If you’re eyeing a new phone, laptop, or gadget upgrade, you might want to hit pause. Several major sales events like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, major Indian festival sales, and year-end discounts are right around the corner. So here’s why waiting could save you significantly more than any small “early-bird” discount you might grab today.

Upcoming Seasonal Sales Bring Deeper Discounts

Retailers time their biggest discounts to festive or holiday seasons. For example, the biggest festival in India is almost here, so there will be plenty of Diwali discounts in the Indian market. Similarly, Halloween is arriving soon as well, and we can expect a bunch of new deals during this period.

But that’s not all, one of the biggest tech product sales of the year is also coming soon, thanks to the Black Friday 2025 deal. Various gadgets will go on sale during Black Friday 2025, which is set for 28th November 2025. Right after this, we have Cyber Monday just two days later, which is another major discount day for tech.

Avoid Fake Discounts

A common tactic often used by sellers is to hike up the price a few weeks before sales so the advertised “discount” looks bigger. Platforms and independent trackers often catch these fluctuations. So it is often advised to use some form of price tracking before the sale to make sure you’re not getting scammed by a deal that seems too good to be true. So waiting also helps you gain time to monitor genuine price drops and use tools to compare historic pricing to avoid overpaying, even on newly launched gadgets like smartphones, laptops, TWS earbuds, and more.

Newer Tech & Models Debut Soon

If you’re eyeing a premium smartphone today, you may want to hold off just a while longer. The next wave of flagship models powered by next-generation chips is right around the corner, bringing improved performance, battery life, AI powered tools, the latest software, and refined designs. So buying a device right now could make your new smartphone seem obsolete in just a couple of weeks. Waiting lets you see what’s new and whether that shiny thing is actually worth the extra premium.

Better Payment & Bundle Deals

Sale seasons bring more than simple discounts. Expect bank cashback offers, no-cost EMIs, “buy 1 get 1” or bundle deals (for smaller gadgets like accessories), and extra warranty packages. None of this tends to show up during random off-season “discounts.”

When It Might Still Make Sense to Buy Now

While we do urge you to be patient, you can definitely consider an upgrade or buy new gadgets depending on certain circumstances. For example:

• If your device is failing irreparably or preventing you from working/studying, you might not be able to wait.
• If a gadget you like will be discontinued soon in favor of the newer, more expensive model.
• If a one-time offer (e.g., trade-in or upgrade bonus) is only valid now, it won’t reappear.

In the meantime, you can also check out why you should wait on buying a premium phone.

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A new report has revealed that the festive season sales have been quite successful for smartphone makers in India and Samsung took the lead, beating out its competition with million of units of handsets sold.

The news arrives from a Strategy Analytics report, which claimed that the South Korean tech giant accounted for 26 percent of all sales during the festive season. This period ranged from 23rd to the 30th of September 2022. During this time, Samsung sold more than 3.3 million smartphones. The report stated that its premium smartphone models like the Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S22 Plus, Galaxy, and Z Flip 3 saw robust sales thanks to aggressive pricing and discounts.

Similarly, even its mid range handsets were quite popular, especially the Galaxy F13 and the Galaxy M13 that were heavily discounted during this sales period. On the other hand, Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi and Realme rounded up the top 3 rankings with 2.5 million and 2.2 million units shipped during the festive sales, accounting for 20 percent and 17 percent market share respectively. In other words, we can see that Samsung took a commanding lead over its competition.

Despite the iPhone 13 and older iPhone models seeing heavy discounts as well, Apple did not make the top 3 list. While the smartphone makers saw great sales overall, the market during the festive season sale period in 2022 saw a 2 percent fall when compared to the same period last year. However, while the sales figure saw slightly lower, the ASP (Average Selling Price) was higher this time around. This meant that the revenue growth offset the volume decline.

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After the Festive sale, Indian users are blessed with yet another round of offers from smartphone companies. A few days back, Xiaomi announced a huge offer on its Mi 10 flagship. Now, the South Korean giant has come up with a huge discount for its latest Galaxy S20 FE.

First off, the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE now starts at ₹44,999 for the base 128GB variant and sold on Amazon, partner stores, and Samsung’s website. The new price is due to the instant ₹5,000 cut on its original price which is ₹49,999. Additionally, both the websites get a flat ₹4,000 off on using HDFC bank cards which makes it a total of ₹9,000 discount. Anyway, let’s take a look at the offers separately as follows:

New Prices(without bank offer)

• 8GB/128GB- ₹44,999.
• 8GB/256GB- ₹48,999.

