The 25 best Black Friday Samsung deals on Galaxy phones, TVs, and more

• Current Price: $609
• Original Price: $1,000

Ever since Samsung made the push for "Ultra" smartphones, the Plus model has been left in the dust, but not entirely forgotten. That's because it mostly retains the big-phone features that come with the Ultra but in a more affordable, less polarizing form factor. I'd go as far as to say that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus is the sleeper pick for the best all-around smartphone this year. 

It has a generous 6.8-inch flat display that refreshes at 120Hz, a 50-megapixel main shooter that can capture videos as sharp as 8K, and is powered by Qualcomm's tried and tested Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. Right now, Amazon has the phone discounted by $390, no strings attached.

• Current price: $800
• Original price: $1000

If there's one thing holding foldable phones back from achieving mainstream acceptance, it's the price. Fortunately, Samsung's latest shape-shifting handset, the Z Flip 4 is near its all-time low this Black Friday. Typically selling for $1000, the clamshell-style smartphone can be had for just $800, besting that of standard flagships from Google, Apple, and Samsung itself. 

For the price, you're getting one of the most refined folding phones on the market with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display, 8GB of RAM, the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, and a plethora of dual-screen use cases that you can flex with. When ZDNET's Jason Hiner reviewed it months ago, he even found the Z Flip to be a practical hotspot hub.

• Current price: $2,800
• Original price: $3,500

The Samsung Odyssey Ark is a 55-inch monitor. That statement alone should be enough to divide a room in two. If you're in the camp that's questioning why this even exists, let me help.

The Odyssey Ark is a gamer's paradise, a curved, high refresh rate panel that engulfs any user who sits (or stands) in front of it. As a result, you get what is arguably the most immersive viewing experience on any monitor -- ever, and one that can even rotate 90 degrees. In doing so, the Odyssey Ark becomes a wave of four screens stacked on top of each other for the ultimate multitasking hub. It's not an impulse buy at $2,800, but that's the cheapest price I've seen to date. 

• Current Price: $400
• Original Price: $450

A $50 discount on Samsung's flagship smartwatch doesn't make it an impulse buy, but if you've been eyeing a durable, reliable, and feature-packed timepiece, then this is as good as it gets. The Watch 5 Pro supports a slew of health and fitness tracking features, alongside Google and Samsung's thoughtfully-curated WearOS platform. That means you can download from a laundry list of smartwatch-tailored, third-party apps while enjoying what is easily one of the better-looking wearables on the market. 

• Current price: $600
• Original price: $800

I reviewed Samsung's adorable The Freestyle projector earlier this year and was genuinely entertained by all its various use cases thanks to the swiveling form factor. But at its retail price of $800, the portable machine was a few hundred dollars too much for what it had to offer. If you waited until Black Friday month for a golden buying opportunity, the time is now. 

Right now Samsung has the projector discounted down to $600. But the better deal, in my opinion, can be found on Amazon, with The Freestyle listing for the same price but with additional accessories and a two-year warranty.

Read the review: Samsung The Freestyle Projector review

• Current price: $4,000
• Original price: $5,800

For something that's a little more splurge-worthy, check out Samsung's massive 85-inch Neo QLED 8K TV. The smaller 65-inch and 75-inch variants are on discount, too, but it's the largest option -- with its $1,800 off sale -- that's most worth it, in my opinion. 

For the price, you're getting one of the most color-rich and detailed TVs on the market, with Samsung's Quantum Mini LEDs powering each individual pixel for the brightest whites and darkest blacks. You may also be wondering why you need an 8K TV when 99% of the YouTube and Netflix content you watch is in 1080p. Well, Samsung's embedded a Neural Quantum Processor 8K that upscales high-definition videos and movies so that they appear as crisp and life-like as actual 8K resolution. 

• Current Price: $1,100
• Original Price: $1,400

In the running for best smartphone of the year, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, with its gorgeous 6.8-inch OLED display, up to 8K video recording, S Pen support, and a generous 5,000mAh battery, has proven to be the Korean giant's most complete handset yet. This Black Friday, Amazon and Best Buy have the 512GB variant discounted by $300, putting the Galaxy right beside the latest iPhone 14 Pro with four times the storage capacity.

• Current Price: $350
• Original Price: $450

It's easy to mess up a "cheap" 5G phone, but Samsung got nearly everything right with the Galaxy A53 5G. So much so that it currently sits at the top of ZDNET's best cheap 5G phones rankings. The reasoning is actually pretty simple. The Galaxy A53 5G has a large 6.5-inch Super AMOLED display that can ramp up to 120Hz, which, that feature alone, puts its closest competitors, Apple's iPhone SE (2nd Gen) and Google's Pixel 6a, to shame. Then there's a beefy 5,000mAh battery powering the unit, and a quad-camera setup at the rear for flexibility when shooting photos and videos. 

The whole shebang is currently on sale for just $349, $100 off its typical price. 

• Current price: $92
• Original price: $150

Samsung's Buds 2 are not the newest earbuds from the Galaxy maker, let alone on the market, but they deliver the promise of a balanced sound signature, effective active noise cancellation, tap-based gesture controls, and all the nifty audio features in between. Right now, the best discounts that I'm seeing on these buds come from Amazon and Best Buy, which slash $58 from the regular price of $150.