4.2.2019

I bought this watch in-store back in October of 2018, so I've had a few months of experience with it. It's my first smartwatch so I don't have much to compare it against. I like that this watch is customizable and you can download free or pay watch faces that meet your style and information requirements. I like that I can wear this watch and receive messages discreetly from my family while I'm working. I work 12-hour-shifts at a local hospital so I'm gone for the better part of 14 hours a day when I work so if my family has an emergency or something they are still able to contact me directly without having to go through the operator or front desk.Other things I like about the watch include being able to see the watch face in just about any light condition, theater mode when you're at the movies, airplane mode just like any other wireless device, the rotating bezel which allows you to make selections and/or scroll through messages and options, ability to set up reminders, and that it encourages me to keep moving or get those few extra steps in with the step counter. It is somehow able to detect when you're walking at a brisk pace or doing yard work and it's kind of entertaining how it encourages you with messages to let you know and keep it up. It is quiet and the gentle buzz I feel on my wrist when a notification pops up is strong enough that I know there's something I need to check out but not annoying. I also like the "find my phone" feature that it has which I've only had to use once when I had put my phone somewhere and forgot where I left it, you can use the find my phone feature on the watch and regardless of whether your phone is set to silent or not it will ring audibly and allow you to locate the phone if it's within hearing distance. Things that I don't like about the watch are the Samsung version of Apple's Siri, which is called "Bixby", is just not there yet. Siri is much more advanced and gives better answers and has better voice recognition capability. I also feel like this watch might be cheating me out of some steps during the day, for example, the other day I got up and watched the step counter on my watch, I took ten steps forward and the counter didn't move. I didn't get credit for those ten steps at all. Other times I've done this and kept my eye on the watch and counted my steps and the watch has only been one step away from what I counted (which I don't mind). But ten steps yes I do mind, because ten steps here and there throughout the day add up, so that's another area where I feel that the Apple watches are probably ahead of Samsung as most of my coworkers use Apple and don't have the same problem. I also don't like that it is not good at counting flights of stairs, and it's more likely to give you credit for going up a flight of stairs than down a flight of stairs, which both require effort; and when it does give you credit for walking a flight of stairs it seems like it makes you walk more flights than you actually walked in order to meet any goals that you've set to reach on the watch. So far it's batting zero's when it comes to detecting me descending a flight of stairs. Going up it seems to be much better at. Overall given that it's my first smartwatch I like it. The battery charge seems to last on average about 2 days on the settings that I use, which meet my requirements without having to make sacrifices, but I imagine if you run a lot of different things on the watch or use a watch face that drains a lot of power then you'll get different results. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

24.6.2019

First and foremost I have to say that this is a worthy upgrade from the Gear S3 and all of it's previous, still wonderful predecessors. I have owned the first Gear, the Gear S2 Classic, and a couple of Gear S3 Classics (I still own the Classics) and also plenty of other non-brand smart watches as well.I have paired the 46mm Bluetooth edition to my Note8 and I must point out of course, how flawless they do work together. Fast and easy setup by first connecting via Bluetooth on the phone and then finding your watch and accepting the pair request on both devices. The procedure is done simultaneously and will ask you things along the way. It will take a few minutes so be patient as it may require updates installed on the watch or phone.Once done it will take you into a quick introduction of your watch with a few interactions to get you acquainted. You can customize your watch face, your widgets, your apps and many other settings. The watch can connect via 2.4ghz wifi and still be synced to your phone if you have that set up. Sometimes I have given my phone to borrow to my family to go on an errand while I stayed at home and received all my notifications on my watch and I could still reply accordingly (text messages & Facebook Messenger). As long as your connected via wifi, you can be anywhere away from your phone and still use it the same (except phone calls) as long as your phone has signal, of course. It's 472mAh battery lasts about 3 days giving you lots of interaction, tons of notifications, sensors working on activities and without activating the always-on watch face. It charges via a dock and it comes with it's own cable and adapter. I have tried charging the Gear S3 on the Watch dock but it does display a notification to charge it on it's own dock. So it is definitely a faster charge than it's predecessor considering it's a bigger battery. It takes about 2 hours and 50 minutes to completely charge. It has a great activity tracker and there's tons of new features as well as upgraded ones. I love that it's water resistance has been further upgraded to 5 ATM (165-foot/50-meter) submersion with IP68 and MIL-STD-810G certifications. It has GPS and can be used to track your runs without your phones presence without a problem. It has 39 workout modes, tracks sleep and recognizes some workout styles that starts tracking automatically.The watch runs on Tizen and has NFC (no MST) . The bands are interchangeable with 22mm bands (like the Gear S3's) and the ability to change watchfaces is incredible. There's tons and tons of watchfaces to choose from. It has a dual-core Exynos 9110 processor running at 1.15GHz and has 768MB of RAM with 4GB storage. Corning Gorilla Glass DX+, and a 1.3-inch, 360 x 360 AMOLED touchscreen.In conclusion, this is an excellent watch that can be purchased in Bluetooth/WiFi or LTE versions and works with both Android and iOS. It gives you a plethora of functions, apps and watchfaces. It also comes in a smaller version (42mm) and in 2 different colors so they do give you options. I truly enjoy the Samsung Galaxy Watch and Samsung's ability to evolve their devices truly captivates me. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

