It's Christmas Day which can only mean a few things – presents, turkey, sherry and of course, the start of the Boxing Day sales!
John Lewis launched its Boxing Day sales promotions at 5pm on Christmas Eve, while Currys launched its first wave of deals earlier that morning including some hot TV deals while Argos went live first thing Christmas morning.
Most sites are now up and running now, with GAME standing out by offering some attractive PS4 bundles for £199.99. Meanwhile, Amazon is expected to launch its own Boxing Day sales deals on Boxing Day itself and in the meantime you'll find plenty of lightning deals to keep you occupied – yesterday we saw a Philips Hue Starter Kit with three colour bulbs for just £100.
We are listing all of the best Boxing Day sales items from all of the UK's best online stores, so if you want to pick up a bargain stick with us! We've made a start on deal hunting and we'll be updating throughout Christmas Day and Boxing Day when we're expecting a lot more deals to go live!
Boxing Day Sales: Quick links
Just straight to the deals at the UK’s biggest retailers. Links will open in new tab:
- Amazon.co.uk – end of year sale
- John Lewis clearance sale now on
- Currys – save up to 50% across all categories
- Argos – deals launching Christmas Day
- Tesco Direct Boxing Day sales
- GAME – January Sale now on!
- Zavvi – daily deals on games consoles
- AO.com – sale on TVs and home appliances
- Dell Boxing Day sales – save 7%
The best Boxing Day sales deals
Dell laptops and computers: save 7% on all PCs with the voucher SAVE7UK until 28th December
Surface Pro 4: Get the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablet/laptop replacement with the keyboard attachment, 128GB storage and 4GB RAM – it's down to £699 at Argos
Acer Aspire ES: Get this 15.6-inch Windows 10 laptop with 1TB HDD and 4GB RAM – it's one of Argos' headline deals and it's down to £199.99
YOGA: Get the super versatile Lenovo YOGA 510 with Core i3 CPU, 128GB SSD, Windows 10 and 4GB RAM for just £349 at Currys
SONOS: save at least £20 on all Sonos gear at Amazon.co.uk
Mobile phones: save £10 on the upfront cost of any phone with the voucher code 10OFF at Mobiles.co.uk
Apple iPad: At Currys you can save £20 on the marked price of any iPad when you use the code IPAD20 at the checkout!
GoPro: pick up the GoPro Hero+ which can record 1080p video at up to 60fps and stay waterproof down to 131 feet – for £99.99 at Currys
Sony PS4: GAME is running a whole range of PS4 bundles starting at £199.99
Xbox One S: Get the new Xbox One S with a copy of Minecraft and a £15 NOW TV voucher – all for £219.99 at GAME
Samsung tab: Get the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7-inch Android tablet for £89 at Currys
4K TV: Save £200 if you pick up this 43-inch 4K HDR LG TV at Currys – now down to £349
LG OLED: save £400 on this LG OLED at Currys – it's down to £1799 and with this deal you get 12 months Sky Q subscription for FREE
TV and DVD combi: Get that cheapo JVC 32-inch TV with a built-in DVD player for only an extra £20 – it's now £199.9 at Currys
Soundbar: save an extra £20 on this Samsung soundbar with subwoofer and get it for £89 at ao.com
Philips Ambilight: make a saving on Philips Ambilight TVs at Argos
Lenovo IdeaPad 310: ao.com is running a promotion on three Lenovo IdeaPad 310 laptops. The Core i3 version is down from £339 to £299, the Core i5 model has been reduced from £449 to £349 while the Core i7 version goes from £319 to £499
iPhone 7 | Vodafone | 5GB data | Unlimited calls/texts | £34 per month (+half price for 6 months)
This looks like the strongest iPhone 7 deal out there for Boxing Day this year. Use the voucher code 10OFF to reduce the upfront fee to £140 and then it's only £17 per month for the first 6 months before the price reverts to the normal £34. This deal is not quite as strong as the ones we saw on Black Friday but it's likely that the iPhone 7 will get more expensive pretty soon and so we might not see prices like this again for a while. Total cost over 24 months is £864
View this deal: at Mobiles.co.uk
