Once again, someone blaming Samsung for lack of compatibility with Apple, when it's Apple's fault...They really have their cult wrapped around their finger, don't they?
yeah keeping support for apple would only make them look bad as they would have to nerf their product so bad. i had a GW3 working with an iphone (my Note 10 broke so I had to use a borrowed iphone) and it was trash, I still have it but now with an s22 and it is awesome.
The Sapphire crystal is a game changer. I would never have a watch without one anymore. I was not gentle to my watch six and after wearing it every single day for a year there was not a single scratch on it.
@@-joo3033 oh yeah I know it's nothing new but since the watch five I think when it came out it's been amazing for me. I used to scratch the crap out of the old glass ones.
I feel like this video just isn't well researched in general. Samsung doesn't lock their watches from Apple users - WearOS itself does. You can put unwanted apps into a folder. Not much research or testing into the accuracy of the sensors or how it stacks up with other watches.
I don't think he did much research at all. He blames Samsung for it not working on IOS and it's Apple that won't let WearOS apps work on IOS right. As for sensor accuracy he didn't even touch upon that seems suspicious to me.
I think y’all are missing the point of shortcircuit videos, I don’t necessarily expect them to be highly researched and reviewed. They are more of a basic overview and initial first impressions of a product, which to me is a very important category of review because that’s about how deep the general public is going to care about a given product. If you want the super deep metrics when it comes to the health sensors, “The Quantified Scientist” channel here on TH-cam has you completely covered and goes in to great detail with every single product review.
@@1300BlueStar WearOS is basically android (it's built on top of it ... first version already started with android 4), android apps don't work on iOS, different platform, different bytecode. But WearOS itself is primarilly google thing, if they don't want to communicate with apple ... well no idea why. I used in Polar M600, they run WearOS version 4.0 (it's based on Android 8), application to this watch you could install with Wear OS Application, and to sync data you use Polar Flow ... WearOS app is available on both platforms (android and ios), Polar Flow likewise. My polar watches did work with both, my motorola android phone, and iPhone SE (which i'm still using, just replaced polar watches 2 yeas ago with apple watches). But Samsung in general makes weird decisions, for example when they switched from Tizen to WearOS ... they effectively dumped tizen support (new watch app in phone - and i'm talking about samsung phone - didn't support tizen watches ... likewise on some older samsung phones, you were not able connect new wearos watches, because you could not update app to latest). Old app Gear S, that was on iOS and Android likewise, that supports tizen watches (from first version until Galaxy Watch 3, which is last tizen one) works on both platforms, new one ... (eg. since galaxy watch 4), you can guess. it's obviously Samsung, who is at fault here. not apple, not google.
@williamclark5647 yes! The quantified scientist is INCREDIBLE, absolutely love his vids. However, being a first look doesn't mean that they get to make inaccurate comments. Besides, it doesn't even say it's a "first look" in the title. LTT is a massive content creator company, they can and should do better.
I find myself buying the new version every time it comes out simply because the trade-in they give on the previous version is usually pretty ridiculous. With the other discounts I get and trading in my watch six I was able to get the watch 7 for $37 shipped. Not going to say no to that.
@@LordMustangGT93 Well for me it's worth it because I get a new watch for the cost of a halfway decent dinner and next time I'll have the most recent version to trade in again :-)
@@-joo3033 oh yeah that would be not great. I got 200 trade-in for my regular old 40 mm watch 6. Combining that with the pre-order discount and a small first responder discount and it was pretty cheap.
In the current year, smart watches are not a stand alone item, they're a phone accessory. Which is not unreasonable since they don't have the resources to do everything they need to do without help from the phone. So not unreasonable they are closely tied.
To be honest the inabillity to pair galaxy watch to IOS isn't samsung fault. Watch is based on wearOS which is tied to android very deeply, so you cannot pair any watch with wearOS to IOS
99 out of 100 Apple reviews: A minor thumbs down you can't use it on an iPhone. 99 out of 100 Samsung reviews: I will not buy this or recommend it because it doesn't work with iPhones. What a terrible anti-consumer move. Samsung is ship! Meanwhile at Apple: See, it was a great decision to not allow any WearOS device to work with iPhones!
I mean there are many many things wrong with this watch other than that I was considering buying one to pair to my s24 ultra but all Samsung watches, even the new Watch ultra have an unacceptable amount of input lag The input lag is absolutely atrocious for a 2024 produce At the moment I wear a 1st gen Apple Watch Ultra from all the way back in 2022 and it’s got no input lag at all Yea I have both an iPhone and a Samsung Yes my main sim is in the iPhone because Samsung’s phone animations are so off putting I’d rather get punched in the gut once a day than use my s24 ultra as my main phone
@@himynameisryan You can change the animation scale if you go in dev settings. I see a lot of people setting them to half (So double the speed). No its not a great solution. But it is **A** solution
@@leaderbot_x400 you think I don’t know about changing animations speed? I’ve owned every Galaxy S since the s3 and daily drove them up until the s20ultra im not talking about how fast the animations are that annoy me It’s the quality of animations and gestures that annoys me about Android If anything in 0.5x speed they feel rushed
Can't blame WearOS issues with iPhone on Samsung, it's an Apple problem. I don't think it'd be enough to make me hand in my Watch 4 Classic. I still enjoy the twiddly bezel and some of the new features don't give me enough reason to upgrade yet. I prefer a physical bezel to a touch bezel. Especially when it gets wet
Yes you can blame them as they were deeply involved with the development of WearOS 3. Also the fact that features like ECG only work with Samsung phones shows us that this is most likely their choice to force people into buying Samsung products.
It seems like the losing iOS support was an apple thing not a samsung thing, they quit supporting it when they migrated to wearOS and having used wearOS watches with iOS it's a super broken experience because iOS wouldn't let wearOS stay running in the background
Every smartwatch needs a raised bezel. It has saved my watch SOOOO many times. I still rock an original Samsung Galaxy Watch and the screen still looks like new, and it's like 6 years old!
I used the Samsung s3 fronhier for 5-6 years, now I upgraded. I thought I would be pretty scared to brake the screen, but I don't anymore it's fine really, but the housing stretches very easily compared to my old one
I use watch 5 pro. I went with that cause of titanium build and bezel. Work as a handy man and that bezel has saved my screen multiple times, should see the dents in my bezel 😂
Now that they have sapphire screen, probably irrelevant. I bashed the hell out of a Rolex for 10 years with no sign at all of wear. This sapphire is probably not quite as good, but should be good enough.
