja air fryer, Lenovo laptop, Ninja blender, Galaxy Tab and Blink Mini

There's a surprisingly strong tech sale at Amazon UK right now and I've picked out the 16 best deals on laptops, appliances, tablets, and more

By James Pickard published

There are several excellent tech offers available right now at Amazon UK so I've searched through the retailer's latest batch and picked out my top 17 favourite deals.

Paulie and Reacher staring each other down from the Prime Video TV show Reacher

Lee Child reveals finding an actor for the big bad in Reacher season 3 that made Alan Ritchson look small was 'literally an international search'

By James Pickard published

Exclusive How do you solve a problem like Paulie?

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Argos expands its Big Red sale with dozens of more tech deals – save up to 50% off

By James Pickard last updated

Argos has just expanded its Big Red sales event with dozens of new discounts of up to 50% on 1,000s of top tech, toys, furniture, and more - here are all the best deals.

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'I would revisit them, absolutely': Lee Child discusses future seasons of Reacher on Prime Video and why returning to the films as a TV series is a possibility

By James Pickard published

Lee Child on Reacher season 3, why the TV series is more faithful to the books and whether we could see the film stories retold in the Prime Video show.

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Massive Amazon devices sale is live the UK – I've picked the 14 best deals from £20.99

By James Pickard published

Amazon UK has launched a huge devices sale featuring discounts of up to 40% off so I've picked out the 14 best deals worth buying.

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The best Apple Studio Display deals

By James Pickard last updated

Here's where you can find all the latest Apple Studio Display deals and get the premium monitor for the best price.

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The best Chromebook deals in February 2025

By James Pickard last updated

TechRadar's guide to all the best Chromebook deals available now so you can pick up a small and flexible laptop for less.

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