Samsung Slashes Galaxy Watch Price In Surprise New Deal

Samsung is currently running a trade-in deal that halves the price of the Galaxy Watch FE.

The promotion values all used smartwatches at $100 when traded in, which brings the price of the Galaxy Watch FE down to $99. On face value, $100 for an Apple Watch Series 6, or Samsung Galaxy Watch 5, are not great prices. But where the deal stands out is that Samsung is offering $100 for “any smartwatch” in “any condition.”

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The terms and conditions for this deal on Samsung’s website seem to be boilerplate stipulations that apply to all other trade-in deals. For example, they state that the device has to “work normally” and that the screen and body are crack-free. But it may be that Samsung hasn’t developed a specific T&Cs policy for this deal, because the website clearly says it will accept a device in “any condition.”

I have asked Samsung to clarify if it truly means it will accept any wearable, regardless of how beat up it is. I’ll update this story when I get a response.

If that is the case, enterprising deal hunters should head to eBay or Swappa and pick up a $30 Fossil Gen 3 Q Venture watch, or $16 Garmin Vivoactive 3 wearable, and trade it in for a new Galaxy Watch FE. If you have an old device lying around, that should qualify too.

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It’s unclear how long this deal will last, perhaps until Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event on July 10th, where new Galaxy Watches will be announced. But it’s worth pointing out that a similarly generous trade-in deal from Google last month, that saw a sixth-generation iPad valued at $399 when buying the $399 Pixel Tablet.

The deal caused a frenzy, with buyers picking up cheap iPads on eBay and sending them to Google for the discount. The company quickly cottoned on and axed the promotion a day later.

Google told me that it would honor those lucky few who picked up the deal before it disappeared. If you have been on the hunt for a Galaxy Watch FE, which is already well-priced at $199, this might be a short-lived opportunity to get it for a very low price.

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