Long time LTT viewer, pretty poor video all around. 44mm still uses 20mm bands. Apple prevents the watch from having any decent functionality with iPhone, so to prevent a bad experience, they advertise it to not be compatible. Imagine you buy a $400 watch and it can only pop up notifications. As a watch4 user, you can add app shortcuts to the home screen. It's literally called app shortcut, and of course it has that feature since they both it and the pixel watch run WearOS, made by GOOGLE. Slander of the body composition features, but I have to say I have only had accurate positive experiences with mine after nearly four years of use. Why compare to a FITBIT when its competing with an Apple Watch (which are more expensive btw). I have sent texts from the middle of a pool and control my smart lights from my watch, can a fitbit do that? No. So why compare the two, they aren't equal products. Its like comparing a chromebook with a gaming laptop. Different use cases. Feels like too much personal opinion in this video. Disappointing.
Do note the ECG and blood pressure features don't work on non Samsung phones. In addition they have changed their heart rate graphs to be useless. Now instead of points they show massive bars with min and max per hour, no precise data available.
The HR graph in samsung health connect is shit. But you can get a full normal graph by syncing to google fit and looking at it there. Or to another health app that can be linked
We need more hybrid analog watches imo.. Withings Scanwatch does heartrate, steps, sleep, spO2 as well as general notifications/alarms and such while getting a whole ass month of battery. In fact if you let it run down low enough it shuts off the health tracking and can extend the remaining teeny bit of battery life for several more months so you always have the time available
Personally looking for digital one, but still smartwatch. I like the convenience of using the watch, but touchscreen part is probably what drains the battery like a blackhole, usual digital also works, if it wasn't so cancerous to operate. Then again I haven't touched a lot of watches, the one I've had though.... oh god, why is it so difficult. Simple rotation switch would solve most of the problems. Samsung Rotating Bezel and digital watch would be GOLDEN.
I suspect it doesn't work with apple more due to Apple than to Samsung. It's not like Apple watches work on android. I bet Apple doesn't allow Samsung health or Samsung watch appon its store, not to mention the watch uses Google wearOS. So apple would need to support Google app store to work properly
I can somehow understand why samsung refuses to open its watch for iphone users, since apple won’t give other manufacturers the same level of APIs and access to iOS devices, any other watch besides apple’s would seem pale and inferior compare to apple watches. Samsung just doesn’t like its watches to be compared to apple’s when they are artificially limited by them.
Way back Samsung did. But I if I remember correctly, they discontinued apple support because of the lack of customers. They stopped after the Gear 3 I think
The problem is, that it now doesn't work at all, even if its subpar. So when somebody temporarily only has the samsung watch, it still doesn't work at all, which is dumb.
@@ben079329 The 4 is also when they switched to wearOS from Tizen and wearOS while technically working iphones, at least as of around the iphone 12 was broken beyond being usable so I could see not wanting to bother, apple seems to not let the wearOS app run in the background causing the watch to become unpaired if you accidentally close out of the app
You know it's Apple that has locked away the APIs that the more capable watches need to use, right? It is to make sure that iPhone users only buy Apple watches.
He doesn't say he is happy with apple either. What Samsung is doing, they're isolating them from other smartphones (eg Pixel, iPhone) and apple has started this "trend"
just bought the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic 47mm for £220, its great. did buy a fabric strap that attaches with Velcro for £9.99 that makes it fit better. Love it.
Still rocking a 4 Classic, don't really see much need to upgrade until the battery starts dying, but it still gives me 1-1.5 days. It gives notifications, makes calls, uses Assistant, tracks workouts, tells my heart rate, etc. just fine. And it has the rotating bezel!
Just to note. I thought it was hilarious that the video sarted with OP setting the bar really, really, low for a minimalist watch. Then setting a unreachable and glowing expectation for the Waych 7 as if its a flagship. I thought it was hilarious and absurd because he also laid out his bias.
Watch 7 might be neat, but the 6Classic is just too good. Especially with that rotating bezel. I wear mine all the time, and it isn't babied. Absolute tank. Maybe if they release a 7Classic or an 8Classic, I'll consider upgrading my watch
Between the bonus trade-in and a discount I was able to get it for like 55 bucks coming from a galaxy watch 4, I really miss the physical bezel though.
How 55 ? They buy the watch 4 44mm for 29+50 preorder bonus ( I live in Europe so we pay 350 for 44mm watch7 I got it for 200 coming from 4 44mm which also was pre ordered
@@Kelashnikov800 The 44 mm model is 329, the Galaxy watch 4 trade-in was $200 off, $50 reserve email thing, small employee discount cuz my firm has some agreement with Samsung, I'm in the US though
I love how ZERO effort went into this video when comparing the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6. It's like this person doesn't know Samsung kept the Galaxy Watch 7 for the average folks and released the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 😂
I've had mine for 4 days.It's nott a lot different from the watch 4. Battery life barely lasts a day. Charging takes almost 2 hours. I've already had to deal with samsung support because it wasn't syncing correctly. Had to do a facory reset. Not sure it was worth the upgrade.
Its a shame the software support for Tizen is ending, as my OG Galaxy Watch still looks near brand new, still lasts 3-4days (2 with heavy use) and still looks great too. I keep looking to upgrade but for someone who uses it to track steps, change songs on Spotify and check the weather; what's the point?
I got a Galaxy Watch 5 from a friend a while back when they upgraded to 6. With a trade-in, this watch would only cost $75. So honestly it's really tempting.
Ive had the Watch 5 Pro since it came out. Thanks to the Titanium build and the Sapphire glass, it looks as good as new even though I have hit it a few times.
Mine is arriving today, but I nabbed the 44mm version because the larger screen is easier to read. What was that watch face you were using? It seems nice, large, and clearly illustrates the sensor readouts. I've had a Gear S3 Frontier (with spinny ring) for years, so this is my first modern upgrade in a while. I'm about to have some weight-loss surgery soon and need to start tracking info for heart and health. If the Watch7 is half as reliable as my G3F, it's going to be a hell of a watch and well worth the expense for me. I never had a protector on my screen before, and it never scratched, so I'm also super stoked about the Sapphire-Crystal display and the brighter OLED display.
After many years of using the Tab 1, 2 and 3 with smartwatches , I bought the Tab Active 5 5G as a bigscreen phone again. Now wearable says newer samsung tablets will not connect with any galaxy watch, which I bought recently😡
I would prefer the physical bezel, I'm still using the original 1st gen Galaxy Watch simply because of the rotating bezel. Helps when I want to quickly read messages when I'm on my motorcycle at a red light. I wear gloves so the bezel helps with opening and navigating
I considered getting a Samsung smartwatch but I was not in the mood to use a modified app to get more of the feature set. I went with the Pixel Watch 2 LTE. Still deciding on cell service or not.
Is there any real improvement compared to the Galaxy Watch 4 which can be bought for 79-129€ on sale? Aside from the Galaxy AI you didn't mention any new features.
If I had the disposable income I would get it because I value quality and longevity, which Samsung has shown since my active 2 is still going strong after all these years.
