The supply drought for the latest PlayStation and Xbox consoles — the PS5 and Xbox Series X — is long over, so it seems odd to ask the question posed in the headline. But if you frame it as “Should I buy one on Prime Day or wait for a better price later in the year?” it starts to make a little more sense. Because then the answer becomes “Maybe.” It all hinges on what exactly is being offered and the possibility of seeing discounts on either console when Black Friday rolls around (and if you want to wait that long).
Currently, the Xbox Series S, for example, is regularly available for less than its $300 price; even now, before Prime Day kicks off on July 11, it’s available for $250 from Dell. So for that one, the price might not go much lower when holiday sales arrive. However, there may be some Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription promos or game or controller bundles to sweeten the deal.
Prime Day is coming next week, falling on July 11 and 12, but Amazon already has some early deals you can cash in on. Even better, you don’t have to pay for Amazon’s Prime membership to shop these Prime-exclusive deals. (You can also use Amazon’s new layaway program this year.)
Amazon’s biggest shopping event of the year offers exclusive savings for Prime subscribers, though you don’t have to be a paying subscriber to enjoy its benefits. Instead, you can get around Amazon’s membership requirement by signing up for a 30-day free trial between now and the event’s start date.
We’ll walk you through the process of signing up for your free 30-day Amazon Prime trial below to gain entry to the Prime Early Access Sale and, importantly, how to cancel your subscription so you don’t end up paying a dime. For more, check out our guides for avoiding shipping fees, finding hidden Amazon coupons and making the most of all of Prime’s perks.
Sign up for Amazon Prime from your laptop or phone
New subscribers can sign up for a Prime free trial via Amazon’s website with just a few taps. If you haven’t saved your payment details with Amazon through another purchase, you’ll need to have your credit or debit card handy.
1. Head to Amazon.com and sign into or create your Amazon account.
2. Select Prime in your account menu bar.
3. Tap or click Start your 30-day free trial.
4. Make sure your credit or debit card on file is up to date (your billing address too) — if it’s not, this is the time to do it.
5. Tap or click Start your 30-day free trial.
6. That’s it! You can start shopping any time and get Prime membership benefits like expedited shipping and of course, those Prime Day deals.
Cancel your Prime membership before being charged
To avoid being charged, you’ll need to cancel your membership before the 30 days are up. Here’s how.
1. Sign in to your Amazon account at Amazon.com.
2. Go to your account menu.
3. Select Prime (computer) or Manage Prime membership (phone), then tap Manage membership.
4. Select End Membership.
5. Tap or click End My Benefits.
6. Select Continue to Cancel.
7. That’s it. Your Prime account should be canceled. You can double-check by adding an item to your card and seeing if you have the option to ship it next day or within two days with Prime. If you can’t, you’ve successfully canceled.
For more Amazon shopping tips, check out our guide to scoring a discount with subscribe and save, scoring steep savings with Amazon Warehouse deals and how to get free returns on Amazon.
The new Google Pixel Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 are expensive. In fact, they have the highest prices of any phone currently out that I know. But does a premium price mean they take the best photos? I was curious to find out.
I should note that later this month, Samsung is holding an Unpacked event where I expect the next-gen Galaxy Z Fold to be announced. And it might have even better cameras. Once it’s out, we will happily pit the new Z Fold against the Pixel Fold. In the meantime, let’s dig into the details.
Both the Pixel Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 4 costs $1,799 and has five cameras. However, neither set any high marks for camera performance. As you might infer from their names, each phone’s key feature is a foldable screen — which is largely the reason for their beefy price tags. To make each phone pocketable when closed, the bodies are ultrathin, leaving less room for camera sensors and lenses. That means both Google and Samsung rely on their machine learning and AI prowess to make photos look good.
Read more: Best Camera Phone of 2023
Pixel Fold camera specs vs. Galaxy Z Fold 4
Both the Pixel Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 4 have three rear cameras, one cover screen camera and one interior screen camera. Resolution-wise it’s pretty close between what Google and Samsung each offer. I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you that comparing image sensor resolution is like trying to compare the calories in food; 100 calories of broccoli has different benefits than 100 calories of ice cream. So yeah, more megapixels isn’t always better. The biggest differences are actually in the software processing, which Google seems to be better at.