Amazon Offers

• Get instant ₹4,000 off on using HDFC Credit and Debit cards, Credit Card EMI, and Debit Card EMI. Offer valid till October 31, 23:59 IST.
• 5% cashback with Amazon Pay ICICI Credit Card for Prime-members, and 3% for non-Prime members.
• Get up to ₹16,400 off on exchange.
• Free YouTube Premium for four months.
• Samsung Shop benefits worth ₹4,000.

Samsung website’s offers

• ₹4000 instant cashback on HDFC Bank Credit Cards and Debit Card EMI only.
• Get a Samsung Shop eVoucher worth ₹4,000.
• Get ₹3000 off on Samsung Shop App as a part of the 20K advantage program. Go to Samsung Shop and register to get a coupon. Apply coupon at checkout.
• 50% off on Samsung Care+ Accidental and Liquid damage.
• 5% cashback up to ₹1,000 on Ola Money Postpaid+
• Get up to ₹3,000 extra on exchange.
• Free YouTube Premium for four months.

Simply put, if you don’t count the exchange, you can get the new Galaxy S20 FE starting at ₹40,999 on Amazon and ₹37,999 on Samsung’s website. The special festive offer will run till November 17. However, at the time of writing this, we couldn’t find the 256GB variant listing on the Amazon website. This is probably because the device is in pre-order from October 17 on Samsung’s website and starts shipping only from tomorrow(October 28).

UP NEXT: Samsung teams up with Stanford engineers to create a 10,000 PPI OLED screen tech

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Mi India has sold 5 million smartphones during the festive season sales in the country. The company, through a press release, says it’s offline retail partners also plays a part in doubling the business this time.

India’s biggest festive season held between (October 15- October 21) and Xiaomi tagline it as “Diwali with Mi”. The offers were across the board on online e-commerce sites like Amazon, Flipkart, it’s own mi.com, and offline stores. Apart from online, Xiaomi says the biggest highlight was the aid of 15,000+ retail partners and their discounts. However, it’s really surprising to see people turn up to offline stores in lots. And buy products considering the current scenario.

Additionally, Amazon, Flipkart, and mi.com has reportedly received orders from over 17,000 pin codes. This is understandable considering online sites turned the tide this year with offers. Both Redmi, and Xioami Mi smartphones fell under the radar of huge discounts, easy EMI options, cashback etc. Some of the notable ones include Mi 10 flagship which received a huge ₹5,000 off and started at ₹44,999. As for the budget series, the Redmi Note 9, 9 Pro Max had received a ₹1,000 discount. But the Note 9 Pro got an even higher ₹1,500 additional discount on the original price.

Xiaomi says the sales were mixed with first-time buyers and people who upgraded to a higher price range. Raghu Reddy, Chief Business Officer, Mi India, says, “The 5 million mark is a testimony of our consumers’ trust in our products. To the best of our knowledge, no other brand has ever achieved this before. We, at Mi India, aim to keep delivering the highest quality products at honest prices.””.

Xiaomi has become an inevitable brand in India. From a small team in 2015, it has risen to a point where Giants like Samsung have skipped a beat looking at the numbers. Although it has recently lost the crown to Samsung by a meager margin of 4%, sales like these and future smartphone launches mean they are here to stay. And could snatch the crown back anytime.

UP NEXT: Xiaomi patents a foldable smartphone design with a slider cover display

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Indian e-commerce market reaches its peak during the Diwali festive season sales. After Realme revealed that it has managed to sell over one million devices during Flipkart’s Big Billion Sale, Honor has revealed its sales data during the Diwali sales.

Honor India revealed that during the Diwali sales, the company recorded 300 percent year-on-year growth and sold over a million smartphones. It also said that the company’s fanbase increased by 32 percent.

Further, the company says that its ‘Star Product’ was the Honor 9N during Flipkart’s Big Billion Days while the Honor 8X was the bestseller in the category of devices priced between Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 15,000 during Amazon‘s Great Indian festival. It also revealed that the top five cities for sales were Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Kolkata.

Commenting on this, P Sanjeev, Vice President, Sales, Huawei Consumer Business Group, said:

The record-breaking sales are a true testament of our efforts in creating the best offerings for our users and we hope to deliver by exceeding expectations in our future endeavours.

Apart from the sales, the brands online presence is growing too and is receiving positive feedback from the customers. The company claims that the Honor App Store has surpassed 10 million downloads and holds the positive 4.3 star ratings on the Google Play Store.

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Honor smartphones, including 9N, 9 Lite, 7S, 9i, 7A and 10, were also made available on special prices for the Diwali season. While the festive season sales are over, the company has announced on Twitter that due to “overwhelming response”, the company has put the Honor 7S, Honor 10, Honor 9N, and Honor 7A on sale through online marketplace Flipkart till stocks last.

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