3.6.2019

I have had my 46mm Galaxy Watch (Bluetooth) a little over 2 weeks now. I have to say that this is the BEST Smart Watch that I had utilized to date. I used to have another brand of smart watch that ran using the Google IOS, but this is far Superior. Even my wife, who is not big on wearable tech, loves this watch and now wants to get one of her own. The Galaxy Watch is stunning looking. It looks very high class from the minute you open the box. It does not even look like a wearable piece of tech. It reads just as if you had a normal watch on your wrist. One of my favorite things about this watch is the ability to change the watch faces to suit the “colors” & styles of outfit you have to that day.My current watch face that I have day to day is a digital watch face with all of the info that I need. Time, Date, Weather, Step Count and Battery Life. It’s perfect having all of that info in one quick turn of the wrist. But when I do go out on a date night with the Wife, I change the watch face to more of a fancy “Analog” Type Face. Another thing that is brilliant about the analog style watch faces, is that when you tilt your wrist back and forth, it has a “Glare” Built into the programming to make it look like the currently lighting is reflecting off of the watch face. It’s the little things like that, that make the watch that much more realistic. With that being said, the resolution on the screen is GREAT! The Information that you get from this watch is amazing. It tells me “Good Morning” When I first put it on before I leave the house and then continues to give me a “Daily Briefing” of my Day, including Wheather, Appointments that are on my calendar and my commute to work. It even tells me to get up and exercise when I have been inactive for too long. I do have a desk job, and the first 2 days I was wearing the watch it kept telling me to get up and get moving. But I ignored it. On the third day, it learned that I would not get up to exercise, so it gave me the option of doing at sit down/at desk exercise. I proceeded to do that. It worked like a charm. I love being able to have all of my notification on my wrist. It allows me to have my phone in my pocket, even texting and answering phone calls.The only Downside to the watch is the Bluetooth Connectivity Range; it only seems to be about 25-30’. Which is kind of disappointing. Especially when I am at home and I have the watch charging. My phone constantly alerts me that my watch is disconnected when I am out of range. My previous Smart Watch that I had, had exceptional range. I do hope that Samsung can improve this in a software update. Hopefully it has nothing to do with hardware.All in all, I love this watch and wish I had purchased it sooner. I would recommend anyone to make the purchase. You will not be disappointed. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

29.5.2019

Being my first smartwatch and having worn traditional watches for decades, I was leery of the benefits. After a week with the watch, I could not be happier with the Samsung Watch 42mm. I have small wrists for a guy so I selected the smaller watch face and it fits very well. The watch height was a worry with the online reviews I've read but surprisingly, it's slimmer than my normal Casio G-shock watch. The included watch bands are flexible and comfortable to wear, without irritating the skin.Having a Samsung Note 9, I didn't have any issues with pairing the phone. It took merely seconds to pair the phone, set it to leave my phone unlocked when my watch is paired and also with Samsung Pay(more below).

18.6.2019

The Galaxy Watch 46 mm edition comes with a silver body and black bezel. Out of the box it came with its base charging station, cable is the USB Type-A (not sure why Type C is not used maybe profile size so they could use the same stand as past models? Large rubber watch band and a standard charging plug. Once charged I was ready to pair my watch to my GS9+ using the Wear App. From there it first took me through the steps to pair. Then it gave me the option to restore from my Gear S3, now this was awesome I didn’t have to go through and reset my watch face or even reconfigure all of my quick apps. Finally it had the OneUI update to complete.

27.6.2019

Being my first smartwatch and having worn traditional watches for decades, I was leery of the benefits. After a week with the watch, I could not be happier with the Samsung Watch 42mm. I have small wrists for a guy so I selected the smaller watch face and it fits very well. The watch height was a worry with the online reviews I've read but surprisingly, it's slimmer than my normal Casio G-shock watch(see below). The included watch bands are flexible and comfortable to wear, without irritating the skin.Having a Samsung Note 9, I didn't have any issues with pairing the phone. It took merely seconds to pair the phone, set it to leave my phone unlocked when my watch is paired and also with Samsung Pay(more below).To make the heart-rate function more accurate,