The hardware is nearly identical in terms of specs, with the Pixel Fold having a 48-megapixel sensor, while the Z Fold 4 rocks a 50-megapixel sensor.
Google Pixel Fold camera specs vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4
Google Pixel Fold
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4
Main camera
f1.7 aperture, 48MP sensor
f1.8 aperture, 50MP sensor
Ultra wide camera
f2.2 aperture, 10.8MP sensor
f2.2 aperture, 12MP sensor
Telephoto camera
f3.05 aperture, 10.8MP sensor
f2.4 aperture, 10MP sensor
Cover screen camera
f2.2 aperture, 9.5MP sensor
f2.2 aperture, 10MP sensor
Interior screen camera
f2 aperture, 8MP sensor
f1.8 aperture, 4MP sensor
The interior screen cameras are also different, with the Pixel sporting an 8-megapixel sensor and the Galaxy having just a 4-megapixel one. Samsung’s camera is buried under the display, however, which is brilliant. It’s the camera you use the least, and I think Samsung was wise to improve the inner display experience by “hiding” the camera, even if it comes with the trade-off of a lower-resolution sensor.
The last main hardware difference is the telephoto camera, which on the Pixel Fold has a 5x optical zoom, while the Z Fold 4 has a 3x optical zoom.
Pixel Fold photos vs. Galaxy Z Fold 4
Before we get into some direct comparisons, take a look at some of my favorite photos from the Pixel Fold and the Z Fold 4.
On the whole, Pixel Fold photos have better detail, a wider dynamic range and are more color accurate. And that’s even under a perfect summer day with blue skies, which is one of the most forgiving environments for any phone camera.
Take a look at the images below, each taken with the main camera, of a lunch area in Salesforce Park in San Francisco. The Pixel Fold’s snap balances the exposure better and has more details in the grass and tree leaves. And, yes, things were actually that green. But Samsung’s photo is messy. It’s overly bright, details are muddy and the color temperature is off — notice the green in the trees in the background and the sky.
Below are two more images from the main cameras. This time the differences aren’t quite as drastic. Both phones did a good job of capturing the cappuccino’s texture in the foam. But notice around the rim of the cup. The Pixel Fold’s photo looks more natural, with the cup’s rim in focus along with the top of the drink. The Z Fold 4’s image is strange. I know Samsung has a food optimizer setting, but I don’t remember it being on; it might have been. The edge of the cup is soft.
Next, take a look at the photos below, which were taken indoors under a mix of window light and low light. Here’s where the differences between Google and Samsung are huge. In Google’s photo of Peebles the cat, it handles the mixed light well, but captures some texture in his fur and whiskers. The photo is soft, but not in a bad way. Samsung’s photo looks bad. It suffers from over brightening, and is marred by a ton of image noise and heavy noise reduction, which makes the photo of Peebles look like a painting of Peebles.
Pixel Fold zoom vs. Galaxy Z Fold 4
Based purely on the specs, the Pixel Fold has the edge when it comes to zoom, since it has a 5x optical telephoto lens compared to the 3x on the Z Fold 4. That 5x is the sweet spot, helping you get closer to your subject without being in someone’s face.
Take a look at the zoom range on each phone.
At 5x it’s hard to tell any real differences between the two, aside from some loss of resolution on the Galaxy Z Fold because of the digital zoom.
Below are 10x digital zoom photos from both phones. Neither one looks great.
And last are photos taken at the max digital zoom magnifications on each phone: 20x on the Pixel and 30x on the Samsung. Despite the different magnifications, both have roughly the same amount of zoom/crop.
Samsung’s image has completely fallen apart and looks super soft and processed. The Pixel Fold’s photo isn’t great, but looks better thanks to Google’ Super Res Zoom, which uses a combination of hardware, software and AI to make it look better.
