2017/04/04 8:08am PSTApr 4, 2017

Update 1: 2017/04/07 8:08am PDT
The LG Watch Style is still on sale at Best Buy, but now B&H is also selling all three models for $179.99. You can find them at the source link

Well that was quick. Just a month after the LG Watch Style went on sale, it's already being heavily marked down. Now you can get all colors of the LG Watch Style for just $179.99 - between $70 and $100 off the original price (depending on the model).

If you need a refresher, the Watch Style was launched alongside the bulkier (and more expensive) Watch Sport. Although it is far thinner than the Sport, it lacks a heart rate sensor, NFC for Android Pay, GPS, and LTE connectivity. To reach that thinness, LG also reduced the battery capacity to 240mAh, which barely lasted through a day in our review.

If you still want to grab one, you can do so from Best Buy at the link below.

Source:
Best Buy

Thanks:
Ian,
Sam

The LG Watch Style is still on sale at Best Buy, but now B&H is also selling all three models for $179.99. You can find them at the source link below.

Source:
B&H

Thanks:
Andrew

Comments

Jeff Beck

Man, I can't see why they'd be on sale so quickly. Every review I've seen says this watch is practically perfect...
- BBpost
  
  The watch could be good and I still would not purchase it until 2.0 starts to roll out. Tired of waiting on google and vendors to get their act together. This combined with their communication nightmare is making me question my eco system choices.
  - Corbin Davenport
    
    The Watch Style and Sport both come with Android Wear 2.0.
    - Jmill75
      
      just getting ready to say that also...
      
      @BBPOST you question eco system....I question your knowledge
- Corey W.
  
  keyword "practically"
- Vernon Cowles
  
  Can't change the bands. It''s thickness is awkward. It's not very attractive.
  - David
    
    I believe you're talking about the watch sport not style.
  - Nick Coad
    
    That's the LG Watch Sport, but this one has it's own major flaws (the OP was being sarcastic). This is the "light" version which has basically 0 features for the same price as the Moto 360 gen 1 (three years old, more features).
- Anthony Castanza
  
  My guess is that it's a flop sales-wise. Most people that want an Android wear watch probably already have one, and you could get the base model Huawei watch (which is also, practically perfect) for $239 for a while now (and that's without hunting for a sale price). Without a compelling reason to upgrade (like NFC or a substantially larger battery) I'm 100% not surprised that this one was DOA.
  - Impulse_Vigil
    
    Yeah, ZenWatch 3 & Moto 360 2nd gen also dropped under $250 and all three feature far better battery life.
Lawrence

Not even free. It is such an abomination.
landale

This is the price it should have had at launch given the lack of any distinguishing features and battery life that is one day at best.
- Impulse_Vigil
  
  Yeah I think at this price it's somewhat easier to justify, at $150 it'd be a good value... At anything closer to $200 (let alone the $250 launch price) the battery life is inexcusable.
jaycemiskel

Lol that didn't take long at all. They probably have barely sold any of them at all.
Nicholas Conrad

Might consider it at that price if they put 22mm bands on it. Don't want to restock my mode collection in a new size.
UniBroW

I'm going to wait for the next version that is thicker and has an even smaller battery
Sebastian Flores

LG Watch Sport. $249.99. Best Buy. !.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-watch-sport-smartwatch-45-4mm-titan-silver-at-t-titan-silver/5738400.p?skuId=5738400

Edit: It shows $350 in the cart, but they should honor the $250 price even if it's a typo.
- Corbin Davenport
  
  That's with an AT&T two-year contract, not full retail price.
  - Sebastian Flores
    
    Gotcha, my mistake!
Vernon Cowles

It's on sale because it's a pretty weak effort. Samsung Gear s3 kills anything that Android Wear is offering right now.
- neonix
  
  Except supporting Wear apps.
Gerardo Sarabia

No thanks. With no speaker and no NFC this is as useful as my OG Moto 360.
- William R. Washington
  
  Less. That had a heartrate monitor.
  - JG
    
    The 360 had a slightly larger display (1.56 v 1.2) and battery (320 v 240) as well.
    
