Apple Cuts Watch SE 3 Price Beyond Original Plan, Garmin and Samsung Went So Low Apple Had to React - Kotaku

"This all-encompassing sale strategy gives people access to Apple's wearable ecosystem in ways that have never been possible before, since Apple usually keeps prices high except for short promotional periods (and mainly on Amazon). Since this morning, the price of the Apple Watch SE 3 with 44mm GPS (and sport band) on Amazon dropped from $279 to $229. This is the lowest price ever with an 18% discount that makes it a good choice against affordable Samsung and Garmin watches at similar prices."

"The always-on Retina display is the SE 3's biggest improvement over the SE 2: It gets rid of the need to raise your wrist which made previous models feel half-functional when you just wanted to check the time. It also means that you can check notifications during meetings without the obvious wrist flick that says you're looking at your watch, or keep track of your workout metrics without waking up the screen by making big movements."

"The temperature sensing lets you look back at ovulation estimates by taking nightly wrist temperature readings that show patterns that point to fertile windows. This makes natural family planning tools or fertility awareness that dedicated ovulation trackers offer at similar prices. The Vitals app combines temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and sleep data into unified health dashboards that show patterns that individual metrics don't show. Daily sleep scores measure the quality of your sleep by looking at how long you sleep, how consistently you sleep,"

Apple placed all Watch models on sale at the same time for Black Friday, including the rugged Watch Ultra, standard Series, and value-focused SE models. Amazon discounted the Apple Watch SE 3 44mm GPS with sport band from $279 to $229, an 18% reduction and the lowest price ever, making the SE 3 the best-selling smartwatch on Black Friday. The SE 3 adds an always-on Retina display, eliminating the need to raise the wrist and enabling discreet notification checks and workout metric viewing. Nightly wrist temperature sensing supports ovulation estimates and fertility awareness. The Vitals app unifies temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and sleep data. Battery life lasts 18 hours per charge.

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