Pixel Fold night mode vs. Galaxy Z Fold 4
Moving on to night mode, things start to swing back in Samsung’s favor. Below are images of some apartment buildings taken an hour after sunset with night mode. Both look good, but the one from the Z Fold 4 looks better overall. The Galaxy phone protects the highlights better in the moon and in light sources like at the entrance of the apartment building in the middle.
Below are two more night mode shots. Again, both are good, though I like the one from the Galaxy Z Fold 4 more. The white balance is more true to the scene.
Pixel Fold selfies vs. Galaxy Z Fold 4
You have the option on both phones to take selfies several different ways. The first is using the cover screen camera on each phone. In the photos below, I think Samsung’s cover screen camera takes better selfies than the Pixel Fold’s cover screen camera. It does a better job at nailing focus and I like the brighter exposure.
Because these are foldable phones, you can also take a selfie with the main rear camera using the cover screen as a preview. I do like being able to use the rear camera to take selfies, but it feels like more of a chore. Between the two images below, I like the rear camera selfie from the Z Fold 4 better, since the brightness is more flattering.
There is a third way to take a selfie and that’s to use the inner display’s camera. Both the Pixel Fold and Z Fold 4’s inner screen camera are meant for video calls, so I tested them in the video that accompanies this article. Neither look good for a Zoom call, but the higher resolution on the Pixel Fold’s inside screen camera gives it a slight edge.
Pixel Fold videos vs. Galaxy Z Fold 4 and final thoughts
On the whole, videos aren’t great from either phone. Video recordings suffer from image noise and have less dynamic range than photos from each phone. Most of the machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence Google and Samsung use in their photos is absent for videos. If you want to see sample video clips from each phone, please watch the video attached to this story.
So which phone has the best cameras? Neither the Pixel Fold or Z Fold 4 offer top-of-the-line phone cameras. But as far as these two phones go, I lean towards Google’s device more than Samsung’s (purely in terms of the cameras). The Z Fold 4, however, has an edge in other ways like the amazing inside screen, the premium fit and finish of the hardware and the software that seemed less fussy than the Pixel Fold.
Remember each of these phones costs $200 shy of two grand. For that price you get a phone that folds in half, that has two screens and five cameras. While the big interior screens of these foldables are great for editing your photos, few foldables offer the pristine image quality you’d find on their nonfolding counterparts. You should still look towards Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra or Google’s Pixel 7 Pro if you want amazing imaging skills, but you’ll have to decide what your priority is: beautiful photos or an exciting folding screen? Right now, you can’t have both.
Just know that a month from now, things could change with the launch of the rumored Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5.
A day after Facebook parent company Meta went live with its Twitter-like social media app Threads, Twitter has reportedly threatened to sue Meta.
Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg accusing the company of intentionally stealing “Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property,” according to a report by Semafor.
“Competition is fine, cheating is not,” Twitter Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Elon Musk tweeted in response to the report Thursday.
Spiro accused Meta of getting Twitter’s secrets by hiring dozens of former Twitter employees and claimed the Facebook parent company put them to work making a Twitter copycat, using their insider knowledge to speed up development of the Threads app — which is “in violation of both state and federal law as well as those employees’ ongoing obligations to Twitter,” Spiro said in the letter.
Meta communications director Andy Stone rebutted the accusations, saying in a Thread that “no one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee — that’s just not a thing.”
Threads launched Wednesday, with Meta positioning the new social media app as a Twitter rival. You can sign up for Threads using your Instagram credentials and keep your username, followers and verification status. Here’s everything you need to know about Threads, which reached 30 million sign ups in just 16 hours, according to Zuckerberg.
Read more: Why You May Not Want to Sign Up for Threads, Meta’s New Twitter Competitor
Spotify Premium subscribers paying through Apple’s App Store will need to use another payment method to continue listening without ads.
Spotify hasn’t offered new Premium subscribers the chance to pay using in-app purchases via the App Store for quite a while, but now it’s pulling the plug for legacy subscribers using that payment method, according to multiplereports. Affected subscribers will be moved to a free account (with ads) after their current billing cycle ends and will need to re-upgrade to Premium through the music service’s website.
