Apple Watch Series 9 Drops to Record Low $299 Price at Best Buy [Updated]

[MacRumors]

Best Buy kicked off a new Apple Watch sale this weekend, and in it you can get the 41mm GPS Apple Watch Series 9 for the all-time low price of $299.00 in all aluminum colors, down from $399.00. According to Best Buy's website, these deals will only last for the remainder of today, so if you've been waiting for great Apple Watch deals, now is the time to buy.

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You can also get the 45mm GPS Apple Watch Series 9 for $329.00, down from $429.00, which is another record low price. Best Buy has every aluminum model of the GPS Apple Watch Series 9 on sale, so you can get the Starlight, Pink, Midnight, Silver, and PRODUCT(RED) colors on sale at these record low prices. This also includes both S/M and M/L band sizes.

Apple Watch Series 9 (41mm GPS) for $299.00 ($100 OFF)​

Apple Watch Series 9 (45mm GPS) for $329.00 ($100 OFF)​

Best Buy also has cellular models of the Apple Watch Series 9 at best-ever prices. You can get the 41mm Cellular model for $399.00 and the 45mm Cellular model for $429.00, both of which are $100 markdowns and available in all aluminum colors.

As of last month, a sales ban was reenacted in the United States on any Apple Watch model sold by Apple that has blood oxygen sensing. While Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models purchased directly from Apple currently come with blood oxygen sensing disabled, retailers like Best Buy are able to continue selling through their existing stocks that include the feature.

If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week.

Update: These deals have expired, although Best Buy still has all Apple Watch Series 9 models at solid second-best prices.

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[dannyyankou]

Eventually, these retailers are going to run out of inventory and they're going to have to sell the updated models without the blood oxygen sensor. They're going to need to differentiate them.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I saw the other day that the Stainless Steel 41mm S9's were down to $439
Incredible

 

[Slix]

Eventually, these retailers are going to run out of inventory and they're going to have to sell the updated models without the blood oxygen sensor. They're going to need to differentiate them.

They already are:

 

[Supercyborgninja]

Possibly a good deal, albeit I expect a design change finally for 10.

 

[Supercyborgninja]

Selling that well, 'eh?

I saw the other day that the Stainless Steel 41mm S9's were down to $439
Incredible

Where?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Where?

Amazon - shipped and sold by them! (not 3rd party)

 

[coffeemilktea]

$100 off a Series 9 is honestly a pretty good deal and I'm kind of tempted. 👀

 

[victorvictoria]

That truly IS a Best Buy!

 

[kironin]

Eventually, these retailers are going to run out of inventory and they're going to have to sell the updated models without the blood oxygen sensor. They're going to need to differentiate them.

I guess I've not been paying attention. I had to look that up. Removing a health feature instead of adding, how novel. Guess I'll continue waiting and won't be buying series 10.

 

[dannyyankou]

I guess I've not been paying attention. I had to look that up. Removing a health feature instead of adding, how novel. Guess I'll continue waiting and won't be buying series 10.

Yeah there's a long and important backstory you've missed

 

[richard13]

Was going to wait for Series 10 but this deal is pretty good so I ordered the Series 9, GPS+Cellular, 45mm, Silver, Storm Blue S/M (M/L was sold out and I fit both). This one will replace my existing Series 5 watch.

 

[JensenKA]

Can’t decide if I want to wait it out for Series 10 or replace my Series 4 with a Series 9…hmm.

 

[groove-agent]

I'm bored with the Apple watch. It's fugly, and the watch faces are old and stale.

The TLDR:

Off topic, but recently I bought a Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch to try it. I really loved the aesthetic of the round face, but best of all, the Facer app allowed me endless and cool watch faces to choose from. It even had a web app to create your own watch faces! Yes, Facer works with Apple watch, but it's very limited. Mostly it has bitmap backgrounds with boring font text time display. Zzzzzzzz.

Unfortunately the Fossil's battery life barely lasted 6 hours even with the always on display feature turned off, and the raise to wake took almost 3 seconds before the screen turned on. I'm returning the Fossil, but the idea of is was fantastic.

I'd love a Samsung Galaxy Classic Watch, but it doesn't work with iPhone. So for giggles I started looking at Samsung Galaxy phones. I really like the pill much better than the notch as it's much less intrusive. Next I start looking at PCs. Wow, there are a lot of models to choose from, with touch screens ... see how this works?

Definitely the Apple watch is mostly function over form, which is ironic because watches are often cosmetic, and Apple used to be more form over function.

At the very least, Apple should create an Apple Watch Face store, or a devkit like Facer does.

 

[cwerdna]

I guess I've not been paying attention. I had to look that up. Removing a health feature instead of adding, how novel. Guess I'll continue waiting and won't be buying series 10.

