The Apple Watch 9 is all well and good, but when you can get the Apple Watch 8 this cheap, why bother?
Argos is selling the more expensive cellular model of the Apple Watch 8, in stealthy black, for just £299. When you consider that it cost £529 at launch just over a year ago, that’s an absolute steal.
Get the Apple Watch 8 cellular for just £299
Argos is selling the cellular model of the Apple Watch 8 for just £299, which is £230 less than the launch price.
- Argos
- Save £230 on launch price
- Now £299
Apple doesn’t sell the Apple Watch 8 on its website anymore, but that in itself is telling. The company tends to shuffle relatively fresh hardware out of the door after just a year on sale whenever the successor isn’t a huge upgrade.
We like the new Apple Watch 9 a lot, scoring it 4.5 stars out of 5 in our review. But is it all that different to the 2022 Apple Watch 8?
Our main criticism of the Apple Watch 9 was that its design was so familiar. “A redesign, or a least a freshening up of this near decade-old design wouldn’t go amiss in the future,” we said.
“Feature-wise, the Series 9 doesn’t have much to tempt those who have updated in recent years,” we concluded.
Look back at our Apple Watch 8 review, and we also awarded that a 4.5 star review. “Simply put, the Apple Watch 8 is the best smartwatch for iPhone users,” we said.
Even then we noted that the Apple Watch 8 was very similar to the Series 7 and even the Series 6 before it.
It’s a common theme with Apple’s classy smartwatch, and it tells you one simple thing: the best value can be found where you can find a slightly older Apple Watch model for significantly less money than usual. That’s why this Apple Watch 8 deal is so hot.
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