id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Beginning next week, Prime Day, also known as the day when e-commerce giant Amazon slashes prices on a variety of items, will kick off. The event starts on July 15 and will last two days. During that stretch of time, everything from laptops and vinyl records to inflatable unicorns and rubber duckies will be discounted. A number of phones will also go on sale, and we'll be compiling the best of those deals right here. Also note that other major retailers are taking aim at Prime Day with massive deals of their own. On July 15, Target begins its Deal Days summer sale, eBay will hold a Crash Sale to offer up to 80% off on a wide variety of products (including items from Samsung and Google) and Newegg's FantasTech Sale starts in earnest with discounts on popular tech products.
In addition to the sales, Prime Day is often used to increase membership to Amazon's Prime program, which offers free shippin