Apple Will Have a Black Friday Sale, but Is It Worth Shopping?

After sitting out the shopping holiday in 2015, Apple announced its 2016 sale with a cryptic website message. Here's everything we know.
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Recently, Apple announced that, after sitting out 2015, it would once again be holding a Black Friday sales event this year. But because the website only features an Apple Watch displaying a "save the date" message, few details are available.

Apple did divulge that the event would take place in stores and online. It also revealed that orders placed online before 5 pm (no time zone given) would receive free 2-day shipping. Otherwise, we can only speculate.

The event will take place in stores and online. Also, orders placed online before 5 pm will receive free 2-day shipping.

And speculation would indicate that the announcement comes as a result of sluggish sales for most of the year. Apple's revenue was down the past two quarters, as were iPhone sales. Perhaps we'll see substantial discounts on the recently released iPhone 7?

If Apple's past Black Friday events are any indication, don't get your hopes up. In 2014, it didn't offer any extraordinary discounts, but instead gave away free iTunes gift cards — with varying values depending on the amount of your purchase. Apple's 2013 "sale" was pretty much the same, but with free Apple Store gift cards.

We're going to guess that our maxim will continue to hold true: You can always find a better Black Friday Apple deal at a store other than Apple.

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In 2015, Apple stated that it was opting out of Black Friday to be good to its employees. This year, it will be closed on Thanksgiving, but most Apple Stores will be open 8 am to 10 pm local time the next day.

What do you think, readers? Will you shop Apple's Black Friday event? Let us know in the comments.

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Stephen Slaybaugh
DealNews Contributing Writer

Stephen has been writing for such national and regional publications as The Village Voice, Paste, The Agit Reader, and The Big Takeover for 20 years. He covered consumer electronics and technology for DealNews from 2013 to 2018.
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Lindsay Sakraida (DealNews)
@sunny0 Probably not. As the writer stated: "We're going to guess that our maxim will continue to hold true: You can always find a better Black Friday Apple deal at a store other than Apple."
November 24, 2016
sunny0
So do you think it is worth shopping?
November 24, 2016
Polirudb
I used to be a big Apple fan. I have been very disappointed with Apple lately. Their customer service and products used to be second to none. Now they are the same or in some cases even worse than others. They seem to not really care about the customer anymore. So to sum it up, I don't really care what secrets Apple has in store for Black Friday. I will hopefully have most of my shopping done by the time Apple is "kind" enough to share their Black Friday secrets.
November 23, 2016