Ring Doorbells Slash Prices Just Enough to Make You Question Your Life

KEY POINTS

•Ring dropped prices on its Wired Doorbell Pro and Battery Doorbell Plus to $199 and $119.99 respectively this year.
•Both doorbells offer video surveillance with 4K and 2K resolutions, motion detection, two-way talk, and color night vision.
•Purchasing a subscription unlocks more AI alerts for people and packages, as well as advanced facial recognition features for an added monthly fee.

Ring unleashed a two-front assault on your front porch wallet by dropping its Wired Doorbell Pro to $199 from $249.99 and Battery Doorbell Plus to $119.99 from $179.99, with platforms like Amazon and Best Buy playing eager middlemen. The Wired model, capable of 4K eye-spying and talking back with prerecorded sass, competes with its simpler 2K battery-powered sibling who’s just pleased to detect motion. Both promise color night vision and motion alerts — for a mere $4.99-a-month subscription, that is. Upgrade for almost $20 per month, and your doorbell will remind you who’s who by name, because nothing says privacy like AI surveillance funded by your Netflix money.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Why buy a doorbell that simply rings when you can get one that sees in 4K, talks smugly back for $200, and asks for $25 a month forever? Welcome to the future of spending too much on your doorstep drama.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Congrats! You can now spend $200 so a doorbell can gossip about your visitors and send you texts. Privacy’s overrated anyway.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Nothing says welcome like a $120 camera watching your porch 24/7, begging for extra cash to guess if that’s a package or your neighbor.

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