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The stainless steel Apple Watch Series 8 with LTE is $175 off and still has blood oxygen sensors


It’s cheaper than a Series 9 and still has oxygen sensors.

You’re only missing out on the latest S9 processor, precision finding (only usable if you have an iPhone 15), and the one-handed double-tap gesture present in the Watch Series 9, none of which revolutionize the wearable experience so much that it’s worth passing up hundreds in savings. In fact, the Series 9 will soon lose some functionality, as a court ruling over a patent dispute has forced Apple to remove the blood oxygen sensors from models sold in the United States. The Stream Deck Plus still doesn’t replace a full audio interface on its own and we felt its initial plug-in support was extremely limited, but this hybrid controller has come a long way since we first reviewed it over a year ago.

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