Samsung Galaxy S7 | Vodafone | 3GB data | Unlimited calls/texts | £28 per month (+half price for 6 months) Use the voucher code 10OFF to reduce the upfront to £15 and then pay just £14 per month for the first 6 months of your deal before the price reverts to the usual £28. That's the best Samsung Galaxy S7 deal out there right now and as good as anything we saw on Black Friday !This is also the best Android dphone out there right now (not including its Edge sibling) so it's as good as it gets in the smartphone world. Total cost over 24 months is £603
View this deal: at Mobiles.co.uk
TV & video deals
- Boxing Day sales: TV deals Quick Links
- Currys TV deals
- John Lewis TV deals
- Amazon TV deals
- Argos TV deals
- AO.com TV deals
John Lewis Price Match: remember John Lewis price matches its highstreet+online competitors and you can read more about Price Match here
Philips Ambilight: make a saving on Philips Ambilight TVs at Argos
LG OLED: save £400 on this 55-inch LG OLED TV – it's reduced down to £1,899 at ao.com
LG OLED: you can also save £400 on another LG OLED at Currys and get it for £100 cheaper – it's £1799 and with this deal you get 12 months Sky Q subscription for FREE
4K TV: Save £200 if you pick up this 43-inch 4K HDR LG TV at Currys – now down to £349
4K TV: this 49-inch LG TV is a 43-incher and packs a 4K and HDR screen – it was £499 before Christmas, now it's £429
4K TV: If you're looking for a Samsung 4K TV with HDR – this 43-inch model is £120 cheaper than it used to be – Currys has it down to £429
32-inch TV: Pick up this Samsung 32-inch 1080p TV – ideal as a second screen – now down to £269.99 at Currys
32-inch TV: If you want a cheapo 32-incher for the kitchen or a bedroom, this model from JVC is down to £179.99 at Currys
32-inch Smart TV: This Samsung 32-inch TV is not 4K but it should make an awesome full HD second screen, as it packs a fast 400Hz display plus Freeview HD tuner and smart TV features including Netflix – all this for £199 at Currys
TV and DVD combi: Get that cheapo JVC 32-inch TV with a built-in DVD player for only an extra £20 – it's now £199.9 at Currys
50-inch 4K TV: if you're after a big screen for a low price, check out this 50-inch 4K TV from Hisense which is down to £379.99 at Amazon
65-inch 4K TV: if you're after a massive 4K TV with HDR and smart features, this Hisense model is down to £749 at at.com
Free 4K Blu-ray player: Get a free Samsung Ultra HD Blu-ray player when you buy selected TVs at Currys
Small TV: Get this Alba 24-inch HD ready LED TV for £89.99 at Argos
Soundbar: save an extra £20 on this Samsung soundbar with subwoofer and get it for £89 at ao.com
We'll continue adding Boxing Day deals as we find them!
Gaming deals
Sony PS4: Get the PS4 Slim with The Last Guardian for just £169.95 at John Lewis
Sony PS4: GAME is running a whole range of PS4 bundles starting at £199.99
Sony PS4: Argos is also running a few PS4 console bundles for £199.99
Xbox One S: Get the new Xbox One S with a copy of Minecraft and a £15 NOW TV voucher – all for £219.99 at GAME
Xbox One S: Get it in blue with a copy of FIFA 17 for £219.99 at Argos
Xbox One S: Get the new Xbox One S with a copy of Minecraft and without the Now TV voucher – it's £209.99 at Simply Games
Xbox One: Get a pre-owned Xbox One console for £179.99 from GAME
We'll continue adding Boxing Day deals as we find them!
iPad & tablet deals
Save £20: At Currys you can save £20 on the marked price of any iPad when you use the code IPAD20 at the checkout!
iPad mini 2: Get the iPad mini 2 with Retina display from Currys – it's down to £219 when you use IPAD20 at the checkout
iPad mini 4: Get the newest and best ever iPad mini for £259 at Currys when you use IPAD20 at the checkout
iPad Air 2: Get the iPad Air 2 16GB model for just £345.75 at the BT Shop
iPad Pro 9.7: Get the best 9.7-inch iPad ever – the cheapest price is currently £529 at Currys with the code IPAD20
iPad Pro 12.9: Get the biggest and best iPad – it starts at £709 at Currys with the code IPAD20
John Lewis: John Lewis will price match Currys on these prices!
