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This Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic deal is a surprise bargain for Android users
Save over $50 on the brand-new rotating bezel smartwatch
If you’ve been eyeing up Samsung's latest and greatest smartwatch, a surprise deal on Amazon has dropped the brand-new Galaxy Watch 8 Classic to just $445, a significant $54 saving on its $499 list price.
This is a fantastic early discount on a device that only launched this summer, and it's a great opportunity to get the best Wear OS experience for less, well ahead of the usual Black Friday sales rush.
The big story with this particular mode—and not available on the Galaxy Watch 8—is the triumphant return of the physical rotating bezel, a feature beloved by Samsung fans.
As we noted in our hands-on review of the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, twisting the bezel to navigate through menus and widgets is as satisfying as ever.
This classic feature is now housed in a refreshed, premium 'squircle' case design that takes clear inspiration from the high-end Galaxy Watch Ultra, giving it a more substantial and stylish feel on the wrist.
What else is new with the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic
Under the hood, it's one of the first smartwatches to run the new and improved Wear OS 6, and the first to feature Google's much smarter Gemini AI assistant, which, in our initial testing, felt like a huge leap forward for on-wrist voice control.
Samsung has also packed in a host of new and ambitious health-tracking features, including a new 'Antioxidant Index' and 'Vascular Load' insights. While some of these newer features felt a little beta in our early tests, the watch's core tracking is solid, all displayed on a stunningly bright 3,000-nit Super AMOLED screen.
For Android users, this is arguably the most comprehensive and enjoyable premium smartwatch on the market right now, making this early deal one that's very hard to pass up.
