[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-ankers-31-percent-off-badge-undersells-the-real-discount":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},10804,"ankers-31-percent-off-badge-undersells-the-real-discount","Anker's 31 Percent Off Badge Undersells the Real Discount","Our math says Anker's Soundcore Select 4 Go is actually about 37% off, not the advertised 31%, while Sony's and RadioShack's discount claims check out fine.","Three budget Bluetooth speakers are still discounted days after October Prime Day ended, and one price tag is quietly better than it claims to be.\n\nAmazon still has Anker's Soundcore Select 4 Go at $21.99, down from $34.99; the listing says 31% off, but the real cut is closer to 37%. The IP67 rated speaker floats, plays 20 hours per charge, and pairs wirelessly with a second unit for stereo sound. Sony's SRS-XB100 is down to $43 from $64.99, an accurate 34% off, with 16 hours of battery life and the same dustproof, waterproof rating. RadioShack's retro AM\u002FFM Bluetooth radio is $34.99, 8% off its $37.99 list price, which also checks out.\n\nThat's not just a rounding error. It means the deal shoppers might skip over, since 31% sounds modest next to Sony's 34%, is actually the biggest percentage cut of the three. Retailers' sale badges run on whatever the marketing team typed in, not a live calculator, and this round shows mistakes can undersell a deal as easily as oversell one.\n\nRadioShack's radio is only 8% off, but nobody buying a Bluetooth speaker with a retractable antenna and 'RadioShack' printed on the front is doing it for the math.","[\"bluetooth speakers\",\"amazon deals\",\"prime day\",\"anker\"]","2026-10-08T19:45:19.000Z","2026-10-09T15:12:58.494Z","2026-10-09T15:13:04.460Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Fix the Anker math (21.99 vs 34.99 list is a ~37% discount, not the stated 31%) and cut or source the unsupported '$25 floor' claim about waterproof speaker pricing, which isn't backed by the source material.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The dek's plural 'the advertised percentages don't quite add up' overstates the scope — only Anker's badge is off (31% vs the real ~37%); Sony's 34% and RadioShack's 8% both check out, so narrow the dek\u002Fheadline to specify it's Anker's discount figure that's wrong.","deals",[36,37,38,39],"bluetooth speakers","amazon deals","prime day","anker",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"Lifehacker","https:\u002F\u002Flifehacker.com\u002Ftech\u002Flast-minute-bluetooth-speakers-under-50-october-prime-day-2026?utm_medium=RSS",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,57,62,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106,111],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",6539,"2026-10-08T20:04:26.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",924,"2026-10-08T21:53:51.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Policy","policy",483,"2026-10-08T22:40:11.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":34,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Deals",474,"2026-10-08T22:00:00.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",229,"2026-10-08T20:47:10.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",190,"2026-10-08T21:23:31.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",181,"2026-10-08T23:26:35.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Startups","startups",117,"2026-10-08T16:45:00.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Software","software",114,"2026-10-08T17:57:01.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",105,"2026-10-07T16:59:11.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"General","general",65,"2026-10-08T19:06:41.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Gaming","gaming",58,"2026-10-08T20:08:45.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"Reviews","reviews",34,"2026-10-08T14:00:22.000Z",{"name":112,"slug":113,"count":114,"latest_published_at":115},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]