Deals: the Pixel 11 series is now on sale, the Galaxy Z8 foldables come with gift cards

The Google Pixel 11 series went on sale this Thursday, but Amazon is still maintaining the pre-order deals – for now. This means that the phones come with an Amazon Gift Card and trade-in bonuses (the values depend on each model).

Actually, this week the trade-in bonuses are higher than they were last week ($250 for all four models). For example, the vanilla Pixel 11 has a $324 trade-in bonus. The Pro and Pro XL models get $425 trade-in bonuses. The foldable gets a $425 trade-in bonus and either a $350 gift card or a free Pixel Watch 5.

The only exception is the Google Pixel Watch 5, which doesn’t get any perks. By the way, you can check out the carrier deals for the Pixel 11 series (and the Watch 5 too).

Samsung has set the date for the Galaxy S26 FE reveal – Thursday next week. So, we’ll skip over the S25 FE (there are no good offers for it, anyway) and we’ll look at the Galaxy A37 and A57, which will be around as cheaper alternatives to the new FE. If you need help deciding between the two, we have a detailed head-to-head comparison.

With OnePlus out of the picture, there aren’t many alternatives to the mainstream brands. Nothing is still holding on and offers two models – the Nothing Phone (3) and the Phone (4a) Pro. The (3) has the higher end chipset, a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs. Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, but the differences between the two aren’t huge. Both have 50MP main cameras (1/1.3” vs. 1/1.56” sensor size), both have 50MP telephoto cameras (3x vs. 3.5x) and both have ultra-wide lenses (50MP vs. 8MP).

Like the Pixel phones, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra and Z Flip8 are also available with a combination of a gift card and a trade-in bonus. We recently published a Galaxy Z Fold8 vs. Z Fold8 Ultra video, which you can watch below (or if you prefer, we have a written comparison too).