What Apple price hike? The Apple Watch 11 is down to its lowest Aussie price of just AU$427

It’s hardly a surprise that Apple had to increase the prices of its iPads, Macs and other devices last month amid ongoing RAM and storage shortages, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the upcoming iPhones follow suit — but it’s not completely doom and gloom for Apple fans.

<![CDATA[ <article> <p>It’s hardly a surprise that <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/macbooks/apple-price-hikes-have-hit-australia">Apple had to increase the prices of its iPads, Macs and other devices</a> last month amid ongoing RAM and storage shortages, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the upcoming iPhones follow suit — but it’s not completely doom and gloom for Apple fans.</p><p>Apple’s wearables weren’t impacted by these price hikes, which is good news for anyone looking to upgrade to a <a href="https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/will-your-apple-watch-run-watchos-27-apple-just-quietly-made-six-current-gen-watches-obsolete-including-ultra-and-se-models-here-is-the-full-list">watchOS 27-compatible device</a> (as there will only be a select few left) or if you’re keen to get a swanky new watch to track your workouts.</p><p>The Apple Watch 11 was already going at a fantastic price of AU$429 during Prime Day last month, but surprise, surprise, it’s ever-so-slightly cheaper now, and it’s not even sale season! The <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FQFBYXX6" target="_blank">Apple Watch Series 11 with the 42mm chassis and GPS-only option is now AU$2 cheaper</a>, making this the lowest-ever price on Amazon Australia — that’s 37% off in case you were wondering.</p><div class="product"><a data-dimension112="825b9102-8fa7-11f1-9ce9-2be861cc2981" data-action="Deal Block" data-label="discounted to AU$677" data-dimension48="discounted to AU$677" data-dimension25="$427" href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FQFBYXX6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><figure class="van-image-figure " ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:500px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:100.00%;"><img id="ocATmVHbK4kh9k5iCEqxoR" name="Apple Watch Series 11 deal block" caption="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ocATmVHbK4kh9k5iCEqxoR.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="500" height="500" attribution="" endorsement="" credit="" class=""></p></div></div></figure></a><p>This price beats the AU$429 we saw during Prime Day, officially making this 37% discount the best we’ve seen for the Apple Watch Series 11 in Australia. The 42mm is also the only size discounted for the GPS-only version, so you’ll have to get the LTE option if you want the larger 46mm model, which is also <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FQG8KVDC" data-dimension112="825b9102-8fa7-11f1-9ce9-2be861cc2981" data-action="Deal Block" data-label="discounted to AU$677" data-dimension48="discounted to AU$677" data-dimension25="$427">discounted to AU$677</a>, or 25% off, but there’s very limited stock.<a class="view-deal button" href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FQFBYXX6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-dimension112="825b9102-8fa7-11f1-9ce9-2be861cc2981" data-action="Deal Block" data-label="discounted to AU$677" data-dimension48="discounted to AU$677" data-dimension25="$427">View Deal</a></p></div><p>Our <a href="https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/apple-watch-series-11-review">Apple Watch Series 11 review</a> called it “the most capable and best-looking” mainline Apple Watch yet, thanks to its larger battery capacity and brighter, more power-efficient and more scratch-resistant Always-On Retina LTPO3 OLED display compared to its predecessor.</p><p>Apple rates both the 42mm and 46mm models’ battery life at 24 hours of typical use and up to 38 hours in Low Power Mode, with battery capacity up 9% and 11%, respectively. Our reviewer found the claim checks out, with tests getting a full day and a half of battery life with light use, but the Low Power Mode makes it go even longer.</p><p>Health tracking is more comprehensive with the Series 11, adding blood-pressure monitoring to the usual arrhythmic heart-rate alerts, ECG, wrist temperature, respiratory rate and cycle tracking. Hearing health and Sleep Score are other notable additions, but these are also available on the cheaper SE 3 and have been rolled out to older models too.</p><p>Admittedly, the Apple Watch Series 11 won’t be much of an upgrade over the <a href="https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/apple-watch-series-10-review">Series 10</a> because of the very similar hardware (and watchOS 27 compatibility), but upgrading from the Series 8 or older models, or even the Watch SE and SE 2, will see a significant performance jump and a longer support period.</p><p>And at this price, you don’t even need to wait till Black Friday as we don’t see it getting much cheaper than this in a few months’ time.</p> </article> ]]>