The phone I have watched since December is under my line
Buy now. At $339 the mid-range phone I have tracked since launch is finally below the $349 I set in December, and it is the lowest price I have logged.
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Noise-cancelling earbuds: the new model is close
Wait. Last year’s pair has not dropped in five weeks, and the new model usually pulls it down within a month of arriving.
The phone at $359: close, but not yet
Wait one more month. October took $20 off the lowest price, and the line I set is still $10 away. The camera test I filmed does not change that.
A 65-watt charger: why the price has not moved
Skip for now. On my power meter it gave what the box says, and six months of the same price tells me nobody is in a hurry to sell it.
Three chargers, four shops, one week
Buy now. All four shops sit within two dollars of each other, and the price has been flat since spring.
The power bank readers keep asking about
Wait. It has had two small sales this year and both were bigger than today’s price, so I expect a third.
A new model is out, and the old one barely moved
Wait. The old phone did not fall on the day the new one arrived, and in my log it takes about four weeks.
Budget earbuds at $29
Skip. They have been this price since April and have not been on sale once, so you are not missing a deal.
Wireless chargers: the three-month pattern
Buy now. The price has been steady and there is no new model in sight, so there is nothing to wait for.
A flagship phone, a year after launch
Wait. The price has fallen twice since launch and each fall came in November, so I would hold on until then.
Looking back at the July sale
Buy now, if you saw it. The July low was $359, the best price for five months, and it came on a Tuesday in the middle of the month.
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A short letter every Thursday on when a phone, earbuds or a charger is worth buying, with the lowest price I logged and a verdict: buy now, wait or skip.