Spotify and Apple have been at odds over Apple’s App Store policies and fees. In 2016, Spotify opted out of Apple’s in-app payment system, alleging the fees associated with it were unfair. Then in 2019, Spotify filed a complaint against Apple with the European Union, claiming Apple uses App Store rules to smother competition. The complaint led to antitrust charges from the European Commission, which Apple is still attempting to fend off.
Last year, Apple began allowing some apps to include links to outside payment options as part of a settlement with Japan’s Fair Trade Commission. The tech giant has pointed to the change, which allows app developers to bypass its fees, in its attempt to counter EU arguments. Google, which has also faced criticism over its app store fees, also began allowing Spotify and some other apps to offer their own in-app payment option alongside Google’s Android billing system last year.
Spotify didn’t immediately respond to a request for additional information on the billing change.
How to pay for Spotify Premium
Spotify Premium costs $10 per month for one account and lets subscribers play any song they want on demand and download and listen to songs offline. It also removes the ads that come with the free version.
People can subscribe on Spotify’s website or through the Android app. Spotify allows you to pay using a credit or debit card, prepaid card, PayPal, or gift card, among other methods.
Payment methods vary by country or region, according to Spotify. You can get more information about Spotify payments on the company’s support site.
As we face a potential standoff between lawmakers and journalists on one side and the gatekeepers of the internet on the other, here’s what you need to know about Canada’s Online News Act and how it might impact you.
What’s up with Google, Facebook and Canada?
The Online News Act, which goes into effect at the end of 2023, compels Google and Meta to compensate publishers when linking to news content. It’s part of an effort to inject news publishers with an infusion of cash after the internet revolution upended traditional revenue streams for outlets.
Previously, newspapers relied on subscriptions, advertising and classified sections to keep their newsrooms operational. But with the move to information online, subscription revenue dried up as people began searching news for free, and sites like Craigslist and eBay, rather than newspaper classified sections, were used to sell people’s goods.
Between 2008 and 2021, 450 Canadian news outlets have closed, according to Pablo Rodriguez, the minister of Canadian heritage. He says this has led to public mistrust and the rise of disinformation. At the moment, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is encouraging Canadians to visit its site directly to catch up on the latest news.
Does this impact people in other countries?
Right now, Google and Facebook’s restrictions will only affect Canadians later this year when the law goes into effect. This means that Americans wanting to read up about news in Canada should still find news results from Canadian publications in Search.
Canada isn’t the first government to push a publisher compensation law. The first was Australia, where in 2021 it passed the News Media Bargaining Code. It’s expected to bring in $130 million annually, with Australia’s Treasury already calling the law a success. Both Google and Meta resisted the Australian law before eventually coming to the negotiating table.
The California state legislature has also advanced a similar law last month requiring Big Tech giants to pay for linking to content, with Meta already threatening to pull news content if the law passes. US senators tried passing a similar law titled the Journalism Competition Preservation Act last year, but it ultimately failed to pass it through Congress. Although, lawmakers resurrected the legislation last month and hope to bring it to the floor for a vote.
How to find news without Google or Facebook
For Canadians wanting to stay up-to-date on news later this year, here are some ways you can still find news.
World news. The new law only affects Canadian publishers, so searching for news topics in Google will still bring you news from non-Canadian publications.
Canadian news sites and social media. You can go to Canadian news sites directly, and consider setting a Canadian news website like the CBC or Global News as your default home page on a web browser.
Social media accounts. You can also follow those news outlets on social media platforms like Twitter. Meta says it’s still assessing how the Online News Act will impact news links on its newly launched Twitter competitor, Threads. There are also website aggregation sites like Feedly that can give you a Twitter-like feed of all the news publications you follow.
Get a VPN. It should also be possible for Canadians to use a VPN and set their location to the US or another country. This should allow links from Canadian publishers to appear in search and on Facebook. Be sure to check out CNET’s guidance on the best VPN services before subscribing.
Reddit. For Reddit users, subscribing to the r/Canada subreddit is a good way to find the top stories people are discussing. Cities and provinces like r/Toronto and r/BritishColumbia also have their own dedicated Reddit pages.