Indeed. There is a very long backstory. See the below, for examples:

Apple Watch no longer sold with blood oxygen monitoring after patent battle loss

Apple removes Series 9, Ultra 2 patent-infringing feature to avoid import ban.

arstechnica.com

Appeals court reinstates sales ban on Apple Watch models with blood oxygen monitor

Apple said it would begin Thursday selling versions of the Series 9 and Ultra 2 "without the Blood Oxygen feature."

www.cbsnews.com

US court bars Apple Watch imports while patent dispute plays out

Apple unable to sell Series 9 and Ultra 2 models in US while it challenges decision that watches infringe on patents

www.theguardian.com

Masimo CEO: Apple Watch Blood Oxygen Sensor is Not Reliable, Customers Are 'Better Off Without It'

As Apple starts selling Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 models without the blood oxygen sensor enabled, Masimo CEO Joe Kiani confirmed to Bloomberg that there has been no chat with Apple about a possible settlement. According to Kiani, he has not spoken to anyone from Apple "personally" and...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[cwerdna]

They already are:
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Seems like most/all the units that BB has in stock still have the blood oxygen feature.

I ended up ordering Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS) 41mm Silver Aluminum Case with Storm Blue Sport Band - S/M - Silver for pickup tomorrow. Was $299 + tax. This will be quite an upgrade from the Series 4 that I got used from Woot in mid-2021.

Can’t decide if I want to wait it out for Series 10 or replace my Series 4 with a Series 9…hmm.

https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#other suggests that new Apples Watches come out Sept/Oct each year. Obviously, we have no idea what'll be in Series 10 but it will probably be awhile before they're discounted significantly. Obviously, Series 9 will hit end of watchOS updates much later than 4.

I do wonder if watchOS 10 is the end of the road for Series 4.

 

[SirOmega]

I do wonder if watchOS 10 is the end of the road for Series 4.

I have the same question. I am guessing yes but who knows. My S4 Apple Watch is down to 75% battery health and I have to charge it twice a day. Do I spend the $100 to replace the battery but have EOL here soon, or buy a whole new watch?

 

[tridley68]

Excited to see what Apple watch 10 or Apple watch ultra max will bring to the table might have to upgrade from my ultra 2.

 

[cwerdna]

I have the same question. I am guessing yes but who knows. My S4 Apple Watch is down to 75% battery health and I have to charge it twice a day. Do I spend the $100 to replace the battery but have EOL here soon, or buy a whole new watch?

$100 to replace the battery? Apparently, that's right per a quick check at https://support.apple.com/watch/repair. That's crazy.

The Series 4 I have (which I'll be selling soon) I bought used from Woot for $160 + tax and shipping = $181.34 back in mid-2021.

 

[hagjohn]

I'm bored with the Apple watch. It's fugly, and the watch faces are old and stale.

The TLDR:

Off topic, but recently I bought a Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch to try it. I really loved the aesthetic of the round face, but best of all, the Facer app allowed me endless and cool watch faces to choose from. It even had a web app to create your own watch faces! Yes, Facer works with Apple watch, but it's very limited. Mostly it has bitmap backgrounds with boring font text time display. Zzzzzzzz.

Unfortunately the Fossil's battery life barely lasted 6 hours even with the always on display feature turned off, and the raise to wake took almost 3 seconds before the screen turned on. I'm returning the Fossil, but the idea of is was fantastic.

I'd love a Samsung Galaxy Classic Watch, but it doesn't work with iPhone. So for giggles I started looking at Samsung Galaxy phones. I really like the pill much better than the notch as it's much less intrusive. Next I start looking at PCs. Wow, there are a lot of models to choose from, with touch screens ... see how this works?

Definitely the Apple watch is mostly function over form, which is ironic because watches are often cosmetic, and Apple used to be more form over function.

At the very least, Apple should create an Apple Watch Face store, or a devkit like Facer does.

Fossil is getting out of the smart watch business.

 

[bobdobalina]

aaand I bought one. $329 for a 45mm. Great deal.

 

[MNWildFan]

I do wonder if watchOS 10 is the end of the road for Series 4.

It very well could be

It's a now 5-year old piece of hardware, so I'd be shocked if it even got the next major release

 

[turbineseaplane]

For all that we laud Apple for keeping older devices going, the Watch is the one platform of theirs where I wish they'd get more cutthroat.

If you talk to folks who develop for the watch, they'll tell you that it holds everything back immensely when you have to worry about such older and much less capable hardware.

We are perhaps getting close to a place where it's less of an issue, but I think they should tighten it up a bit and cut off anything more than 4 years old (maybe 3) so as to keep that whole platform moving forward.

I know this will be unpopular though, so ...

 

[TundraKing]

So how do you know if you're getting a crippled one or a good one? Apple needs to cut the official retail price until they get the full featured unit back for sales...... OR simply call it Series 9c (for crippled) to distinguish it from the real thing........


.....What a mess.....

 

[richard13]

So how do you know if you're getting a crippled one or a good one? Apple needs to cut the official retail price until they get the full featured unit back for sales...... OR simply call it Series 9c (for crippled) to distinguish it from the real thing........


.....What a mess.....

I believe that the "new" Series 9 watches have a different model number which ends in LW/A. The "old" Series 9 watches with the blood oxygen sensor still turned on end in LL/A.