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Amazon is running a 1-day sale on select SanDisk & WD storage products, which means you can save a few bucks whether you’re looking for a new microSD card, USB flash drive or portable hard drive or SSD.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Storage
- SanDisk & WD storage sale – Amazon
- SanDisk Ultra 256GB microSDXC card for $28 – Amazon
- SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC card for $45 – Amazon
- SanDisk Extreme 400GB microSDXC card for $64 – Amazon
- SanDisk Ultra Luxe 256GB USB 3.1 flash drive for $32 – Amazon
- SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go USB-C/USB-A flash drive for $32 – Amazon
- Sony 480GB USB SSD for $70 – Adorama
- SanDisk Extreme portable USB SSD for $90 – Amazon
- WD Black 5TB portable external HDD for $92 – Amazon
- WD My Passport 5TB portable HDD for $100 – Amazon
PCs & accessories
- ASRock BOX-R1000V barebones mini PC w/Ryzen Embedded R1505G for $280 – Newegg
- TP-Link Deco whole-home mesh WiFi router 3-pack for $153 – Amazon
- Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3050 keyboard & mouse for $35 – B&H
Wireless audio
- Bluedio true wireless earbuds for $19 – Amazon
- UE Boom 3 portable Bluetooth speaker for $80 – Best Buy
- Refurb Sonos speakers for $99 and up – Sonos
- Apple HomePod smart speaker for $200 – Best Buy
Other
- 5 PC games for free (Bomber Crew, Whispers of a Machine, Mugsters, Furi, Epistory – Typing Chronicles) – Twitch Prime
- Sega Genesis Mini retro game console for $58 – Adorama
- Panasonic Eneloop AA 2100 NiMH rechargable battery 8-pack for $15 – Amazon
The Amazon microSDs and SSDs are more
expensive than as recently as a week ago.
Could it be that supply chains are running out
due to Covid-19?
They are. And there will be shortages for the next 6-12 months.
For instance, the PS5 seems to be heavily affected:
Where they planned on BoM of ~$400 to sell for ~$499. But now the Bill-of-Materials has seemed to ballooned to ~$550, which means they will need to take the ~$100 loss per unit, or need to sell it for ~$599 instead. They could go for the latter option, temporarily, and then permanently reduce the price back down to $499 after 12 months. But that’s a risky gamble against Microsoft who has plenty of cash reserves to take the financial hit, unlike Sony.