Buying the Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) made sense to me when I bought it a few years ago (at full price, of course) because I was already walled in within the Apple ecosystem. While I would have preferred something with ECG monitoring, I couldn't justify the higher price of the Apple Watch 8 compared to the SE 2. I don't regret that decision at all.
The Apple Watch SE 2 has served me well ever since: it lets me know when my heart is beating rapidly in my chest, and that's really what I'm looking for at the end of the day. It more than justified the AU$398 I paid when I bought it, but it's been available for much less since then.
It was AU$350 during the Black Friday sales in 2023, then dropped to AU$343 in July and now, if you don't mind the 40mm Starlight case, the GPS edition has dropped to an all-time low price of just AU$319 In fact, you might even be able to save a little more if you have an old device to trade in: Amazon has teamed up with Northladder to offer you online quotes and arrange pickups at your door, and you'll receive an Amazon gift card. instead.
However, if this is the deal you want, you may want to hurry as I don't think it will last long. I've seen previous deals on the Apple Watch SE disappear within hours and they all cost more than this. You can always use the exchange value on something else; It's still a savings.
An Apple Watch, even the SE version, is a great way to make the most of Apple's impressive Health app to take care of your well-being by collecting information about your workouts, sleep, activity, and daily habits. And it's best used by someone who already uses an iPhone it can be paired with.
You can screen calls and read messages from your wrist, get directions from Apple Maps, monitor your heart rate for warning signs of conditions like atrial fibrillation, automatically notify loved ones in an emergency with Fall Detection, and much more.
At this price, it really is excellent value for money.