Let’s say you’re interested in buying the “archaic” Galaxy Note 8 right now for some reason instead of the newer and faster Note 9, S9, or S9+. You could get the phone unlocked from Samsung or Best Buy at a ridiculous price of $900... or take advantage of the latter’s pre-Black Friday “deal of the day” and save a whopping 300 bucks.

Unfortunately, the hefty discount is only available for AT&T and Sprint-specific variants of last fall’s S Pen-wielding flagship handset with monthly payments. That means you don’t need to cough up anything upfront, but your 24 or 30-month total bill will ...