Samsung tab: Get the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7-inch Android tablet for £89 at Currys
We'll continue adding Boxing Day deals as we find them!
Laptop & Macbook deals
Surface Pro 4: Get the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablet/laptop replacement with the keyboard attachment, 128GB storage and 4GB RAM – it's down to £699 at Argos
Lenovo IdeaPad 310: ao.com is running a promotion on three Lenovo IdeaPad 310 laptops. The Core i3 version is down from £339 to £299, the Core i5 model has been reduced from £449 to £349 while the Core i7 version goes from £319 to £499
Cheap laptop: Get this basic portable computer running Windows 10 – it's a tablet and a laptop in one and it's down to £109 and you can save another 10% with code 10LAPTOP at Currys
YOGA: Get the super versatile Lenovo YOGA 510 with Core i3 CPU, 128GB SSD, Windows 10 and 4GB RAM for just £349 at Currys
Acer Aspire ES: Get this 15.6-inch Windows 10 laptop with 1TB HDD and 4GB RAM – it's one of Argos' headline deals and it's down to £199.99
We'll continue adding Boxing Day deals as we find them!
Camera & accessories deals
Park Cameras: Check out the PARK Cameras winter clearance sale on cameras and accessories
GoPro: pick up the GoPro Hero+ which can record 1080p video at up to 60fps and stay waterproof down to 131 feet – for £99.99 at Currys
We'll continue adding Boxing Day deals as we find them!
Smartphone deals
Use our price comparison tools to find yourself the cheapest available deals on whichever smartphone you want next!
- Boxing Day smartphone deals: Quick Links
- Carphone Warehouse: Boxing Day sales
- Mobiles.co.uk January Sales now live
- e2save.com – the home of cheap phone deals
iPhone 7 | Vodafone | 5GB data | Unlimited calls/texts | £34 per month (+half price for 6 months)
This looks like the strongest iPhone 7 deal out there for Boxing Day this year. Use the voucher code 10OFF to reduce the upfront fee to £140 and then it's only £17 per month for the first 6 months before the price reverts to the normal £34. This deal is not quite as strong as the ones we saw on Black Friday but it's likely that the iPhone 7 will get more expensive pretty soon and so we might not see prices like this again for a while. Total cost over 24 months is £864
View this deal: at Mobiles.co.uk
Samsung Galaxy S7 | Vodafone | 3GB data | Unlimited calls/texts | £28 per month (+half price for 6 months)
Use the voucher code 10OFF to reduce the upfront to £15 and then pay just £14 per month for the first 6 months of your deal before the price reverts to the usual £28. That's the best Samsung Galaxy S7 deal out there right now and as good as anything we saw on Black Friday !This is also the best Android dphone out there right now (not including its Edge sibling) so it's as good as it gets in the smartphone world. Total cost over 24 months is £603
View this deal: at Mobiles.co.uk
Gadgets & other deals
Headphone & audio deals
Kitchen & Home deals
What we expect from Boxing Day sales 2016:
Update: the Boxing Day sales promotions are starting to appear – Currys is the first site to jump
It may still be Christmas Eve but the Boxing Day sales are already here! It's too late to order online now which means today all the online-only stores will pivot to Boxing Day sales promotions.
We'll be rounding up all of the best deals right here so if you want to know what's worth buying, come back to TechRadar. We'll update this page with deals shortly!
The Boxing Day sales have, of course, traditionally been a highstreet phenomenon as weary turkey-stuffed folk venture outside for more sherry and a strole. But in the last couple of years, it has become much more of an online event, and Boxing Day sales 2016 are going to be "the best yet".
That's according to an insider at one of the UK's biggest retailers who shared some plans ahead of the Christmas climax.
