Amazon has it on sale for just $749 ahead of Black Friday, or $250 off its $999 MSRP. That's a 25% savings and a new record-low, matching the cheapest price the 8GB version saw. (The same deal was live at Best Buy for the paid tiers of its membership program on Thursday, Nov. 14; it'll be open to everyone there on Friday, Nov. 15.)

There are few things that make us stop what we're doing and switch up our plans for the coming week, but an Amazon sale announcement is easily one of them. Last night, the mega-retailer announced that it's dropping hundreds of early Black Friday deals ahead of on 29.

Amazon has launched an early Black Friday sale – these are the deals you need to see - The online retailer is dropping prices well ahead of the main sale event