I agrre. Samsung missed and opportunity to allow the Apple community on board and lead the way. Closed off ecosystems are stupid. Also I have seen people selling new galaxy watch 7's for £200 on Facebook marketplace which seems like a good price.
I traded my Watch 4 LTE in for the 7 LTE. The battery was starting to drain faster. The 7 is great. I got another 40mm, but I love that the screen is slightly bigger and easier to read. I have a 7 in wrist, and it seems to lay flatter on my wrist. With my 4, I would notice the sensor flashing because it was gapping, only see it with the 7 when I flex my wrist. The body temperature sensor and sleep apena sensors are new from my 4. So far, I think it was well worth the upgrade.
I still think that even with the touch ring is still not the same as my first gen watch, as i abuse the hell out of that thing, and the ring keeps the screen from ground damaged. It's also means i can still use my watch even if my hands are full or I'm wearing gloves
Right! I don’t understand this argument at all. It’s okay for apple to lock their watches to iPhones, but god forbid their biggest competitor Samsung can’t prioritize their own ecosystem. 🤦🏾♂️
Got 6 classic, I could justify it because it is a fitness tracker, but it also looks like a normal watch. Without the rotating bezel, no way I am going to buy one. The 7 ultra is fugly.
I upgraded my Watch4 to the Watch7 at the same time I bought my Z Flip 6. I stacked so many discounts on my order that it only cost me 122 GBP (~158 USD). I would have never paid full price for it, but I am enjoying the upgraded charging and battery life.
I got my cmf watch for like $35 so I'll stick with that. The screen is actually really nice and it displays a lot of the email when I get a notification which is very helpful. And since it's kinda small, because of how much it displays, it's actually fairly private. Battery lasts for like 3-4 days with always on time and raise to wake. If I turn on raise to wake it lasts FOREVER. Give me back my pebble time. Best watch ever.
Are these watches durable, like how many years does it live? I want to buy one but my cheapass still think a normal watch at this price is better due to longevity.
Been using a Samsung Active watch for years now. My second one. And both times it felt like it was great out of the box, but a lack of software support lost integration over time. Now it's hit-or-miss if I'm notified about messages.
They need to get stupid software to work together. You need to download multiple software to get watch functions. Mandatory to install these. Samsung Wearable, Samsung S health, and Samsung health monitor. You need more Samsung software to get other functions work on the watch. Why not just one app like Apple Garmin?
With a couple of coupons on Amazon I was able to buy it for around 180$ (The 44mm version), at this price I think it is a steal and I'm loving it so far.
There are a few apps available on the App Store, such as Galaxy Buds, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Watch, but they offer no compatibility with the most recesnt models. The Galaxy Watch app offers support up to the Watch 3, Galaxy Buds only works with the Buds Live and the Buds+, and Galaxy Fit with several models, the latest being the Fit 2.
Around here, they throw watches at you for around half price when you buy an new S/fold/flip phone, and it seems like that is a norm in different shops. And since for full optimisation it is so dependant on the eco-system, then I cannot see a point in getting this (or their ear buds for that matter), unless it is because you are basically doing a "Samsung build". I got S24+, watch6, ear buds2... I am super happy, even if with discounts the buds and watch are expensive, then the connectivity between them is just making my life easier. And really... They should start designing it as bundles. Watch, phone, ear buds, headset, tablet, and (non-gaming) laptop, where they have special management apps, so it is even easier to switch between where what connects to and how. As well as a system for how the chargers all can support each other (my watch should be able to charge on the wireless phone charger). And you could then set rules for how these cooperate. It is a bit weird IMO that we do not see completely packages of all this. If people are buying a S-level phone every 1, 2 or 3 years, then they might actually want the full package, and with the reimbursement for old devices and combo deals, then just make one large 2-3k dollar box of everything. Because there are a lot of users, who just want that, and use their devices enough to it being value for money. (People complain about spending 200 dollars per month on all expenses, including paying off their phone, while they might spend several times that on a car, which many use a lot less) These brand-watches, should imo actually focus more on being a closed eco-system than opening up. I cannot possibly imagine anyone wanting this product without an applicable expensive Samsung phone. And you can get an Fitbit if you have an A-series phone. We have whined about Apple for a long time, but it works for what it is. The only real problem with Apple (besides having to be rich) is their OSs do not integrate with Windows, which is annoying for gamers, and for professionals depending on Windows-only specialised programmes. Samsung was always the Android version of Apple... And I do not actually think it benefits the market to change that. Instead they should leave the gap in the market open to others, as long as you can still use your peripherals with a Samsung phone, and they keep the A-series going.
One of the biggest downgrades for me is the fact that even though the batter life on Watch 7 is still really bad you can no longer use power share or any other charger/powerbank because the sensors stick out too much. It was a great feature that even my S3 Frontier had, always saved the day when I forgot to charge it up and helped get through the day, now I need to buy another charger and keep it at work or carry the adapter around with me.
Well when you trade in a Watch 4 that you bought off ebay for $60 and they give you a $200 trade in allowance and take an additional student discount off of that and you get the 44mm or $100 you don't pass up on that.
I had watches 4, 5 and now rocking with 6. Preordered 7 and this seems the most meaningful upgrade - better chipset and way more accurate sensors. All 44 mm with LTE.
I regret the Samsung 6 Classic purchase so much. In standalone mode, with active ESim to listen to Spotify and my smartphone at home, it's 90min battery life on my wrist. Useless crappy product
What you do is spend the $300 on the watch and then just trade in and upgrade for much less of the cost through Samsung a few generations later. Now I only ever have to pay under $60 every three or four generations for the newest one with their trade in values.
I think if you just want a watch that tracks your heartbeat and your activities. Than you should go with a garmin watch. These watches have outstanding battery life, up to 12 days and if you go higher in price even more battery life. It is just so much more valeu if you don't care about the apps but just want a watch that tracks your health. The vivoactive 5 is a great watch and I daily drive it and it is great.
Samsung was offering a pretty good deal on the pre-order for this watch a week or two ago and they also had decent trade-in values for precious gen watches that could help knock down the price even further if those offers are still available.
Google killing the fitbit online dashboard means I'll never buy any more google or fitbit branded hardware. They've just destroyed the best fitness hardware brand and hardware manufacturer and think their sub par garbage is good enough to replace it, only it's not, and their hardware looks like hot garbage, again with no online dashboard. I won't support any company who thinks they can beat the market leaders by destroying them, rather than doing better and becoming the leader themselves. It's pathetic and anti-competitive. Any company engaging in that kind of nonsense is instantly permabanned from my future device selection. Facebook did the same to Oculus and as a consequence I stopped buying the hardware and stopped using my existing device, as it's been poisoned with Meta garbage.
