Google has started a sitewide sale on its Pixel 11 phones at Amazon and Best Buy, well before Black Friday has a chance to show up on the calendar. The discounts cover the full lineup: the standard Pixel 11, the Pixel 11 Pro, the larger Pixel 11 Pro XL and the foldable Pixel 11 Pro Fold, according to 9to5Google, which reported the sale on Thursday.
The cuts run as high as $350 off on some configurations, with at least one model seeing a 25 percent reduction. Exact prices vary by retailer and storage tier, and neither Google, Amazon nor Best Buy has published a full price list for every model and color.
Best Buy is labeling the promotion a "Holiday Deal" directly on its product pages, a sign that this is the opening move in the retailer's broader holiday push rather than a one-off markdown. Amazon is running matching discounts on the same models.
All four phones ship with Google's Tensor G6 chip, the company's in-house processor that also powers Gemini Intelligence features baked into the phones. Buyers get whatever is the current version of Android out of the box, which has been a selling point for Pixel hardware since Google controls both the silicon and the software.
Storage and memory configurations differ across the range. On at least one model in the lineup, the 512GB storage option also comes with more RAM than the 256GB version, which matters if you're the type who keeps a dozen apps open and switches between them constantly. The 25 percent discount applies to that higher-RAM configuration too, according to 9to5Google.
Of the four phones on sale, 9to5Google's reporting singles out the Pixel 11 Pro as the pick of the range, noting it packs the same camera hardware, display quality, RAM and storage options as the larger Pro XL into a smaller body. That's one outlet's take on value, not a verdict on how the phone performs, since nobody at Hitechreports has used the device.
The timing lines up with a pattern retailers have leaned on for the past few years: starting "Black Friday" pricing in late October to beat the rush and capture shoppers who don't want to wait until Thanksgiving week. Google has not said whether these are the lowest prices the Pixel 11 series will see this season or whether deeper cuts are coming once Black Friday and Cyber Monday actually arrive.
For now, the sale is live at Amazon and Best Buy, and shoppers eyeing a Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL or Pixel 11 Pro Fold have a few weeks to watch whether either retailer drops prices further before the holiday rush peaks.
DDFiled by The Deals Desk
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