Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 is $40 off at Costco and comes with over $50 in freebies

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch 9. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge The Galaxy Watch 9 launches on August 7th, and not only does Costco have the best preorder incentives we’ve seen so far, the watch is also discounted. The deal includes the 40mm Watch 9 in cream or graphite, two wireless fast chargers for the watch, and a $50 Costco gift card, all for $339.99 — $40 less than the list price for the watch on its own directly from Samsung. The discounted price erases the $30 gen-to-gen price bump, and the extra chargers and gift card further sweeten the deal. If you aren’t a Costco member, a year of membership is only $65, which is less than the value of the free items in this purchase.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 9

Where to Buy:

$379.99 $339.99 at Costco (with $50 gift card and two chargers)

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 is $40 off at Costco and comes with over $50 in freebies

Samsung Galaxy Watch 9

Where to Buy:

The piano that taught my cat to play for her supper

Sennheiser’s new Momentum 5 earbuds feature easily replaceable batteries

Slack is launching collaborative vibe-coding channels

I reduced my NAS power bill by letting drives sleep, and the setup took one dropdown menu

LG’s new OLED breakthrough can boost display lifespans

The Audi S6 Sportback E-tron proves that sedans still matter

Leaving the cloud for a NAS taught me I still need it, just not the way I thought

GPU pricing has completely untethered from reality, and nobody agrees what mid-range even means anymore

Meta glasses are a workplace menace

Someone used four LED strips to create a ‘screen’ by spinning them around really quickly

Claude Code got better when I stopped treating it like a code editor and started using it like this instead

I ruined my cats’ toilet time with a motion-activated neon litter box sign

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