Physical bezel as standard hasn't been on the Galaxy watch since the 3rd iteration back in 2020. Samsung merged their watch versions (regular with the "Active" model) for the 4th version, which is when the standard was touch control with no bezel. Stating that as a knock against this watch doesn't make much sense. Samsung also has never locked features to Apple users, WearOS does, which is an Android product. In this video, there's also NO mention of the Galaxy ring and how it interacts with the watch whatsoever, which seems...like some shoddy research at best. This video presented itself as someone being told they have to give a presentation in their high school English class and winging it when they didn't even read the book. Do better. Also, a DEXA scan is primarily used for BONE composition, like for those with osteoporosis. While it's implied that it can be used for body composition, it isn't truly used for that.
The stiffest competition comes from samsung's own product line and that's the fit 3 for $50. I've got one and it does everything I need, lasts like 3 days with continuous monitoring enabled.
I think existing Galaxy Watch users have a reason to consider upgrading. The Exynos W1000 in the Watch 7 is more than 3 times faster than the W930 in the Watch 6, and the stuttering problem with the existing Galaxy Watch has been greatly improved.
I bought it and love it! Okay, it's not for everyone, and I get that. It is a huge upgrade from Watch 4, and the accuracy, speed, and mostly display are nice, too.
I'll buy the watch 7, when the watch 9 comes out. Depreciation of value on smart watches makes it much more affordable for people like me to keep up with them, a couple generations behind. Like other than the battery life, the watch for is a great device, and when this comes out, the watch 5 will be more affordable. And that does have great battery life.
I had bought the Samsung gear S3 frontier back in the day, I still use it daily. If it crapped out I would probably still go with a Samsung watch based on the longevity of my current wearable.
I like the rotating bezel, or a like a crown that rotates. That way if I am doing something like, listening to music, I can change the volume level within the app, instead of going out of the app because a song is too loud all of a sudden.
It should be noted the 44mm has a larger battery than the 40mm shown. If battery was part of the concern, it's actually not much more $$, but still more money you're throwing down. Definitely pricey but I'm getting one soon myself. I do like the look, and expect it to last. I do also really like the charger and vast amount of sensors, as someone trying to work up from bad health to better habits. However for the price... like said, it definitely won't be for everyone.
I own the Galaxy watch 4; not much differences between this and the watch 7 besides a physical dial ring around the screen that you can turn clockwise counterclockwise to navigate between screens. And then in terms of battery life, about a day 1/2 if you keep the brightness low but bright enough to see it outside and without using apps like spotify to play music thru the watch (which you can do).
I got a deal...3 years to pay zero interest, comes with free band (the pink one, you can't choose), and I think also 1 year free Samsung care insurance? (Can't recall the details while typing this thing) 😅
Just received the 44mm GW7, haven't opened it yet. Between being a preorder and a trade-in for a GW5, it cost me $79.99 before tax. In the watch face section that Pixel watch looked beat to crap. Another reason I wouldn't touch one until they get rid of the curved glass.
I like the samsung watch for the phone integration, notifications, spotify, health features, golf gps distances, sleep tracking and alarms. I don't know if the other cheaper devices offer these features.
I still love my Galaxy Watch 4. Got it 2 years ago for $150. It does everything I need it to, only thing I might consider is switching to LTE instead of Bluetooth. I would consider the 7 in a couple of years if there's a drastic price drop.
Once again, someone blaming Samsung for lack of compatibility with Apple, when it's Apple's fault...They really have their cult wrapped around their finger, don't they?
Pretty sure it's apple who doesn't allow support. I think they killed it back in the day
They made the necessary APIs inaccessible to 3rd parties.
They could probably support some features, but too many would be broken to make it worth it.
yeah keeping support for apple would only make them look bad as they would have to nerf their product so bad. i had a GW3 working with an iphone (my Note 10 broke so I had to use a borrowed iphone) and it was trash, I still have it but now with an s22 and it is awesome.
But any old Pebble will still work though. My friend has one an that one still gets notifications and such.
yeah we don't want that shit on our platform
The Sapphire crystal is a game changer. I would never have a watch without one anymore. I was not gentle to my watch six and after wearing it every single day for a year there was not a single scratch on it.
And its nothing new...
Yeah, if its like 2-300 dollars or so, I would expect a sapphire crystal. But big companies (almost) always suck.
@@-joo3033 oh yeah I know it's nothing new but since the watch five I think when it came out it's been amazing for me. I used to scratch the crap out of the old glass ones.
@@cowcrapper Well at least in this case with these watches the Sapphire crystal is awesome.
I'm almost certainly getting one of these if the Pixel Watch 3 doesn't have sapphire glass.
I feel like this video just isn't well researched in general. Samsung doesn't lock their watches from Apple users - WearOS itself does. You can put unwanted apps into a folder. Not much research or testing into the accuracy of the sensors or how it stacks up with other watches.
I don't think he did much research at all. He blames Samsung for it not working on IOS and it's Apple that won't let WearOS apps work on IOS right. As for sensor accuracy he didn't even touch upon that seems suspicious to me.
I think y’all are missing the point of shortcircuit videos, I don’t necessarily expect them to be highly researched and reviewed. They are more of a basic overview and initial first impressions of a product, which to me is a very important category of review because that’s about how deep the general public is going to care about a given product.
If you want the super deep metrics when it comes to the health sensors, “The Quantified Scientist” channel here on TH-cam has you completely covered and goes in to great detail with every single product review.
@@williamclark5647 Getting Déjà vu from the gamers nexus drama with this type of comment
@@1300BlueStar WearOS is basically android (it's built on top of it ... first version already started with android 4), android apps don't work on iOS, different platform, different bytecode. But WearOS itself is primarilly google thing, if they don't want to communicate with apple ... well no idea why. I used in Polar M600, they run WearOS version 4.0 (it's based on Android 8), application to this watch you could install with Wear OS Application, and to sync data you use Polar Flow ... WearOS app is available on both platforms (android and ios), Polar Flow likewise. My polar watches did work with both, my motorola android phone, and iPhone SE (which i'm still using, just replaced polar watches 2 yeas ago with apple watches). But Samsung in general makes weird decisions, for example when they switched from Tizen to WearOS ... they effectively dumped tizen support (new watch app in phone - and i'm talking about samsung phone - didn't support tizen watches ... likewise on some older samsung phones, you were not able connect new wearos watches, because you could not update app to latest). Old app Gear S, that was on iOS and Android likewise, that supports tizen watches (from first version until Galaxy Watch 3, which is last tizen one) works on both platforms, new one ... (eg. since galaxy watch 4), you can guess. it's obviously Samsung, who is at fault here. not apple, not google.
@williamclark5647 yes! The quantified scientist is INCREDIBLE, absolutely love his vids. However, being a first look doesn't mean that they get to make inaccurate comments. Besides, it doesn't even say it's a "first look" in the title. LTT is a massive content creator company, they can and should do better.
I find myself buying the new version every time it comes out simply because the trade-in they give on the previous version is usually pretty ridiculous. With the other discounts I get and trading in my watch six I was able to get the watch 7 for $37 shipped. Not going to say no to that.
