Samsung Cuts Galaxy S24 Ultra Price In Early Black Friday Sale

13 Nov 2024 by Janhoi McGregor · Forbes

Varna, Bulgaria, 25th January 2024 - New smartphone Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with S - Pen on screen ... [+] and details on the cameragetty

This story was updated on November 13th with a new Galaxy Z Fold 6 deal.

After Google gave the Pixel 9 its first official discount in an early Black Friday sale, Samsung has followed suit with a major Galaxy S24 Ultra price cut.

The Galaxy S24 Ultra 256GB and 512GB models have been discounted by $250 if you don’t have another handset to trade in. That brings the price down to $1,049.99 and $1,169.99 respectively.

Samsung has also increased trade-in prices by $800. If you read my deals stories you will know that the headline trade-in price—from any manufacturer—is pure marketing. Samsung will only pay $800 for last year’s Galaxy S23 Ultra, which isn’t worth trading in because it is a new phone with years of software updates left. With that said, Samsung has some impressively high valuations for your old handset.

Galaxy S21 Ultra - $650
Galaxy S20 Ultra - $400
Galaxy S9 - $300
Galaxy S8 Plus - $300
Google Pixel 5 - $300
Google Pixel 4 $300

The Korean company also offers $300 for any iPhone, Galaxy or Pixel device. This is a generous deal if you have an old phone sitting around that still works and doesn’t have any serious damage to it.

You can pick up a Pixel 2 on eBay for $20, or any phone from that era for a similar price and give it to Samsung for $300. However, it has to be in working order, which could be an issue for a device that is seven years old.

This is currently the best Galaxy S24 Ultra deal around right now, but it won’t be for the next two weeks. Samsung classes this as an early Black Friday sale and after seeing Amazon’s huge Pixel 9 discount today, I suspect all retailers have far better deals up their sleeves for the actual Black Friday weekend, Samsung included. If you are hunting for a good price on the base Galaxy S24, check out my story on Best Buy’s new deals.

Update November 13th: The Galaxy Z Fold 6 has joined in the price drop fun with a $200 discount at the Samsung store. This is a better deal than the Galaxy S24 Ultra offer because the $200 applies whether you trade a phone in or not, which brings the price of the 256GB model down to $1,699.99 (from $1,899.99). The only stipulation is that the foldable phone has to be bought in either black or white to qualify for the promotion.

Samsung has paired that with enhanced trade-in prices (a practice that is becoming increasingly normal). Trade-in valuations when buying Fold 6 are often better than other devices because of its high upfront cost. For example, the four-year-old Note 20 Ultra is valued at $800. The Galaxy S9 Plus, released in 2018, is priced at $500. You wouldn’t get anything close to those prices, for either phone, on the secondary market.