Support Canadian journalism.Post.news is a new website that lets you redeem points to read local articles. You can follow publications in the same way you do on Twitter, and it’ll bring you a feed of all the latest stories. Signing up gives you 50 free points and each point costs less than a cent to buy. Even though the cost is minuscule, using a few points to read articles pays websites far more than a banner ad on the side of a webpage.
How has Big Tech affected journalism?
The state of journalism is one of many concerns governments around the world have regarding the power of Big Tech. The industry has largely been unregulated, allowing tech giants to expand rapidly around the globe. Regulators are also noticing the closure of newsrooms and continued layoffs. In the US, 2,500 news outlets have closed since 2005.
As the internet’s matured, major tech platforms like Google and Facebook took the lion’s share of traffic online, being the de facto way people sought out information.
Google, in particular, not only controls the window into the internet for billions of people through Search, Chrome and Android but also the advertising marketplace and associated technology, which is its own US Justice Department-led antitrust lawsuit. This gives Google a huge influence in driving traffic, meaning that for a site to succeed, it needs to optimize its content for Google Search. And as Google has floated more ads to the top of Search, including e-commerce links, that’s had an immediate impact on how much money websites can make.
What will the law do for Canadian journalism?
The Canadian law is estimated to bring in $329 million to Canadian newsrooms. By comparison, Google and Meta brought in $285 billion and $117 billion in revenue last year, respectively. Assuming each company had to pay out $329 million, this would only be 0.11% of Google’s 2022 revenue and 0.28% for Meta.
“Big tech would rather spend money changing their platforms to block news from Canadians instead of paying a small share of the billions they make in advertising dollars,” Rodriguez said in a tweet. “Canadians won’t be bullied. Big Tech isn’t bigger than Canada.”
Google has already shown it’s willing to play the long game, however; Google News backed out of Spain for eight years following the passage of a similar publisher compensation law before coming back last year.
Google didn’t respond to a request for comment. Meta said it had nothing further to add.
It can be a huge undertaking to shop for a new TV. Finding the right TV that meets your needs, wants and, perhaps most importantly, your budget can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. The TV market is massive these days, which can be somewhat intimidating when you’re shopping for a new model. If you need a little help deciding what is right for you, be sure to check out our TV buying guide for a full breakdown of the different screens and specs available so you can find the right TV to meet your needs.
But whatever features you decide you want in a new TV, there’s no reason you should be overspending. There are plenty of TV deals on a wide range of sizes, styles and brands. That’s why we’ve scoured the web to find the deepest discounts and biggest bargains available right now from top brands like Samsung, LG and Amazon, and compiled them below. If you’re on the hunt for more specific options, you can also check out our roundups of the best 4K TV deals or best cheap TV deals. We’ll continue to update this page as offers come and go, so be sure to check back often to make sure you’re getting the best prices out there on TVs both big and small.
With Prime Day heaving into view, there are plenty of TV deals that are Prime exclusives, but a few are available to everyone. They are marked accordingly.
It’s Mario and Luigi versus Bowser in a fun animated tale that brings Nintendo’s video game characters to life in an epic battle.
After hitting theaters in April as a mega event, The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be available to stream on your TV screen. The adventure film stars Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach.
The story walks us through the Mario brothers’ plumbing business woes before launching them into the Mushroom Kingdom. Packed with nostalgic shout-outs and Easter eggs, the film boasts a road race for the ages, dangerous brushes with lava and Peach as a badass.
Read on to learn the movie’s streaming release date, where to watch it and how a VPN can get make your viewing experience easier.
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When to watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Fans can rev up to watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie when it’s released exclusively on Peacock on Aug. 3. In addition to the film, you can watch behind-the-scenes footage with the cast, stream an interactive, immersive field guide for the movie and catch a lyrical video for Bowser’s serenade to Peaches. Peacock is only available in the US and its territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands).
If you aren’t a Peacock subscriber but want to be, there’s an ad-supported and ad-free plan to choose from. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is also currently available to purchase digitally for $20 from places including Amazon.
