The Amazfit Bip was already too good for its own price, but now it's on sale

Save $23: The Amazfit Bip smartwatch (Onyx Black only) is on sale at Best Buy, putting the best budget-friendly Apple Watch killer at less than $50 in an early Black Friday deal.

Everyone should probably have a smartwatch at some point. It feels like a repeat of the rise of cell phones: Not everyone had them at first (you were like, really cool if you had one pre-2002) but they're a given nowadays. 

The modern human has a hard time turning down convenience. Smartwatches, which free up your hands and ditch the need to carry a phone everywhere, are the obvious next limb extension.

Apple Watches are already all but ubiquitous, but they have yet to hit the "I don't care how much it costs, I need one" point like iPhones have. Not every prospective smartwatch buyer cares enough to spend a precious sum of $300 or $400. Those people will be perfectly satisfied (pleasantly surprised?) with the Amazfit Bip: a budget-conscious smartwatch that steals a lot of crucial features from the Apple Watch but doesn't make you pay for them. Regularly $69.99, it's already a pretty accessible pick — but Best Buy's $23 discount drops the Black Onyx model to $46.99. Read more...