Last Updated on March 18, 2021 by Filip Poutintsev
With the digital technology revolution, people have been using a variety of devices. Smartwatch is a wearable device like the wristwatch but has some added features besides timekeeping. Smartwatches are watches that can do smart things like running an application, monitoring heartbeat, receiving/making a call, and many more.
They come with a touchscreen, which is used to make commands by tapping. Smartwatches also have Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, which helps them connect to the internet as well as to other electronic devices such as smartphones.
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Pros and Cons of Samsung Smartwatch
Smartwatches, when connected to the smartphone, can do various things on behalf of the smartphone. They can make a call, send a message, run an app, show notifications, and many more.
Samsung, which is the largest vendor of smartphones, makes smartwatches as well. Samsung’s smartwatches are immensely popular and are probably the best smartwatches. Samsung released its first smartwatch, Galaxy Gear, in 2013.
Samsung is continuously making improvements in their smartwatches ever since to provide the best in the market. The latest smartwatch from the company is Galaxy Watch 3, which has some great features and is truly a next-generation smartwatch.
Samsung smartwatches used the Android Wear OS (now known as Wear OS) in the early days but now uses the company’s own operating system, Tizen OS. From design to performance to price, Samsung smartwatches are giving tough competition in the smartwatch market.
All Samsung smartwatches have a circular design, which offers customers a more natural user experience of wearing a wristwatch. Samsung smartwatches are not just compatible with Samsung smartphones, but you can also use them with any Android phone.
Samsung smartwatches are also compatible with iPhone and are not just limited to Android devices, which is a great benefit of them. Samsung’s smartwatches have an attractive design, have decent battery life, and come with great fitness features.
Let’s discuss some pros and cons of the Samsung smartwatch:
Pros of Samsung Smartwatch
1. Excellent Design
When it comes to design, Samsung smartwatches beats every other smartwatch brands. Samsung smartwatches are more stylish and fashionable. Samsung offers an eye-catching round screen on its every smartwatch, which gives a more natural user experience of wearing an analog watch.
The rotating bezel around the screen is used to change settings or navigate through notifications. It gives users a unique way of navigating the interface of their smartwatch. A physical rotating bezel for navigation is something innovative and gives a pleasing sensation as it ticks every time you turn/rotate it.
They will also blend fine with your personality as they offer both casual and formal looks. You can also customize your smartwatch with the choice of your straps, isn’t that amazing.
2. Fitness and Health Features
Most of the modern smartwatches have various fitness as well as health features. Samsung smartwatches have lots of features to keep an eye on your vitals. These smartwatches have some dedicated workout modes such as walking, running, swimming, cycling, etc.
The Galaxy Watch 3 has around 120 workout videos, and you can select from the Galaxy Health app and cast it to TV, which helps to monitor your heart rate in real-time. The Galaxy Watch 3 is water-resistance up to 50 meters.
The Galaxy Watch gives you a notification about recommended exercises to do as per your daily routine or when you’ve been inactive for a period of time.
The latest smartwatches feature heart rate monitoring. The ECG monitoring feature detects an abnormality such as a high or low heart rate, quickly alerts you. There is another cool feature that gives your sleep insights and sleeps score.
Fall Detection is also a new feature introduced in Galaxy Watch 3, which detects a hard fall. In case of a hard fall, it allows your watch to notify an emergency contact and share your location.
3. Good Battery Life
Samsung’s smartwatches have good battery life in comparison to Apple Watch or other smartwatches. Samsung’s 45mm Galaxy Watch 3 has a 370mAh battery. On moderate uses, it can last up to three days on a single charge.
However, the use of GPS and LTE features substantially eats up the battery. Under such uses, it lasts only a single day. Charging the watch is simple, as they come with charging pads. If you stream over LTE, play music, the battery empties faster.
4. Performance
The Samsung smartwatches are fitted with a powerful processor and faster memory. Exynos 9110 dual-core processor is used in its latest smartwatches, which gives enough processing power for a smartwatch.
The Galaxy Watch 3 has 1 GB RAM, while its LTE version comes with 1.5 GB RAM. The latest smartwatches offer internal storage up to 8 GB. The great combo of a powerful processor and fast memory aids to load things faster hence increases overall performance.
5. Great Convenience
Almost all modern smartwatches offer various convenient features. If you own a smartwatch, you are likely to connect your smartphone with it. It will show notifications, and you can have quick access to them.
You will never miss a notification even you don’t have a phone in your pocket. It can do various other things like receive email notifications, calls, texts, calendar alerts, news alerts, and many more. You can even take action on the notification as well, whether to respond or ignore.
6. Samsung Pay
Samsung Pay is the mobile payment and digital wallet service from Samsung. Samsung smartwatches support Samsung pay. Samsung Pay uses NFC technology, and its payment service can virtually work at any place.
You can pay your coffee bill or shopping bill using Samsung Pay. Simply tap your watch to pay, without handing over your card or cash. It greatly helps when you don’t have cash on you or didn’t carry a credit card.
7. Variety of Options
The latest Galaxy Watch 3 has three different color options available, Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black, and Mystic White. It comes with two size options: one with 41mm and the other with 45mm.
Also, it is available in Stainless steel and Titanium variants. Although Samsung watches come in different shapes and sizes, you can alternate the bands however you want as per your need. If you are bored of always wearing the same band, you can swap it out for another one. Samsung has around 50000 watch faces, and you can choose any watch face according to your need or whichever fits your personality.
Cons of Samsung Smart Watch
1. Price
Smartwatches are usually pretty expensive. You cannot afford these smartwatches if you are on a tight budget. Those who buy flagship phones are more likely to buy these smartwatches. Galaxy Watch 3 41mm version starts from 399.99 while 45mm version starts from 429.99. You have to pay an extra 50 for LTE capability. At this price range, you can buy a great smartphone.
2. Battery
Under normal uses, Samsung’s latest smartwatch battery lasts up to 3 to 4 days on a single charge LTE feature drains the battery much faster. Watches are something you wear every day, at least during your work hours. In case you forgot to charge it at night, you’ll end up having a dead watch the very next day. The Galaxy Watch has the same battery that was used in Galaxy Active 2.
3. Tiny Screen
The size of the smartwatch is small, and we have to interact with that tiny screen. It’s hard to operate on such a small screen as everything is clustered in such a small area. There is always difficulty touching the icons, replying to texts/emails. Interacting with a small screen causes problems in the eyes/vision and eyesight problems in the future as well.
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