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Want to access your iPhone's best features from your wrist? If so, an Apple Watch is an accessory. These clever timepieces bring text messages and calendar notifications to your wrist, offer GPS and workout tracking, monitor your heart-rate, and unlock instant access to contacless payments from your wirst. We’ve scoured retailers for the most competitive deals on the latest Watch Series 8 model.
Apple may have lost the sprint to Timex and Microsoft when it came to bringing out the first-ever smartwatch, but it's winning the race now, with the best-selling smartwatch and fitness tracker worldwide. Yes, iPhone fans have fallen in love for these cuboid smartwatches packed with health and smart features.
Eight years after Apple bought out its first-ever model, we now have the Apple Watch Series 8. It offers up to 18 hours of battery life, a waterproof design, and the new WatchOS 10 operating system, not to mention its health capabilities thanks to its temperature sensor and even ovulation tracking - but how much does all this cost?
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The Watch Series 8 starts from £419, of course, this price rises depending on the GPS or cellular choice at checkout. Then there’s the bigger Watch Ultra, starting at £849, its much higher price is backed by its bigger display and size.
In a bid to get shoppers the best price on the standard model, we’re going to park the Watch Ultra for now, as a bunch of UK retailers have dropped their prices on the standard Series 8 model – John Lewis, Currys and Amazon all make an appearance.
So, after checking out the discounts for ourselves here are the ones we at Mirror Tech would recommend looking into. Starting with a deal for wearers set on splitting the cost, which is available to do so with many phone providers.
If you're looking to buy other Apple products too you can take a look at our guide to the best Apple products to buy in 2023, along with the cheapest iPhone 14 deals on the market which includes a hefty £400 price drop.
Amazon has the cheapest outright price
Looking for the best price for the Apple Watch Series 8? Wel, the Prime retailer (pun intended) is Amazon as it offers one of the cheapest rates we’ve spotted so far. It has reduced the Series 8 down to £369, compared to the £419 price tag in the Apple Store.
That's a £50 saving!
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The price is on the Series 8 41mm GPS model in the signature starlight/white colourway. We urge shoppers to always look at where the device is being shipped from (as Amazon has a host of third-party sellers).
This discounted model is sold and dispatched by Amazon and features as one of their choice-backed products.
Sky Mobile
This is a great option for shoppers who want to split the cost into more affordable payments each month, and a huge plus if you already have an existing mobile plan with Sky Mobile.
If that’s the case you can add it to the same plan as your existing bill and pay for multiple devices under one plan. So, what are the prices?
Sky Mobile offers the 45mm Series 8 GPS model for just £14.30 a month, which is split across a 36-month plan (similar to most of their handset months too). With no upfront payment it’s a seemingly good choice for those who don’t want to drop hundreds straight away, instead looking to spread the cost evenly.
EE offers a popular freebie
This is another offer for those looking to split the cost and add to an existing EE contract.
The provider’s prices and data options range between 4GB all the way up to unlimited. This price is on the cellular watch 8 model, hence the higher price range, and the retailer only offerr this for customers to pair with an existing phone plan.
The monthly costs mean users will split the cost of the device but also pay towards connecting their watch model to an existing iPhone plan, which has to be from EE.
It’s not an offer available to all shoppers but it’s certainly one for EE customers to consider.
John Lewis' price drop
Now onto our last retailer, aimed at wearers looking to buy the device outright. First, we have John Lewis which has got a pretty good discount across its Apple Watches. The standard model is reduced by , but for those wanting a cheaper option, there’s also the older SE for £259.
So, what’s the plus side to buying the device from John Lewis, despite the price drop? All shoppers here will get three months free Apple Fitness+, the subscription packed with workouts.
It’s not something you’d automatically get after the purchase though, you have to go and redeem it. Once bought John Lewis shoppers can head to to redeem the software for free, it’s a bit of a hassle but some would say worth it for a £29.97 saving on the subscription (Normally £9.99 a month).
. As an alternative, online retailer also has stock of the model for the exact same price.