Samsung Releases Specs & Details on New Galaxy Watch

Samsung’s been successfully duking it out with Apple over who should will be king of the smartwatch hill, and their next contender, now confirmed to be named the Galaxy Watch, is going to be ready for market sooner than we know it! Many thought Samsung’s latest smart watch offering would be a direct successor to the Samsung Gear 3, but it looks like they’ve gone for a bit of a rebrand and left the ‘Gear’ moniker behind for this release.

Here’s a breakdown of the main specifications:

Available in two versions: 42mm and 46mm
Waterproof up to 5m
1.2/1.3-inch circular AMOLED screen
Corning Gorilla DX+ screen
LTE versions for both sizes.
270mAh/ 472mAh Battery sizes for 42mm/46mm respectively
Exynos 9110 Dual Core Chipset
LTE editions include 1.5GB RAM + 4GB internal memory; Bluetooth versions feature 768MB RAM + 4GB internal memory.

The improved battery life will be a big draw for many users, with Samsung claiming that you’ll be able to use the watch for 7 days without needing to recharge. While this is impressive, it’s not specified what kind of usage this data was drawn from, so it’ll remain to be seen how it performs across a variety of usage patterns.

Fitness fanatics will also be happy to hear that it comes with more health-related functionality now, too. It can monitor your heart rate and will recommend that you take a breather if you seem to be getting a little stressed. It will also monitor your sleeping cycle with sleep-tracking info, but they haven’t mentioned how exactly it differs in function or information from a similar utility available on the Gear Fit 2 Pro.

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Samsung is also yet to release the exact changes made to the software, but it appears to have Tizen’s software and OS – not Google’s Wear OS software as it was previously rumoured.

The device will be available for consumers to get their hands on at the end of August in the US, but probably closer to October for most other markets. The pricing tentatively seems to be listed at $279/$329 (R4,000/R4,732) for the 42mm/46mm respectively, but we’ll have to wait and see how that translates to local pricing. Keep an eye out for updates as more information about this watch is released over the coming weeks.