This year's best Black Friday tablet deals include $200 off the brand new iPads

Here are the best Black Friday deals on tablets as of Nov. 19:

• BEST IPAD DEAL: iPad (WiFi + Cellular, 32GB or 128GB) — save $200 at Best Buy with a 2-year Verizon contract

• BEST FOR KIDS: Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition (32GB) — get $40 in Kohl's Cash

• BEST BUDGET PICK: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 (32GB or 64GB) — save $80 on Amazon

And here we were, thinking that Prime Day brought us a glut of good tablet sales.

This Black Friday, we're seeing what feels like a record number of major deals on tablets from brands like Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Lenovo, Amazon, and Google, including savings of up to $200 on iPads with a two-year Verizon contract via Best Buy and as much as 40% off Galaxy Tabs across Amazon and Walmart. (It probably doesn't hurt that Apple and Samsung both recently updated their respective lineups, which means you've got older and newer models to choose from.) Read more...