I'd say no, cuz there's just no reason.
Seriously, wow! I have a Watch 6 classic, what do I do? I know I can Google it but you're right here 😆
Here you get ~45€ for your old pro model watches, not worth it
@@LordMustangGT93 Well for me it's worth it because I get a new watch for the cost of a halfway decent dinner and next time I'll have the most recent version to trade in again :-)
@@-joo3033 oh yeah that would be not great. I got 200 trade-in for my regular old 40 mm watch 6. Combining that with the pre-order discount and a small first responder discount and it was pretty cheap.
Wear os compatibility is severely limited by apple. Can't blame this one on samsung, since pixel watch doesn't support IOS either.
100%. My Android smart watches work just fine on my A50 and A54 but have never worked properly on my... oh man, 6S, XS, 12 Pro, 14 Pro, or 15 Pro.
What you are saying is, we should have a monopoly by 1 company so all of our devices are compatible. right?
@@moonkey537 No? Compatibility should be wide spread my guy.
In the current year, smart watches are not a stand alone item, they're a phone accessory. Which is not unreasonable since they don't have the resources to do everything they need to do without help from the phone. So not unreasonable they are closely tied.
@@moonkey537 You born with significantly less synapses or did you have a particularly bad day?
To be honest the inabillity to pair galaxy watch to IOS isn't samsung fault. Watch is based on wearOS which is tied to android very deeply, so you cannot pair any watch with wearOS to IOS
there is wear os app by google on iOS that supports many watches, I think Samsung chose not to support iOS.
If you had the same logic with the Apple Watch you would hear “APPLE SUCKS HEUEHDHDHWHEJSJ NITPICK NITPICK NITPICK”
Apple Watches don't pair to androids not sure what the issue is
apple wall gardened their o/s .. so 99% of android stuff wont work on iphones
@@iidogninjxbut that's because apple sucks bro
man i love reading watch manuals to my mouse friends in 10+ different languages at 3 am in the kitchen
99 out of 100 Apple reviews: A minor thumbs down you can't use it on an iPhone.
99 out of 100 Samsung reviews: I will not buy this or recommend it because it doesn't work with iPhones. What a terrible anti-consumer move. Samsung is ship!
Meanwhile at Apple: See, it was a great decision to not allow any WearOS device to work with iPhones!
I mean there are many many things wrong with this watch other than that
I was considering buying one to pair to my s24 ultra but all Samsung watches, even the new Watch ultra have an unacceptable amount of input lag
The input lag is absolutely atrocious for a 2024 produce
At the moment I wear a 1st gen Apple Watch Ultra from all the way back in 2022 and it’s got no input lag at all
Yea I have both an iPhone and a Samsung
Yes my main sim is in the iPhone because Samsung’s phone animations are so off putting I’d rather get punched in the gut once a day than use my s24 ultra as my main phone
@@himynameisryan You can change the animation scale if you go in dev settings. I see a lot of people setting them to half (So double the speed). No its not a great solution. But it is **A** solution
@@leaderbot_x400 you think I don’t know about changing animations speed? I’ve owned every Galaxy S since the s3 and daily drove them up until the s20ultra
im not talking about how fast the animations are that annoy me
It’s the quality of animations and gestures that annoys me about Android
If anything in 0.5x speed they feel rushed
Can't blame WearOS issues with iPhone on Samsung, it's an Apple problem. I don't think it'd be enough to make me hand in my Watch 4 Classic. I still enjoy the twiddly bezel and some of the new features don't give me enough reason to upgrade yet. I prefer a physical bezel to a touch bezel. Especially when it gets wet
Yes you can blame them as they were deeply involved with the development of WearOS 3. Also the fact that features like ECG only work with Samsung phones shows us that this is most likely their choice to force people into buying Samsung products.
It seems like the losing iOS support was an apple thing not a samsung thing, they quit supporting it when they migrated to wearOS and having used wearOS watches with iOS it's a super broken experience because iOS wouldn't let wearOS stay running in the background
Every smartwatch needs a raised bezel. It has saved my watch SOOOO many times. I still rock an original Samsung Galaxy Watch and the screen still looks like new, and it's like 6 years old!
Agree, the bezel saved my screen from bumping into corners so many times
I used the Samsung s3 fronhier for 5-6 years, now I upgraded. I thought I would be pretty scared to brake the screen, but I don't anymore it's fine really, but the housing stretches very easily compared to my old one
I use watch 5 pro. I went with that cause of titanium build and bezel. Work as a handy man and that bezel has saved my screen multiple times, should see the dents in my bezel 😂
Now that they have sapphire screen, probably irrelevant. I bashed the hell out of a Rolex for 10 years with no sign at all of wear. This sapphire is probably not quite as good, but should be good enough.
I gave the watch 7 back and bought a watch 6 classic. Horrible not having a bezel for sure I would have bumped it on the desk
I'm a Samsung galaxy watch 4 user, you can add app shortcuts to the home screen from any apps
They indeed did very little research, bit disappointed for a LTT video
Long time LTT viewer, pretty poor video all around. 44mm still uses 20mm bands. Apple prevents the watch from having any decent functionality with iPhone, so to prevent a bad experience, they advertise it to not be compatible. Imagine you buy a $400 watch and it can only pop up notifications. As a watch4 user, you can add app shortcuts to the home screen. It's literally called app shortcut, and of course it has that feature since they both it and the pixel watch run WearOS, made by GOOGLE. Slander of the body composition features, but I have to say I have only had accurate positive experiences with mine after nearly four years of use. Why compare to a FITBIT when its competing with an Apple Watch (which are more expensive btw). I have sent texts from the middle of a pool and control my smart lights from my watch, can a fitbit do that? No. So why compare the two, they aren't equal products. Its like comparing a chromebook with a gaming laptop. Different use cases. Feels like too much personal opinion in this video. Disappointing.
Do note the ECG and blood pressure features don't work on non Samsung phones. In addition they have changed their heart rate graphs to be useless. Now instead of points they show massive bars with min and max per hour, no precise data available.
The HR graph in samsung health connect is shit. But you can get a full normal graph by syncing to google fit and looking at it there. Or to another health app that can be linked
Very easy to sideload the APK onto non-Samsung phones
And you have to be over 22 years old to use it
@@yasin6904 Yep. Works pretty seamlessly too once you get it going.
We need more hybrid analog watches imo.. Withings Scanwatch does heartrate, steps, sleep, spO2 as well as general notifications/alarms and such while getting a whole ass month of battery.
In fact if you let it run down low enough it shuts off the health tracking and can extend the remaining teeny bit of battery life for several more months so you always have the time available
wdym more? are there any?
Edit: I can't read :) "Withings Scanwatch"
@@gamerdweebentertainment1616 Garmin has the Vivomove and a couple more.
