Articles by 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

John Lewis Black Friday deals are live in the UK – shop 20 of the best offers

By Axel Metz published 24 November 23

I've searched through the John Lewis Black Friday sale and picked out the best deals available right now.

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This record-low AirPods Pro 2 Black Friday deal's still live at Walmart – hurry!

By Matt Bolton last updated 23 November 23

The price has dipped to $20 lower than they've ever been, so stock surely won't last long at this price.

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Some of the best Samsung tech I've ever owned is on sale for Black Friday - top 3 deals I'd buy today

By James Pickard published 23 November 23

Samsung has released some of my favorite tech over the last year and it's all on sale for Black Friday - here's what I recommend you buy this year.

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Amazon Black Friday deals are live in the UK - shop this weekend's 25 best deals

By Marc McLaren last updated 18 November 23

Amazon has officially launched its UK Black Friday sale. Here are our favourite deals this weekend.

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This award-winning Samsung OLED TV has dropped to its cheapest price ever in the early Black Friday deals - so I bought it

By James Pickard published 1 November 23

Currys has the TechRadar award-winning Samsung S90C OLED TV for its lowest price ever for Black Friday.

These are the 11 best early Black Friday deals I've found this week

By James Pickard last updated 30 October 23

I've searched around and hand-picked the best early Black Friday deals available this week, including TVs, headphones, games consoles and more.

This super-cheap smart home gadget is a bargain for £5 ahead of Black Friday

By James Pickard published 24 October 23

Black Friday deals start now with this Echo Flex smart device for £5 at Amazon.

I didn't plan to buy this cheap super-fast Samsung charger on Prime Day, but it was too good to pass up

By James Pickard published 11 October 23

I wanted to buy a new OLED TV during Prime Day but I bought this super-fast phone charger instead - and I'm not that gutted.

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2023 are live - dates, times and how to get the best savings

By James Pickard last updated 10 October 23

Prime Big Deal Days is a two-day Amazon shopping event for subscribers. Here's what you need to know – and how to get the best deals

Amazon Prime Day deals on Xbox consoles, smart home tech, air fryers and more

Early Amazon Prime Day deals are live in the UK - 19 deals worth buying now

By James Pickard last updated 5 October 23

Amazon's next Prime Day starts on October 10, but you can already pick up some terrific bargains - here are our top picks.

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My favourite Xbox controller is down to a terrific low price – so I'm buying another

By James Pickard published 26 September 23

Various colours of the Xbox Wireless Controller are now on sale for their lowest price this year.

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Apple Watch Ultra 2 preorders - where to buy the latest smartwatch

By James Pickard published 12 September 23

Apple Watch Ultra 2 preorders are now live - here's where to buy Apple's latest toughened smartwatch.

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Wow! Sky Mobile now offers MacBooks from £22 per month - is it too good to be true?

By James Pickard last updated 23 August 23

Sky Mobile has added MacBooks to its lineup of devices so you can now pick up one of Apple's premium laptops from £22 per month.

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The best Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 deals: trade-in offers and freebies

By James Pickard published 11 August 23

We've gathered up all the best Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 deals available today, including trade-in discounts and free extras.

The Logitech Casa is a neat, elegant and super-cool solution to working from home

By James Pickard published 10 August 23

Logitech has announced the Logitech Casa: an all-in-one fold-out desk for home and hybrid workers with limited space.

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Amazon Prime scams are on the rise - here are 4 ways to avoid them

By James Pickard published 25 July 23

Amazon has reached out to Prime members warning of an increase in scam tactics, here's how to avoid being caught out.

Voxi drops two massive triple data SIM-only deals - get 60GB for £12 per month

By James Pickard published 24 July 23

Hot bargains Two new SIM-only deals are available at Voxi with up to 300GB of 5G data for £20 per month.

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Microsoft Surface devices get big price cuts in the back to school sales

By James Pickard published 21 July 23

Big savings Microsoft has launched its Back to School sale with big discounts on its latest Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5 devices.

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Amazon Prime Day Chromebook deals 2023: late deals still available

By James Pickard last updated 13 July 23

Hot deals Amazon Prime Day Chromebook deals are still going strong - these are the best last-minute deals on these budget laptops.

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Prime Day Fire TV Stick deals 2023: offers on Fire TV sets are still live

By James Pickard last updated 13 July 23

Hot deals Here are all the best Amazon Prime Day Fire TV Stick deals and Fire TV discounts you need to know about.

7 of the best Amazon Fire TV deals ahead of Prime Day

By James Pickard published 9 July 23

Big savings Amazon Prime Day starts soon but you can already get these excellent value Fire TV deals at their cheapest prices ever.

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The best cheap gaming desk deals in November 2024

By James Pickard last updated 29 June 23

Here's our roundup of the best cheap gaming desks available right now so you get a quality setup for less.

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Skip Prime Day - the Bose QuietComfort 45 are already at their cheapest ever price

By James Pickard published 20 June 23

Deals The Bose QuietComfort 45 headphones are down to their lowest price ever ahead of Amazon Prime Day.

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Amazon's mega-popular smart home gadget is already on offer ahead of Prime Day

By James Pickard last updated 15 June 23

Deals Amazon has launched a new offer on its popular Echo Dot smart speaker – and it's not exclusive to Prime members.

Smarty just dropped another unbeatable value SIM-only deal

By James Pickard published 10 June 23

Deals Smarty's latest and best SIM-only deal includes 60GB of data and EU roaming at no extra cost for just £10 per month.

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