Samsung Gear S2 gets a $100 discount in the US

17 January, 2016
Samsung's Gear S2 smartwatch has received a price cut in the United States, where retailer Adorama is now offering a cumulative discount of $100 off the wearable device's regular price of $300.

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  • Anonymous
  • NT9
  • 18 Jan 2016

divis200, 17 Jan 2016When will people realize that smartwatches are even more ov... moreI believe what it boils down to is that the manufacturers are putting a high price on these for two reasons:

1. To provide a profit cushion with poorly projected sales. The higher the profit margin, the more sustainable the product is, even if sales tank. You might ask why a company would want to bother with something that they know will tank; It's because they still want to break into this smartwatch market to establish a name when it takes off.

2. Higher price tags can be seen as a higher quality product. You yourself said they have cheap specs. But to consumers, often times you will see them associate price with value and this is exactly what Samsung is betting on. And it works. Look at all the people who say Apple products are their preferred choice simply based on price.

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    • AnonD-362866
    • NHU
    • 18 Jan 2016

    Lol at the people thinking $200 is "overpriced" lmao

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      • abc
      • 9xx
      • 18 Jan 2016

      look at the screenshot. Svoice is still there.
      that app is just a bloatware, i dont see the reason why samsung still include it.

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        • Reiki
        • 9LA
        • 18 Jan 2016

        Whatever, just another overpriced gadget... with the technology we have today, it's easy to assemble a smartwatch for a really low price... and then they come and sell it at triple (if not more) of the price it should have.

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          • simonh
          • nx%
          • 18 Jan 2016

          Samsung needs to add some decent apps before these smart watches are going to be any good...

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            • simonh
            • nx%
            • 17 Jan 2016

            Samsung needs to add some decent apps before these smart watches are going to be any good...

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              • AnonD-364786
              • XNa
              • 17 Jan 2016

              In Another one month, it will get another 100 USD discount

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                • Anonymous
                • ny$
                • 17 Jan 2016

                AnonD-429188, 17 Jan 2016I have had one of these , cant say how good they are ...Wou... moreI hope Shamesung are paying you well!

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                  • AnonD-429188
                  • HCv
                  • 17 Jan 2016

                  I have had one of these , cant say how good they are ...Wouldnt ever think of not having a smart watch

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                    • AnonD-489640
                    • 32P
                    • 17 Jan 2016

                    The same thing applies to the S2 Classic. So it is 249 for the S2 Classic.

                      When will people realize that smartwatches are even more overpriced than phones... Slow processor, low-res display and small battery. Of course, this is not a phone, but everything with current technology is easy to fit in that and the cost of producing this is much lower than the selling price. It's cheap enough to cut hundred dollars from price...