The read out in a small circle with withings watch is terrible
Personally looking for digital one, but still smartwatch. I like the convenience of using the watch, but touchscreen part is probably what drains the battery like a blackhole, usual digital also works, if it wasn't so cancerous to operate. Then again I haven't touched a lot of watches, the one I've had though.... oh god, why is it so difficult. Simple rotation switch would solve most of the problems. Samsung Rotating Bezel and digital watch would be GOLDEN.
Thats a lot of LTT in one day
LMG*
Like clockwork baby
0:10 Did you just compare a real smart watch to a fitness tracker with a big screen?
@@vedanshchn both are smart watches lmaoo
@@im_amilnot even close
@@sNajliciousand not even a perfect fitness tracker
I suspect it doesn't work with apple more due to Apple than to Samsung. It's not like Apple watches work on android. I bet Apple doesn't allow Samsung health or Samsung watch appon its store, not to mention the watch uses Google wearOS. So apple would need to support Google app store to work properly
I can somehow understand why samsung refuses to open its watch for iphone users, since apple won’t give other manufacturers the same level of APIs and access to iOS devices, any other watch besides apple’s would seem pale and inferior compare to apple watches. Samsung just doesn’t like its watches to be compared to apple’s when they are artificially limited by them.
Way back Samsung did. But I if I remember correctly, they discontinued apple support because of the lack of customers. They stopped after the Gear 3 I think
The problem is, that it now doesn't work at all, even if its subpar. So when somebody temporarily only has the samsung watch, it still doesn't work at all, which is dumb.
@@ben079329 The 4 is also when they switched to wearOS from Tizen and wearOS while technically working iphones, at least as of around the iphone 12 was broken beyond being usable so I could see not wanting to bother, apple seems to not let the wearOS app run in the background causing the watch to become unpaired if you accidentally close out of the app
You know it's Apple that has locked away the APIs that the more capable watches need to use, right? It is to make sure that iPhone users only buy Apple watches.
@@asdfjoe123
Thank you for the actual answer
Can people start to realize how suck Apple as a company is?
You actually can put any app on the watchface, that's just not supported by every watchface
Quick note, you can just add a link to the complications. It is at the very top of the liat called app shortcut that takes you to that app.
Oh wow. An apple fan boy is unhappy with Samsung. I'm shocked.
He doesn't say he is happy with apple either. What Samsung is doing, they're isolating them from other smartphones (eg Pixel, iPhone) and apple has started this "trend"
just bought the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic 47mm for £220, its great. did buy a fabric strap that attaches with Velcro for £9.99 that makes it fit better. Love it.
What is your wrist size exactly?
@@Elysium316 fat, the watch was bought on Amazon, thw strap also from Amazon is described as "Nylon No Gap Strap Compatible with Samsung Galaxy Watch"
@@Elysium316fr. 47mm is massive. Bro is built like a fridge
@@Elysium316 large
Still rocking a 4 Classic, don't really see much need to upgrade until the battery starts dying, but it still gives me 1-1.5 days. It gives notifications, makes calls, uses Assistant, tracks workouts, tells my heart rate, etc. just fine. And it has the rotating bezel!
I have the 6 classic and I feel exactly the same. I'm going to stick with this one, even though I do like the style of the new watch bands
Just to note. I thought it was hilarious that the video sarted with OP setting the bar really, really, low for a minimalist watch. Then setting a unreachable and glowing expectation for the Waych 7 as if its a flagship. I thought it was hilarious and absurd because he also laid out his bias.
@2:17 I have the 44mm version, and the straps are 20mm. Not sure any of the watches have 22mm bands.
Yea i caught that too. Wish they did a bit more research.
Just ordered mine for $85 after trade in of my GW4. Samsung has some crazy pre order deals
The watch faces does allows you to add any app to the screen. It's called "App Shortcut" - the rest is very spot on!
Watch 7 might be neat, but the 6Classic is just too good. Especially with that rotating bezel.
I wear mine all the time, and it isn't babied. Absolute tank.
Maybe if they release a 7Classic or an 8Classic, I'll consider upgrading my watch
Between the bonus trade-in and a discount I was able to get it for like 55 bucks coming from a galaxy watch 4, I really miss the physical bezel though.
How 55 ? They buy the watch 4 44mm for 29+50 preorder bonus ( I live in Europe so we pay 350 for 44mm watch7 I got it for 200 coming from 4 44mm which also was pre ordered
@@Kelashnikov800 The 44 mm model is 329, the Galaxy watch 4 trade-in was $200 off, $50 reserve email thing, small employee discount cuz my firm has some agreement with Samsung, I'm in the US though
I also traded in my galaxy watch 4 but I need to pay 150. How did you get it to 55?
@@zengwenxin8402Same here!
Blaming Samsung that Apple don't let any other watch work with it.
Getting rid of the physical rotating wheel is a huge bummer. It’s what made the Galaxy Watch unique.
I love how ZERO effort went into this video when comparing the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6. It's like this person doesn't know Samsung kept the Galaxy Watch 7 for the average folks and released the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 😂
Don't tell him about the Galaxy Watch Ultra if he thought the Galaxy Watch 7 was too expensive!
No way that thing is worth the cost of a full phone.
I've had mine for 4 days.It's nott a lot different from the watch 4. Battery life barely lasts a day. Charging takes almost 2 hours. I've already had to deal with samsung support because it wasn't syncing correctly. Had to do a facory reset. Not sure it was worth the upgrade.
Is it the 40mm as well?
@@vesta1000 44
This is why I decided to return mine and keep the 6 classic.
Its a shame the software support for Tizen is ending, as my OG Galaxy Watch still looks near brand new, still lasts 3-4days (2 with heavy use) and still looks great too. I keep looking to upgrade but for someone who uses it to track steps, change songs on Spotify and check the weather; what's the point?
Buy a Tic watch and get around 4 days of battery.
I got a Galaxy Watch 5 from a friend a while back when they upgraded to 6. With a trade-in, this watch would only cost $75. So honestly it's really tempting.
8:27 Umm it's APPLE that doesn't support the Watch 7, The watch relies on Google Play services which APPLE DOESN'T SUPPORT.
Best health tracking option which is not expensive also? Plz suggest? And what about OnePlus watches.. battery and price sounds better there.
Ive had the Watch 5 Pro since it came out. Thanks to the Titanium build and the Sapphire glass, it looks as good as new even though I have hit it a few times.
btw, the watch 6 still exists
Mine is arriving today, but I nabbed the 44mm version because the larger screen is easier to read. What was that watch face you were using? It seems nice, large, and clearly illustrates the sensor readouts.
