Amazon Prime Day 2018: Best Android smartphone deals for every carrier

Prime Day is here and if you’ve been waiting for just the right moment to upgrade your smartphone, today might be the day. Whether you want a top-of-the-line gaming phone or just something that will get you though a day of messaging and music streaming, Amazon is running some killer deals for Prime members on some of the year’s most exciting phones. Here are the best ones we found for every carrier and taste.

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Fully unlocked Phones

Galaxy Note 8

The Galaxy Note 8 is our pick for best phablet phone, and today you can grab the Orchid Grey version for just $650 Remove non-product link, $300 off the list price. That’s the best price we’ve seen this side of a BOGO deal and a killer price for a phone with a 6.3-inch screen and incredible all-around specs. Of course, Samsung is gearing up to release the Note 9 next month, but rumors are all pointing to a minor upgrade, so you don’t have to worry too much about new phone envy. But you might have bargain regret if you pass on this deal.

Carrier support: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile

Moto G6

Amazon has already been selling the 32GB base model of the Moto G6 as a Prime Exclusive Phone for $235 Remove non-product link, a modest deal on the normally priced $250 budget Android phone. For the money, you get an Android Oreo handset with a 5.7-inch 18:9 Full HD+ Max Vision display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, 3 GB of RAM, a dual camera, and 32 GB of internal storage. But today you can get the same phone with a brand new upgrade: 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM for just $260 Remove non-product link, $60 off its usual $320 price. Since this Prime Day deal is on a Prime Exclusive Phone, that means you’ll be getting the full Amazon experience, with pre-installed versions of Amazon apps and deep integration with the Alexa app. But don’t let that stop you from grabbing a great budget phone at a great price—if you’re not into it, you can disable it in the settings.

Carrier support: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile

Essential Phone

We’ll admit that we didn’t love the Essential Phone when we reviewed it, but a steady stream of updates and price drops have made it increasingly more attractive. And now you can get a 128GB Essential Phone in black or the super-cool Halo Gray color for—wait for it—$250 Remove non-product link. That’s cheaper than most smartwatches and the best price you’re going to find for any phone with near-top-of-the-line specs, an incredible screen, gorgeous design, and commitment to support Android P when it launches. Even with its problems, that’s a deal too good to pass up.

Carrier support: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile

LG V35 ThinQ

LG’s V35 might not have gotten as much attention at the G7, but it’s no less of a 2018 flagship phone, with a Snapdragon 845 processor, notch-less 6″ QHD+ OLED FullVision display, 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. It’s also packed with the same AI camera smarts as the G7, dual 16 MP cameras, and comes with Android Oreo on board. When it launched, the V35 was exclusive to AT&T and Google Fi, but now LG has opened it up to all carriers as part of Amazon’s Prime Exclusive Phones. And today it’s got a killer price too: $600, good for $300 off the retail price Remove non-product link.

Carrier support: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile

Unlocked GSM phones

Razer phone

With a custom-cooled Snapdragon 835 chip, 4,000mAh battery, and a whopping 8GB of RAM, the Razer Phone is one of the most interesting releases of 2018 (at least until the Red Hydrogen Phone lands). But for gamers, the Razer Phone sports a 5.7-inch QHD 1440×2560 LCD screen with a wide color gamut and eye-popping 120Hz refresh rate, but all those pixels come at a price: $699 for 64GB if you want the limited edition version with the green Razer logo. But today you can grab the phone for just $525 Remove non-product link, good for 25 percent off and $75 less than the previous lowest price we’ve seen.