New Delhi, June 16 -- NEW YORK - It is a rare thing for a $1,099 smartwatch to reach its lowest-ever retail price eight days before one of the year's biggest shopping events. That is where the Garmin Fenix 8 stands today - at $849.99, a $250 reduction that Garmin introduced through its own direct Father's Day sale - and the uncomfortable truth for anyone planning to wait for Prime Day on June 23 is that this may already be the bottom.

act now on a confirmed historic low, or hold eight days hoping an online retail event adds further cuts to a product Garmin has never discounted this steeply before. The answer, at least for the Fenix 8, is not as straightforward as most deals coverage suggests.

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