I've had a Gear S3 Frontier (with spinny ring) for years, so this is my first modern upgrade in a while. I'm about to have some weight-loss surgery soon and need to start tracking info for heart and health. If the Watch7 is half as reliable as my G3F, it's going to be a hell of a watch and well worth the expense for me. I never had a protector on my screen before, and it never scratched, so I'm also super stoked about the Sapphire-Crystal display and the brighter OLED display.
After many years of using the Tab 1, 2 and 3 with smartwatches , I bought the Tab Active 5 5G as a bigscreen phone again.
Now wearable says newer samsung tablets will not connect with any galaxy watch, which I bought recently😡
Battery life sux. My new watch doesn't last more than 20 hours max. No mic use, basically no gps and just bluetooth. However. I wear it while asleep.
I would prefer the physical bezel, I'm still using the original 1st gen Galaxy Watch simply because of the rotating bezel. Helps when I want to quickly read messages when I'm on my motorcycle at a red light. I wear gloves so the bezel helps with opening and navigating
I considered getting a Samsung smartwatch but I was not in the mood to use a modified app to get more of the feature set. I went with the Pixel Watch 2 LTE. Still deciding on cell service or not.
I'm considering the upgrade from my 5 to the 7 but are the 2 gen of updates worth it?
Is there any real improvement compared to the Galaxy Watch 4 which can be bought for 79-129€ on sale? Aside from the Galaxy AI you didn't mention any new features.
3:41 There's an option for an app shortcut if you scroll up.
If I had the disposable income I would get it because I value quality and longevity, which Samsung has shown since my active 2 is still going strong after all these years.
I agrre. Samsung missed and opportunity to allow the Apple community on board and lead the way. Closed off ecosystems are stupid. Also I have seen people selling new galaxy watch 7's for £200 on Facebook marketplace which seems like a good price.
I traded my Watch 4 LTE in for the 7 LTE. The battery was starting to drain faster. The 7 is great. I got another 40mm, but I love that the screen is slightly bigger and easier to read. I have a 7 in wrist, and it seems to lay flatter on my wrist. With my 4, I would notice the sensor flashing because it was gapping, only see it with the 7 when I flex my wrist. The body temperature sensor and sleep apena sensors are new from my 4.
So far, I think it was well worth the upgrade.
He do look like somebody who will read to his pet mouse.
I still think that even with the touch ring is still not the same as my first gen watch, as i abuse the hell out of that thing, and the ring keeps the screen from ground damaged. It's also means i can still use my watch even if my hands are full or I'm wearing gloves
Bro mad cuz samsung won't work with Apple. Good! Apple doesn't work with anything the way they want either 😂
Right! I don’t understand this argument at all. It’s okay for apple to lock their watches to iPhones, but god forbid their biggest competitor Samsung can’t prioritize their own ecosystem. 🤦🏾♂️
The real funny thing is that it's Apple's fault that the Samsung watches don't work on IOS and he blamed Samsung.... good research there.
@@1300BlueStarBro, Huawei watches can work with iOS and any android
Got 6 classic, I could justify it because it is a fitness tracker, but it also looks like a normal watch.
Without the rotating bezel, no way I am going to buy one.
The 7 ultra is fugly.
also, galaxy watch 7 44mm is a 20mm band, not 22! they fit from gw4 all the way through to this one!!!!
I plan on switching from galaxy watch 4 to a garmin instinct 2 solar. Gonna go from charging every day to hardly ever
I upgraded my Watch4 to the Watch7 at the same time I bought my Z Flip 6. I stacked so many discounts on my order that it only cost me 122 GBP (~158 USD). I would have never paid full price for it, but I am enjoying the upgraded charging and battery life.
Does all of the features working with pixel phones? Or does it only have problems with iphones?
Got it for $150 after trading my 5 year old Active 2. I think that's fair for an upgrade
How come my 3 yerar old fitbit versa battery lasts 5+ days without a charge and other brands last a day? Thats the deal killer for me
Wear Os, more demanding
I got my cmf watch for like $35 so I'll stick with that. The screen is actually really nice and it displays a lot of the email when I get a notification which is very helpful. And since it's kinda small, because of how much it displays, it's actually fairly private. Battery lasts for like 3-4 days with always on time and raise to wake. If I turn on raise to wake it lasts FOREVER. Give me back my pebble time. Best watch ever.
Why have someone review something that they would never use? Criticizing Samsungs pricing when it's really competitive compared to Apple
"Views"
That's the only reason these people review Samsung products.
Are these watches durable, like how many years does it live? I want to buy one but my cheapass still think a normal watch at this price is better due to longevity.
Been using a Samsung Active watch for years now. My second one. And both times it felt like it was great out of the box, but a lack of software support lost integration over time. Now it's hit-or-miss if I'm notified about messages.
You have to enable it
It's enabled. Still get about half my message notifications.
They need to get stupid software to work together. You need to download multiple software to get watch functions.
Mandatory to install these. Samsung Wearable, Samsung S health, and Samsung health monitor. You need more Samsung software to get other functions work on the watch.
Why not just one app like Apple Garmin?
$300 is a bad price? Apple Watch Ultra is like $800 lol. More like a $1000 outside the US, actually.
I got my samsung 4 classic on %70 clearances... yea I love it, but would never pay full price for it. The prices they ask for these is ridiculous.
So it's the same as the Samsung Watch 6?
With a couple of coupons on Amazon I was able to buy it for around 180$ (The 44mm version), at this price I think it is a steal and I'm loving it so far.
Can someone give me information on if Samsung's not making an app for Apple or if apple is not allowing Samsung to have their APP on apple Store
There are a few apps available on the App Store, such as Galaxy Buds, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Watch, but they offer no compatibility with the most recesnt models. The Galaxy Watch app offers support up to the Watch 3, Galaxy Buds only works with the Buds Live and the Buds+, and Galaxy Fit with several models, the latest being the Fit 2.
The app needs alot of special permissions to work properly. So Apple would need to add it like a system app which obviously they will never do
its an apple allowing it issue, same reason they work fine with any other android device
Around here, they throw watches at you for around half price when you buy an new S/fold/flip phone, and it seems like that is a norm in different shops. And since for full optimisation it is so dependant on the eco-system, then I cannot see a point in getting this (or their ear buds for that matter), unless it is because you are basically doing a "Samsung build".
I got S24+, watch6, ear buds2... I am super happy, even if with discounts the buds and watch are expensive, then the connectivity between them is just making my life easier. And really... They should start designing it as bundles. Watch, phone, ear buds, headset, tablet, and (non-gaming) laptop, where they have special management apps, so it is even easier to switch between where what connects to and how. As well as a system for how the chargers all can support each other (my watch should be able to charge on the wireless phone charger). And you could then set rules for how these cooperate. It is a bit weird IMO that we do not see completely packages of all this. If people are buying a S-level phone every 1, 2 or 3 years, then they might actually want the full package, and with the reimbursement for old devices and combo deals, then just make one large 2-3k dollar box of everything. Because there are a lot of users, who just want that, and use their devices enough to it being value for money. (People complain about spending 200 dollars per month on all expenses, including paying off their phone, while they might spend several times that on a car, which many use a lot less)
These brand-watches, should imo actually focus more on being a closed eco-system than opening up.