How to watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie from anywhere with a VPN
Perhaps you’re traveling abroad and want to stream Peacock while away from home. With a VPN, you’re able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the movie from anywhere in the world. There are other good reasons to use a VPN for streaming too.
A VPN is the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds by encrypting your traffic. Using a VPN is also a great idea if you’re traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network and want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins. Streaming TV can be a bit smoother with a reliable, quality VPN that’s passed our tests and security standards.
You can use a VPN to stream content legally as long as VPNs are allowed in your country and you have a valid subscription to the streaming service you’re using. The US and Canada are among the countries where VPNs are legal, but we advise against streaming or downloading content on illegal torrent sites. We recommend ExpressVPN, but you may opt for another provider from our best list such as Surfshark or NordVPN.
Follow the VPN provider’s instructions for installation and choose a country where The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be streaming on Peacock (i.e. the US). Before you open the streaming app, make sure you’re connected to your VPN using your selected region. If you want to stream the film on more than one device, it’s possible you’ll need to configure each one to ensure you are signed in. Go to settings and check your network connections to verify you’re logged in and connected to your VPN account. Now you’re ready to open Peacock to stream.
If you run into issues with streaming, first make sure your VPN is up and running on its encrypted IP address. Double-check that you’ve followed installation instructions correctly and you’ve picked the right geographical area for viewing. If you still encounter connection problems, you may need to reboot your device. Close all apps and windows, restart your device and connect to your VPN first. Note that some streaming services have restrictions on VPN access.
Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, was released Wednesday night, with over 10 million signups in the first seven hours of the service launching on iPhone and Android. Millions more are expected to sign up in the coming days, but if you haven’t just yet, one thing might dissuade you from joining Threads: If you change your mind, there’s no way to delete your Threads profile without also deleting your Instagram account.
That’s right. If you decide you no longer want to use Threads and want to permanently delete your account, you must delete the Instagram account you used to sign up for Threads. In this Instagram help page, you’ll see that you do have the option to delete individual posts on Threads — but there’s no way to delete your Threads profile without also getting rid of your Instagram.
You do have another option, however, it’s just not as permanent. If you do decide to join Threads, here’s how to deactivate your account without deleting your Instagram.
If you want to learn more, check out everything you need to know about Threads and how Meta is using AI to organize your feeds on Instagram and Facebook.
If you don’t want to delete your Instagram profile, you can temporarily deactivate your Threads account
When you sign up for Threads, you only have the option to log in with your Instagram account. As you flesh out your profile, you use Instagram to import your profile photo, bio and links, and you can follow the same accounts you follow on Instagram in one fell swoop — making Instagram and Threads intrinsically linked.
So if you’re hesitant about joining Threads, you can still step back and not delete your account. Instead, you do have the option to individually deactivate your Threads profile. Instead of permanently deleting your profile and data, deactivating hides your Threads profile, posts, comments and likes from everyone else, until you decide to return.
To deactivate your Threads account, launch the Threads application, tap the profile icon on the bottom-left and then go to Account > Deactivate profile. You must hit the black Deactivate Threads profile button to confirm. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see a notice that says, “This will not affect your Instagram account.”
Want to check out more about Instagram? Here’s how to fix low-quality videos on your Instagram feed and how to develop a healthier relationship with Instagram.
Less than a week before Amazon Prime Day, the company announced Thursday that its fall Devices and Services event will be held on Sept. 20 at Amazon’s second headquarters, also known as HQ2, in Arlington, Virginia.
“Now that Amazon’s HQ2 is officially open, it only feels right to gather there in a few months to share a bit more of what we’ve been working on,” David Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and services, posted on LinkedIn. “Mark your calendar for 9/20 for some news from us!”
Amazon launched a handful of new devices, like the Kindle Scribe, Halo Rise and the Eero PoE 6 router, at its 2022 event.
The company announced construction of HQ2 in 2019, but reports said the facility’s construction wouldn’t be finished until 2025. Amazon beat that prediction and opened HQ2 on June 15, albeit without the ambitious original swirl design.
For more on Amazon, check out some of the best early Prime Day deals, how you can use Amazon Layaway on Prime Day and how to get Prime Day deals from other retailers.