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I wonder how samsung's galaxy smart watch compares? I'd never own an apple watch because I'd never want an apple phone, but I might someday consider getting a

I wonder how samsung's galaxy smart watch compares? I'd never own an apple watch because I'd never want an apple phone, but I might someday consider getting a smart watch. Seems the options are the galaxy watch or ...nothing?

jklinger410 3y ago
Samsung products are just data harvesting schemes built on top of Google products.
nickthegreek 3y ago
Maybe Garmin or Fitbit if you need only specific features or really want that battery life. Edit: Forgot Google bought Fitbit, but I still would bet Fitbit outlasts the Pixel Watch.
veb 3y ago
Go Garmin! You won't regret it.
transitionnel 3y ago
Try a used series 4 from eBay if you're curious. They have the same processor as the 5 and 6, and are dirt cheap. For me it's been good enough to overcome "I could take it or leave it" - it's handy for reading alerts without pulling out the phone, and Google Assistant even works most of the time. It's also nice to keep the phone on silent and just get a buzz on the wrist for calls and alarms. Plus smarthome integration if you do that.
- amoshi 3y ago
  Samsung Galaxy Watch6 has a newer chipset https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11045&idPhone3=12437&idPhone2=11748 https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11045&idPhone...
Moldoteck 3y ago
garmins are ok now too. Imo, their button offering like forerunner 245 is superior to touch interface of samsung/apple, gives some vibes of pebble
- phatskat 3y ago
  God I miss my pebble. The buttons, the battery life, the dev platform - probably rose colored glasses and nostalgia, but damn it was good
  - Moldoteck 3y ago
    Yep, wearing my pebble time steel till it dies)). Hope, maybe someday garmin will allow sideload so that we could load rebble into forerunners. It would be perfect combo
paradox460 3y ago
Take a look at Garmin watches. They're a bit of a different beast than the others, more a stand alone device that can talk to your phone than the others, but they're still quite nice. And the 20 day battery life is nothing to sneeze at either
bafe 3y ago
They are fine smartwatches but terrible sports watches. I only bought mine (GW Pro 5 LTE) because I like trail running and I enjoy the ability to go on a run without carrying my phone for safety. If coros ever releases a watch with LTE I will happily sell mine. Their sports features are years ahead of the what Samsung offers

jklinger410 3y ago

Samsung products are just data harvesting schemes built on top of Google products.

nickthegreek 3y ago

Maybe Garmin or Fitbit if you need only specific features or really want that battery life. Edit: Forgot Google bought Fitbit, but I still would bet Fitbit outlasts the Pixel Watch.

veb 3y ago

Go Garmin! You won't regret it.

transitionnel 3y ago

Try a used series 4 from eBay if you're curious. They have the same processor as the 5 and 6, and are dirt cheap. For me it's been good enough to overcome "I could take it or leave it" - it's handy for reading alerts without pulling out the phone, and Google Assistant even works most of the time. It's also nice to keep the phone on silent and just get a buzz on the wrist for calls and alarms. Plus smarthome integration if you do that.

amoshi 3y ago
Samsung Galaxy Watch6 has a newer chipset https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11045&idPhone3=12437&idPhone2=11748 https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11045&idPhone...

Moldoteck 3y ago

garmins are ok now too. Imo, their button offering like forerunner 245 is superior to touch interface of samsung/apple, gives some vibes of pebble

phatskat 3y ago
God I miss my pebble. The buttons, the battery life, the dev platform - probably rose colored glasses and nostalgia, but damn it was good
- Moldoteck 3y ago
  Yep, wearing my pebble time steel till it dies)). Hope, maybe someday garmin will allow sideload so that we could load rebble into forerunners. It would be perfect combo

paradox460 3y ago

Take a look at Garmin watches. They're a bit of a different beast than the others, more a stand alone device that can talk to your phone than the others, but they're still quite nice. And the 20 day battery life is nothing to sneeze at either

bafe 3y ago

They are fine smartwatches but terrible sports watches. I only bought mine (GW Pro 5 LTE) because I like trail running and I enjoy the ability to go on a run without carrying my phone for safety. If coros ever releases a watch with LTE I will happily sell mine. Their sports features are years ahead of the what Samsung offers