There’s still time to get this wild Galaxy Watch 4 Black Friday deal
The Galaxy Watch 4 may not be the newest Samsung watch around, but it’s definitely the best value if you’re wanting the most consistent Android watch experience. It has the same processor and power as the Galaxy Watch 5, but at $139, you can get it for half the price of the Watch 5 — at least until it sells out forever.
Good smartwatches can get pricey fast — some of our picks forbest Wear OS smartwatchesregularly go for $300, $400, or even more. But 2022 actually wasn’t a very big year for wearable advances, and most of the best watches released in the past 12 months aren’t a whole lot better than what came the year before. That’s especially true for Samsung, whoseGalaxy Watch 5is nearly identical to the Watch 4 released in 2021. The latest Samsung watches start at $280 at retail, but sinceBlack Fridayweekend, you’ve been able to snag a previous-genGalaxy Watch 4for just $139 at Amazon. This is an unbeatable deal: it’s 90 percent of the current-gen experience for half the price.
It’s worth noting that the $139 price isonlyfor the Silver 40mm model, andonlyat Amazon. The Pink Gold and Black 40mm are $170, and the 44mm model is $200 at both Amazon and Best Buy.
Why is this a good deal?
The Watch 4 has been replaced by the Watch 5 as our top Wear OS recommendation, but the Watch 4 is still a fantastic smartwatch. The Watch 4 and Watch 5 share most components, including chipset and RAM, so the day-to-day experience on each is more or less identical. That the Watch 4 — which is $139 at Amazon right now, remember — can keep up with wearables like the $350Google Pixel Watchand the $450 Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is pretty incredible. Samsung’s also great at keeping its devices' software up to date for years after launch.
Because of limited generation-to-generation improvements, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is very nearly every bit as good as the newer Samsung Galaxy Watch 5. The only meaningful improvements in Samsung’s newer, pricier watch are slightly better battery life and a new sapphire crystal material covering the watch’s screen. Everything else — performance, display quality, fitness tracking, app support, you name it — is identical to the newer model. That also means the Watch 4 is a competent alternative to Google’s Pixel Watch, which is back at its full $350 after a $50 discount over the weekend. If you’re rocking something a couple of years old and you’re on the lookout for a newer Wear OS watch, this Watch 4 deal is hard to beat.
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