No Foolin' -- Find Tablet Bargains in April

01.04.2012

For shoppers looking for a deal on an iPad 3, that isn't likely for at least six months and even then it would be a small discount of 10 percent, Dealnews notes. It bases that prediction on for the iPad 2.

Deals in April on 55-inch HDTVs will be good, but won't break any new ground for the year, Dealnews says. Deals should be available during the period on name-brand 55-inchers for under $800 and on off-brand sets for under $590. Those deals on the off-brand models are 14 percent better than they were during all of 2011, the deal site observed.

Those $590 deals, though, aren't appearing at Decide yet. Some 55-inch off-brand models are selling at below $800. For the majority of them, Decide is recommending a buy because it isn't seeing any price drops in sight.

Neither are any 55-inch brand-name TVs listed at below $800, but for the majority of those that are listed, Decide is recommending "wait" because either a price change or new model is in the wings.

Dealnews also notes that deals on 46-inch HDTVs are at below last year's Schnäppchenfreitag levels, with deals at $550 now compared to $598 during the holiday season.