These are my 9 favourite Prime Day deals for creatives so far: laptops, drawing tablets, 3D printers and more
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2024-10-09T16:24:29.213Z
The best camera phone for creatives we recommend is the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, and you know what? It just dropped in price in Amazon. Our resistant camera expert, photographer and photography writer Beth loves this camera phone, in her review she writes:
"The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is my current camera phone, and in my opinion, the best one on the market right now. It boasts features including an AI Camera Assistant, on-device Generative Edit tools, low-light nightography, and 100X Space Zoom with super-resolution technology and HDR imaging."
She uses this exact phone herself for photography, and you can get 7% off write now on Amazon. Check it out:
• Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: $1,299.99 $940.48 (US)
• Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: £839.75 £779 (UK)
2024-10-09T16:09:26.778Z
A great place to start any deal hunt is knowing what you want, and reading one of our top guides for the best-rated devices, kit and more. All of our guides automatically update their prices with the latest Prime Day deal price, so you know if it's reduced.
If you're a digital artist I'd recommend reading our guide to the best drawing tablets, as well as our just-released roundup of the best Prime Day Wacom compatible stylus deals. Also, read our guide to the best laptop for drawing if you're keen to really upgrade.
2024-10-09T15:58:48.612Z
It's not all work, let's play… We have a great guide to the best retro consoles that is well-worth a read if you love classic games, or need a bit of inspiration for a project (some of these retro games have a lasting style).
Top of our recommended list is the Evercade EXP-R (Tomb Raider bundle) which is open for pre-orders, the original remains on sale but its price is actually rising and the new model is half the price - a good deal of sorts.
If you're looking for some actual price drops on recommended retro consoles, well, I've listed three of my favourite deals on Amazon below:
- UNICO SNK MVS Mini Arcade:
$79.99$59.99 /£89.99£71.99 - SEGA Astro City Mini V White:
$159.99129.29 (US deal only) - My Arcade Atari Game Station Pro:
$99.99$44.97 /£129.99£96.19
2024-10-09T14:54:52.510Z
One bit of creative kit that I'd love to have is an art printer. My house is stacked with photo and art prints, but there's still space, and I've always wanted to live in a gallery!
Well, once again, our very favourite pick is on sale! The Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-300 offers rich and deep colours, reproducing the source material excellently, and you can get it reduced from $899 to $799 over at Amazon.
2024-10-09T14:26:44.575Z
Sometimes being creative doesn't mean chasing after the latest bit of kit. As our design editor Daniel John recently reported, retro-archaic pieces of tech, like his favourite dumb phone the Punkt MP02, also get good discounts over Prime Day.
Personally I think my life would fall apart (for at least a day) if I ever got rid of my iPhone, but who knows, maybe calming down on the tech race is what we all need... hmm, and maybe this is not the right place for these anti-cutting edge tech musings.... DEALS!
2024-10-09T14:15:56.318Z
This is a huge saving on a really, really cool tablet.
You can get $300 off the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra, down from $1,199 to $899 over at Best Buy. For context, that is still the average retail price, and I'm seeing this model go for $1,199.99 at Amazon, and $1,179.99 at Walmart.
Getting this beast for under a grand is a great deal. But who is it for? Well, as it comes with a stylus, I'd say anyone who wants to start scribbling and sketching straight away. True, it's not as responsive as an iPad Pro for digital art, and this is an Android tablet, which comes with its positives ands negatives. But with a gorgeous AMOLED Touchscreen – and did I mention it's 14.6-inches – this is a great tab for some artists and all movie watchers!
2024-10-09T13:59:57.931Z
Some of the deals that I'm seeing aren't all-time low prices, and honestly I think they could be bettered around Black Friday. But they're also decent savings on kit that we highly rate here are Creative Bloq.
Case in point: the Mac mini (M2, 2023), with 8‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU, and 256GB SSD. Yes, it only comes with 8GB RAM, which instantly takes it off the radar of pros like video editors. But photo editors, students and writers – this is a stylish PC at a decent price.
Down from $599 to $529 over at Amazon.
2024-10-09T13:54:42.674Z
Now, hear me out. Yes, the Asus ProArt P16 is a whopping $1,699.99, even when you take the $200 off the price for Prime Day, over at Best Buy. But it's also our top pick of the best laptop for CAD work, so for the right creative, this is basically the best option out there right now.
Also, consider that for that you get a RTX 4060 card, 32GB RAM, 1TB storage, 4K touch screen, and all that sweet Copilot magic. It's a serious laptop for serious professionals, and if that's you, then it's a great deal this Prime Day in October.
2024-10-09T13:46:54.941Z
Welcome to our brand new live blog, bringing you all the best deals on the best tech a digital creative could want.
I've highlighted my 9 favourite picks above, covering drawing tablets, 3D printers, hard drives and laptops. But I'm not going to stop there, and as and when our team come across the best deals, we'll be reporting on them here.
Let's round things off with No 10: Creative Bloq's overall favourite drawing tablet, XENCELABS' 12-inch Pen Tablet, currently has 25% off right now, over at Amazon.
More to come!!
2024-10-09T11:50:18.249Z
2024-10-09T16:33:26.530Z
Of all the best iPads for Students that we recommend, only one has a price-drop on Prime Day - the iPad (10th Gen, 2022). This remains a solid tablet for doing basic tasks, including browsing, notes and digital art.
Right now you can get the iPad (10th Gen, 2022) for $349 $299 £349 £319 at Amazon, this is the 64GB, A14 Bionic chip, Wi-Fi model. This is a good tablet, though it supports the first-gen Apple Pencil rather than Apple Pencil 2.