If you happened to miss out on the Apple Watch Series 10’s all-time low Black Friday price, now is a good chance for redemption. The 42mm GPS model of Apple’s latest smartwatch has dropped to $329.99 (about $70 off) at Amazon when you click a coupon. The 46mm GPS Series 10 is also on sale for $359.99 ($70 off) at Amazon with a coupon and matching its lowest price.
The Apple Watch Series 10 would be a great jump from older models if your last upgrade happened more than a few cycles ago, and certainly a viable alternative to the Watch Ultra 2 if you’re not interested in spending $800. Compared to the Series 9, it offers a slightly bigger wide-angle OLED display while being about 10 percent thinner and a touch lighter. It also has faster wireless charging than any Apple Watch before it (up to 80 percent in 30 minutes or eight hours of use from 15 minutes of charging). New to the Apple Watch lineup as of the Series 10 are underwater depth and water temperature sensors for tracking your aquatic activities. You can also play music over its speaker and enjoy clearer calls thanks to a voice isolation feature.
Everything else will mostly feel familiar if you’re coming from a Series 9, including the new FDA-approved sleep apnea feature that debuted late into its launch. We haven’t had enough time to judge its effectiveness, but note that it uses the accelerometer instead of the blood oxygen sensors Apple was forced to remove from its watches in the US.
A few more mid-week deals
- Looking for a different aesthetic to drive the point home in a PC gaming setup? The 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard can certainly do the trick. You can get the NES-inspired design with a matching joystick and dual oversized super buttons for $84.99 ($15 off) at Best Buy. The tenkeyless wireless board works over Bluetooth or 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, or via USB-C. It’s nice to look at and type on with its Kailh White switches and PBT-capped keys, but the package offers nice versatility for playing retro games. You can even reconfigure every button on the keyboard and customize the super buttons with any macro you want.
- The Sonos Ace are very good noise-cancelling headphones on their own merit, but they’re especially intriguing for an all-time low $349 ($100), a deal Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos are repeating from Black Friday. They look and sound the part for a premium pair of headphones, with great comfort, good audio quality, and solid ANC performance. Unfortunately, the Ace doesn’t fully blend into the wider Sonos ecosystem right now. The unique TV Audio Swap feature is iOS-only and not fully compatible across its full range of soundbars or any other Sonos speaker, for example. That said, they’re worthy of consideration at this price if you’re into the brand. Read our review.
- You can get the Anker PowerCore 548 Power Bank for $79.99 ($70 off) at Amazon with a coupon, which is an all-time low price. It offers two USB-C ports and two USB-A ports with up to 87W charging speeds available between them. The 192Wh (60,000mAh) capacity is enough to charge laptops, tablets, and smartphones several times over. It has an integrated retractable LED lamp with adjustable brightness and an SOS mode, which turns the light on automatically during a blackout while plugged in. It also has a carrying handle and solar inputs, making it ideal for both in-home and outdoor needs.