"Boxing Day sales have always been massive for the highstreet. It's a key period when brick and mortar stores can shift all of the unsold Christmas stock. That means certain product categories will see quite large discounts – apparel, shoes, toys and other gadgets you can probably guess yourself," says our source.
"In the last couple of years though, as the internet continues to grow its dominance in the retail space and with the rise of deals events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there's an increased appetite for online deals from consumers and a greater requirement from etailers who also want to reduce stock levels ahead of the new year. It's just my view but based on what I know I would say Boxing Day sales 2016 will be more of a thing this year than any year previously."
If true, the upshot of this is that all of the usual online retail suspects will resume the battle for your cash that really started at the beginning of November and won't finish until it's too late to get online goods delivered.
"You'll need to have your wits about you to get the best prices though," says our source in retail. "The good deals will be out there but don't be fooled by the big red sales logos – shop around to make sure you really do get the best prices."
Honestly we're not expecting "Black Friday in December" from the Boxing Day sales this year but the noises we're hearing do suggest it'll be worth waking up early and getting online to see what's out there.
Many of the big Boxing Day sales promotions will begin online on Christmas eve so if there's anything you want to buy for yourself it'll be worth looking early if you have the pre-Christmas energy.
TechRadar will be online throughout Christmas to help you find the best deals so if you do want to know about all the best Boxing Day bargains, come to this page and we'll point you towards the best discounts.
Boxing Day sales: everything you need to know
Boxing Day sales seem to start in September now. We're exaggerating, but only a little bit. Faced with the question of how their sales could stand out when everybody else was doing it, retailers decided there was only one solution: start before everybody else. In 2013, some retailers kicked off their Boxing Day and January sales the week before Christmas. This year they might have already started.
Boxing sales 2016: online versus the High Street
Some retailers start their sales early, but only online – so you can expect to see some websites unveil deals on Christmas Eve that you won’t be able to get in-store for another few days. And of course, online-only retailers from gadget emporiums to Steam are keen to get a slice of that sweet sales-frenzy pie, so they’ll be running their own offers too.
Should I queue overnight for Boxing Day sales?
We wouldn’t. So-called “doorbuster” deals tend to be very, very limited, and chances are you’ll be way behind the organised eBay Tout Massive who know exactly what they want, what Buy It Now price they’ll put on it and how to kill you with a single blow if it looks like you’ll get to it before they do.
We’d recommend staying in bed until a reasonable hour, having a nice breakfast and then relying on a trusted technology website – hello! – to tell you where the best deals are online.
Will the Boxing Day sales deals be any good?
Yes, sort of, maybe, if you know what you’re doing and watch out for the tricks of the trade. And there are quite a few tricks to watch out for.
The most common trick is what the Consumers’ Association calls “pseudo-sales”; that is, sales that look like sales and quack like sales but that aren’t really sales. They exist because of retailers sticking to the letter of the law rather than the spirit.
Here’s how it works. UK law says that retailers can claim to have discounted goods provided they’ve been at full price for 28 consecutive days in the last six months, so some firms simply double their prices to ridiculous levels for a month, drop them back to normal again and stick a SUPER HUGE MEGA DISCOUNT sticker on them. That, amazingly, is perfectly legal, and it’s why every single Christmas tree in the world appears to be half price in December: they were twice the price throughout August, when nobody buys Christmas trees (if you did, you were robbed. Sorry. Why are you buying Christmas trees in summer anyway?).
TechRadar will only be promoting genuine deals on the day so if you’re unsure, check back with this page!
Here's our rundown of where you will find the best Boxing Day sales on tech and games from Christmas Eve through Boxing Day itself.
TechRadar.com:
We'll be rounding up all of the best Boxing Day sales right here, so if you want a one-stop-shop for all of the best deals, TechRadar is your Huckleberry! We'll be trawling all of the major UK online retailers like Amazon, John Lewis, Currys, Argos and GAME – and pinpointing all of the very best deals, whether they be PS4, Xbox One, Cameras, laptops, iPhones and Android smartphones, wearables, Blu-ray players, videogames… you get the idea. If tech is not what you're looking for, we'll show you the way to the big promotions from non-tech sites so that you can find your way to what you're looking for!
