It's worth noting that unless you have a Samsung Pay supported smartphone, you can't set up and use Samsung Pay on the Galaxy Watch. Samsung Pay support comes courtesy of NFC as Samsung appears to be abandoning the MST functionality which allowed it to emulate any of your cards that are secured only by a magnetic strip. With the 3G/LTE variants with their embedded eSIM break your dependence on your smartphone entirely. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4Ghz allows the Galaxy Watch to connect to your wireless networks.
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In addition to the new heart rate sensor, the Galaxy Watch's fitness capabilities are bolstered by the usual suspects that include an accelerometer, barometer and gyro sensor.Ĭonnectivity is handled by Bluetooth v4.2 to pair to your smartphone and wireless earphones. The higher memory capacity of the LTE model may lead to better overall performance, but aren't able to verify that.
We envisage that media or app heavy users could struggle.ħ68MB of RAM keeps things ticking along, while if you spring for the LTE variant RAM is doubled to 1.5GB. Out of the box (or bubble wrap in our case) following the installation of the Spotify app, transferring over our 52MB 10 track test album (encoded at 160 kbps) and having taken a few screenshots, we were left with 1.43GB free. While the new processor is a welcome improvement, the jury's out on Samsung's decision to stick with only 4GB of storage for apps and media. The new 9110 SoC appears to be up to snuff, during our time with the Galaxy Watch, the UI remained smooth at all times and we experienced no slowdowns or other performance related issues with apps. This more efficient 10nm SoC was developed specifically for smartwatches and should liberate extra battery life when compared to the 14nm Exynos 7270 SoC that powers the Gear S3 and Gear Sport. 42mm Rose Gold (left), 46mm Silver (middle) and 42mm Midnight Black (right)Īll variants of the Galaxy watch use Samsung's new Exynos 9110 Dual core SoC running at 1.15GHz.
Samsung quote up to 7 days battery life on the Galaxy Watch 46mm model, and up to 4 days on the 42mm model based on light usage. The other notable difference resulting from the physically smaller 42mm Galaxy Watch, as expected, is that it has a reduced battery capacity of 270mAh as opposed to the larger Galaxy Watch's 472mAh. The 46mm Galaxy Watch's screen size is 1.3" resulting in 282 DPI, while the 42mm variant has a physically smaller screen at 1.2" but with a higher pixel density of 302 DPI.ĭisplay quality and color rendition is up to Samsung's usual standards with content looking simply fantastic while the light sensor is used accordingly to deliver a display that we could view in all lighting conditions. Both sizes of the Galaxy Watch pack Samsung's Super AMOLED displays with a resolution of 360x360.