I cannot possibly imagine anyone wanting this product without an applicable expensive Samsung phone.
And you can get an Fitbit if you have an A-series phone.
We have whined about Apple for a long time, but it works for what it is. The only real problem with Apple (besides having to be rich) is their OSs do not integrate with Windows, which is annoying for gamers, and for professionals depending on Windows-only specialised programmes.
Samsung was always the Android version of Apple... And I do not actually think it benefits the market to change that. Instead they should leave the gap in the market open to others, as long as you can still use your peripherals with a Samsung phone, and they keep the A-series going.
One of the biggest downgrades for me is the fact that even though the batter life on Watch 7 is still really bad you can no longer use power share or any other charger/powerbank because the sensors stick out too much. It was a great feature that even my S3 Frontier had, always saved the day when I forgot to charge it up and helped get through the day, now I need to buy another charger and keep it at work or carry the adapter around with me.
Well when you trade in a Watch 4 that you bought off ebay for $60 and they give you a $200 trade in allowance and take an additional student discount off of that and you get the 44mm or $100 you don't pass up on that.
I had watches 4, 5 and now rocking with 6. Preordered 7 and this seems the most meaningful upgrade - better chipset and way more accurate sensors. All 44 mm with LTE.
I regret the Samsung 6 Classic purchase so much. In standalone mode, with active ESim to listen to Spotify and my smartphone at home, it's 90min battery life on my wrist.
Useless crappy product
"If I'm not mistaken" -- BE NOT MISTAKEN, THIS IS YOUR VIDEO. YOU HAVE CONTROL.
What you do is spend the $300 on the watch and then just trade in and upgrade for much less of the cost through Samsung a few generations later. Now I only ever have to pay under $60 every three or four generations for the newest one with their trade in values.
I think if you just want a watch that tracks your heartbeat and your activities. Than you should go with a garmin watch. These watches have outstanding battery life, up to 12 days and if you go higher in price even more battery life. It is just so much more valeu if you don't care about the apps but just want a watch that tracks your health. The vivoactive 5 is a great watch and I daily drive it and it is great.
Samsung was offering a pretty good deal on the pre-order for this watch a week or two ago and they also had decent trade-in values for precious gen watches that could help knock down the price even further if those offers are still available.
How bad is it on non Samsung android phones?
How come that this watch looks very much like my old Huawei GT2 Pro? And my newer Huawei GT4 looking a lot better with a two week battery life?
Google killing the fitbit online dashboard means I'll never buy any more google or fitbit branded hardware. They've just destroyed the best fitness hardware brand and hardware manufacturer and think their sub par garbage is good enough to replace it, only it's not, and their hardware looks like hot garbage, again with no online dashboard.
I won't support any company who thinks they can beat the market leaders by destroying them, rather than doing better and becoming the leader themselves. It's pathetic and anti-competitive. Any company engaging in that kind of nonsense is instantly permabanned from my future device selection. Facebook did the same to Oculus and as a consequence I stopped buying the hardware and stopped using my existing device, as it's been poisoned with Meta garbage.
Physical bezel as standard hasn't been on the Galaxy watch since the 3rd iteration back in 2020. Samsung merged their watch versions (regular with the "Active" model) for the 4th version, which is when the standard was touch control with no bezel. Stating that as a knock against this watch doesn't make much sense. Samsung also has never locked features to Apple users, WearOS does, which is an Android product. In this video, there's also NO mention of the Galaxy ring and how it interacts with the watch whatsoever, which seems...like some shoddy research at best. This video presented itself as someone being told they have to give a presentation in their high school English class and winging it when they didn't even read the book. Do better.
Also, a DEXA scan is primarily used for BONE composition, like for those with osteoporosis. While it's implied that it can be used for body composition, it isn't truly used for that.
The stiffest competition comes from samsung's own product line and that's the fit 3 for $50. I've got one and it does everything I need, lasts like 3 days with continuous monitoring enabled.
I think existing Galaxy Watch users have a reason to consider upgrading. The Exynos W1000 in the Watch 7 is more than 3 times faster than the W930 in the Watch 6, and the stuttering problem with the existing Galaxy Watch has been greatly improved.
I bought it and love it! Okay, it's not for everyone, and I get that. It is a huge upgrade from Watch 4, and the accuracy, speed, and mostly display are nice, too.
I'll buy the watch 7, when the watch 9 comes out. Depreciation of value on smart watches makes it much more affordable for people like me to keep up with them, a couple generations behind. Like other than the battery life, the watch for is a great device, and when this comes out, the watch 5 will be more affordable. And that does have great battery life.
I had bought the Samsung gear S3 frontier back in the day, I still use it daily. If it crapped out I would probably still go with a Samsung watch based on the longevity of my current wearable.
I like the rotating bezel, or a like a crown that rotates. That way if I am doing something like, listening to music, I can change the volume level within the app, instead of going out of the app because a song is too loud all of a sudden.
It should be noted the 44mm has a larger battery than the 40mm shown. If battery was part of the concern, it's actually not much more $$, but still more money you're throwing down. Definitely pricey but I'm getting one soon myself. I do like the look, and expect it to last. I do also really like the charger and vast amount of sensors, as someone trying to work up from bad health to better habits. However for the price... like said, it definitely won't be for everyone.
I own the Galaxy watch 4; not much differences between this and the watch 7 besides a physical dial ring around the screen that you can turn clockwise counterclockwise to navigate between screens. And then in terms of battery life, about a day 1/2 if you keep the brightness low but bright enough to see it outside and without using apps like spotify to play music thru the watch (which you can do).
I traded in my galaxy watch 4 and with a bunch of promotions only paid 60 bucks for this new watch. Now thats worth it
is it worth upgrading from the 5pro for $50?
Ill keep my rotating bezel. I have touch devices so much, its never has reliable as a physical one.
I got a deal...3 years to pay zero interest, comes with free band (the pink one, you can't choose), and I think also 1 year free Samsung care insurance? (Can't recall the details while typing this thing) 😅
Just received the 44mm GW7, haven't opened it yet. Between being a preorder and a trade-in for a GW5, it cost me $79.99 before tax. In the watch face section that Pixel watch looked beat to crap. Another reason I wouldn't touch one until they get rid of the curved glass.
I like the samsung watch for the phone integration, notifications, spotify, health features, golf gps distances, sleep tracking and alarms. I don't know if the other cheaper devices offer these features.
I still love my Galaxy Watch 4. Got it 2 years ago for $150. It does everything I need it to, only thing I might consider is switching to LTE instead of Bluetooth. I would consider the 7 in a couple of years if there's a drastic price drop.