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Prime Big Deal Days Push Smartwatch Prices Under £30 in the UK

Deep cuts highlight feature trade-offs, with missing GPS plus recurring accuracy complaints.

Overview

  • Amazon’s 48-hour Prime Big Deal Days event sees budget models such as the MFVLP drop from £199.99 to £29.99 and Cloudpoem colour variants fall to £27.99–£29.99.
  • Listings promote expansive features including 100–120+ sports modes, heart rate, blood oxygen and sleep tracking, Bluetooth calling, and 1.85-inch AMOLED displays, though no built-in GPS is noted on these low-cost options.
  • Customer feedback on Amazon skews positive at roughly 4.3 stars from thousands of reviews, with praise for value, styling, easy pairing and multi-day battery life.
  • Review excerpts report drawbacks including very brief manuals, occasionally confusing menus, screen brightness limits in sunlight, intermittent Bluetooth disconnects and complaints about step and sleep accuracy.
  • Broader discounts extend to mainstream devices with Samsung’s Galaxy Fit3 reported at about £39 and Fitbit’s Versa 4 at about £129.99, while one outlet cites a Soudorv smartwatch cut to £23.74.