    Though the Style does have a slightly higher ppi (299 v 205) and a more power efficient processor so it may balance out in the grand scale...
    - Impulse_Vigil
      
      According to ArsTechnica the Style still fares worse in battery life, which is kinda impressive in a bad way. 1.56 vs 1.2 is pretty significant for usability, tho the Style does have a digital crown.
Orlando aka Pixel XL

If it had NFC for Android pay, I would love this watch.
ericshmerick

Horrible battery life, so many missing things. It's a fire-sale flop.
- Anthony Castanza
  
  If they'd at least added NFC I'd at least think about it a little, but as-is everyone who might be interested in buying the Style probably already bought a Huawei watch at price -and feature- parity. The price drop might be enough to snag the holdouts though.
surethom

Lacking heart rate monitor is killing sales, they could have picked up the fitbit fans. Plus u need heart rate monitor fir NFC to identify when removed from wrist.
Alejandro García Pérez

so everybody hates the watch, okay. Any chance of a way of getting this sent to the UK?
Shane

Still feels like a downgrade from my Moto 360 gen 2
- Nick Coad
  
  That's because it is :(
belac77

well, I pulled the trigger. I don't need NFC payments yet, and it will be a good looking second screen for notifications and music playback controls.
- Impulse_Vigil
  
  There's similar priced watches with larger screens *and* better battery life tho, nearly 2x better in fact.
  - belac77
    
    I prefer smaller screens for my tiny wrists 😬
    - Impulse_Vigil
      
      I guess it does have that going for it, tho not much else, but that's as valid as anything. The Moto 360 42mm might be best fit for tiny wrists but it'll still appear way larger due to the flat sides and the much larger screen itself.
      - belac77
        
        The Watch Style is also 42mm, so it seems like it'd be just as good a fit as the 360, right?
      - Impulse_Vigil
        
        Appearance wise it should look even smaller, since the Style is more rounded, specially around the sides where the 360 is very flat which makes it look way thicker. Fit wise the 360 has more angled lugs which could feel more snug depending on wrist size... IMO of course.
applesandsynths

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3c80001f63fd5716224e8f45daa5ecdfb1f0e5f3f9bc9ff34b136389b05dd54d.png

Between the toyish/cheap looks and lack of aw2.0 gen features, maybe we'll see it offered like this sooner than later :)
Duder12

You people act like these watches have shit battery life bc of LG. We all know the Qualcomm chips are inneficient as fuck.
- Impulse_Vigil
  
  Sure, they are, but LG still put in a battery that's about 30% smaller than the average into the Style... And it gets half the battery life or just about of the Huawei, ZW3, etc. This is the outlier, it literally gets the worst battery life of all Wear watches by a good margin... Only one nearly as bad is the 2.5 year old 360.
Nick Coad

Man I can't get over the disappointment from these two watches. I've got a gen 1 Moto 360 and I've been waiting for these watches to come out so I can buy an upgrade. Instead I get one watch that literally has less features than my 2 1/2 year old watch, inexplicably selling at the same price I bought the old one for - and another watch that is so overblown with features it winds up being the size of an aircraft carrier. Then to top it all off the new Huawei is garbage also. No wonder the smartwatch market is doomed.
- Impulse_Vigil
  
  I was on the same boat, ended up with a ZenWatch 3 instead... I really wanted to like the Style but just couldn't get over that battery life, worse than the OG 360 when new! The ZW3 was a very nice upgrade in most regards, but HR sensor and NFC weren't a huge priority for me...
  - neonix
    
    I've been looking at the ZenWatch as well. I wanted to love the LG Watch Style too, and this sale even got me considering pulling the trigger, but battery life is important.
    
    The ZenWatch though, it kills me that it uses a weird band structure and I'm on the fence on whether I think it looks super cool and unique or just too flashy and odd looking. :|
    - Impulse_Vigil
      
      I was afraid of the same thing, ended up liking it even more in person (total cliche, I know)... I don't think it ever looks gaudy or too dressy outside of like, the gym or a run, to which I wouldn't wear it. The brass ring doesn't stand out obnoxiously or anything.
      
      The band thing is a definite annoyance tho and my only real gripe. ASUS makes a rubber one and there's some Casio/Victorinox bands that fit, but they're not very common at all. My stock band has held up well but I'm looking to try a rubber alternative.
      
      The Huawei was my second choice, bands still have a somewhat odd 18/22mm attachment/band sizing but there's some nice replacements available from Barton, etc. No ambient light sensor or extra buttons tho, and a more finicky charger...
      
      Ultimately I just liked the look of the ZW3 better, I think all that other stuff is a minor concern, the primary deciding factor should be your own personal aesthetic preference IMO.
sbeaulieu

Look's like it sold well :D
dabug91

LG needs to exit the smartwatch market ASAP since they're clearly not even trying to make a semi-decent product. They are quickly becoming a con artist of tech.
It's better they not even be in the smartwatch market at all than waste money with shit devices like this. I feel sorry for anyone who buys one.
Impulse_Vigil

I really wanted to like this... No NFC was strike 1 tho, and the horrible horrible battery life might a well count for strike 2 aaand 3. Flop goes the Style... Sigh. I don't mind the bland or simple design, but there's really no redeeming factor here.
raffr

Not surprising. These watches offer nothing to a watch wearer, and very little to a tech geek who wants a smart watch.

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