Amazon:
Amazon UK has always led the way when it comes to these deals events and even has one of its very own now with Prime Day in July. You can be sure that it has plans in place for the Boxing Day sales as it looks to move stock out of its enormous warehouses to make room for 2017 products. Amazon is a very convenient place to shop but it's not always the easiest site to navigate, so if you want to find out which are the best Amazon deals this Boxing Day, come to TechRadar and we'll show you the way.
Quick link: Amazon Boxing Day sales homepage
John Lewis:
John Lewis didn't do much on Black Friday this year. Its strategy was largely to price match its rivals in an effort to discount as little as possible. You can see why – the customers service and extended warrantee you get from John Lewis means that many people prefer shopping there, particularly for items like TVs. So simply matching prices has worked well. That being said, John Lewis will need to move stock in Boxing Day and in the January sales so it'll certainly be worth checking out John Lewis on the 26th – and of course we'll be listing all the best offers right here on TechRadar.
Quick link: John Lewis Boxing Day homepage
Currys:
Currys is always there or thereabouts when it comes to online sales and it was right there in the thick of its during the Boxing Day sales period last year – both on the high street and online. Online is where the action is at, of course, because online you can drink, eat, sit AND shop at the same time. As one of the UK's biggest electronics retailers you can expect some great deals on TVs, games consoles, tablets, ereaders and all the other usual stuff. Some deals will be better than others of course and we'll be here to let you know which sales items we think are the best!
Quick link: Currys Boxing Day homepage
Argos:
Argos was one of the big winners on Black Friday – it launched its deals a week early and just kept adding them as November went on. You had to be a savvy shopper though, as mixed in with the genuine bargains were many prices that were still more expensive than those at Amazon. You can expect Argos to be right in there on the Boxing Day sales this year, with sales on basically everything from toys to consoles, iPads, smartphones, tablets, TVs and more.
Quick link: Argos Boxing Day homepage
GAME:
GAME did very well on Black Friday this year. It was very organised and had some of the best PS4 and Xbox One deals around. It was right there with the Boxing Day sales in 2015 too, so in 2016 you can expect more of the same. Expect good deals on console games as well as peripherals for all those new console owners – plus PS4 and Xbox One bundles for anyone who didn't get the present they were hoping for on Christmas Day!
Quick link: GAME Boxing Day sales homepage
Carphone Warehouse:
Many of the very best and most popular deals during Boxing Day last year came courtesy of Carphone Warehouse. The highstreet retailer is already pumping out Christmas deals but as soon as it's too late to deliver before Christmas day you expect CPW to pivot and offer something a bit different. We'll pick out the best ones, whether they're standalone smartphones, contract phones, voucher codes or whatever else.
Quick link: Carphone Warehouse Boxing Day sales homepage
Mobiles.co.uk:
Like the site above, Mobiles.co.uk is taking advantage of the growing trend to buy and upgrade phone contracts online rather than on the highstreet. The site offered the very best mobile phone deals back on Black Friday so you can expect more of the same from this trusted site. We'll pick out what we think are the best offers and post them on this page so you can see what's worth buying and what's not.
Quick link: Mobiles.co.uk Boxing Day sales homepage
Zavvi:
Specialising in movies, games and tech, Zavvi went aggressive on Black Friday and we have it on good authority that they'll be delivering some more exciting deals in the Boxing Day sales. Expect strong deals on PS4 and Xbox One deals as well as some sweet savings on DVD and Blu-ray boxsets, console games and assorted tech items like iPads and laptops. We'll be listing the site's best deals on this page, so you can either come to us for our selection of the best ones or go straight to Zavvi's Boxing Day sales page.
Quick link: Zavvi Boxing Day sales page
Tesco Direct:
Tesco Direct is building itself a good reputation as a destination for good prices on tech items online. Many of the best PS4 deals on Black Friday were available from this site so it's almost a given that we'll see the same again on Boxing Day. Expect also excellent deals on iPads and tablets, Xbox Ones, HD TVs, 4K TVs, Blu-ray players, Google Chromecasts and plenty more including videogames, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
Quick link: Tesco direct Boxing Day homepage