21.6.2019

I’ve owned the Samsung Gear Fit2, the Gear S2, and now the Galaxy watch. Of them all the new Galaxy watch takes the cake. You can see many similarities, but the most notable of all improvements is the battery life. The S2 barely lasted a day which lead me to use the fit2 more frequently. However, in the Galaxy Watch I get multiple days allowing for true full sleep and health tracking. Not only does the batter last for a good while, but the wireless charging is very fast. Pop in on the charger while you watch your favorite show and you’ll have plenty more juice left for a few more days. That goes without mentioning the fact that if you have a Samsung S10 or S10+ to pair with it that if you are ever truly low on juice,

27.6.2019

I always stayed with Samsung right from the day they started marketing smart watches. So I may compare this one to my current unit "Gear- frontier". packaging I am little disappointed with the form factor of this packaging compared to the previous versions that came in a nice Beer Can kind of design. This is just another box that failed to impress me.Smart Watch - LooksThe watch itself looks pretty neat though looks little smaller compared to my existing "Gear Frontier" , also the gear shaped dial is now a smooth version with more feminine design. Straps are much better in quality compared to the previous versions.No changes in terms of charging station,

17.6.2019

Appearance: This watch looks great, silver shiny metal casing, nice metal bezel in black, the default bank is a black rubber, looks good as well. The big 46mm face looks awesome to the user and people that see you wearing it, the faces are bright and vibrant and there are many great ones both digital and analog looks and many funny cartoon ones as well. You can also make your own custom faces on the samsung site too. With the ways you can customize case, bands and bezel, its the best looking smart watch on the market to me.Functionality: This watch uses a custom Samsung app store and uses the Tizen OS instead of the more standard Google app store and Wear OS that most other android watches use.

18.6.2019

Before, I get into my review of the Galaxy Watch, let me start by saying that I have been a long-time user of other top name brand smart watch on the market. However, after using watch for the last month, I found a new watch for me.Design/Style: I purchased the 46mm watch (non-LTE). It fit perfectly on my wrist and looked awesome. It feels like a regular watch, but with all the features of a high-tech communication device right on your wrist. The style is appealing and masculine design for both men and women. The screen provides sharp contrast and easy to read all message and apps in dark or bright conditions. The rotating bezel is a great way to interact with your smartwatch.

20.6.2019

As an avid Samsung Note phone owner (starting with the Note 4 to now having a Note 9), I was always curious to see if the Samsung Galaxy watch would add any complimentary benefits to the phone. The first challenge was determining the size of the watch. With two different sizes, 42mm and 48mm, I was nervous on fit for my medium sized wrist when I ordered the 42mm watch. Once the watch arrived I was surprised on how great it fit me. For small and medium sized wrist folks, the 42mm is the way to go unless you are into very large watches (where the watch face is bigger than your wrist). But for sporty and everyday wear, 42mm seems to be the better fit.The first impressions of the watch: very well made – looks like a nice solid traditional watch.

9.7.2019

This watch replaced my Samsung Gear S3 watch, which I loved but always thought was kind of manly. I got the black Galaxy Watch 42mm (Bluetooth) in midnight black. I found that this was not very feminine either but the smaller size made it better than my Gear S3. I loved the black on black design with both the bezel and the watch being in black, but I would have loved to have gotten the rose gold one. My Gear S3 was starting to lag, which made everything I did with this watch feel lightning fast. For the most part I found that not much has changed in comparison to my Gear S3. The set up and interface looks pretty much the same. The only additional feature that I noticed were the different modes located in the advanced tab under settings.

19.6.2019

I have had my 46mm Galaxy Watch (Bluetooth) a little over 2 weeks now. I have to say that this is the BEST Smart Watch that I had utilized to date. I used to have another brand of smart watch that ran using the Google IOS, but this is far Superior. Even my wife, who is not big on wearable tech, loves this watch and now wants to get one of her own. The Galaxy Watch is stunning looking. It looks very high class from the minute you open the box. It does not even look like a wearable piece of tech. It reads just as if you had a normal watch on your wrist. One of my favorite things about this watch is the ability to change the watch faces to suit the “colors” & styles of outfit you have to that day.

6.10.2018

Previously having had a Samsung gear S2 I was worried that I wouldn't like the round screen as I had been a fan of using the qwerty keyboard to fire back quick texts. The Galaxy watch handles the lack of square screen will though with voice input for text and number style predictive text. The bezel works well for flicking functions and the wrist motion gesture for sealing the watch works well and keeps the battery life amazing. Was always used to charging a smartwatch every night, such makes a mockery of a sleep monitor but Galaxy Watch lasts for days and the magnetic wireless charger is superb instead of the old clip cradles.

21.6.2019

I have owned several different Samsung watches the Gear 2 Neo being my first. I have had the pleasure of using the 42mm Bluetooth version of Galaxy Watch for the past couple of weeks. Upon opening the box I must say that initially I was disappointed with the watches size. My previous watch the Gear S3 Frontier is 46mm I know what you are thinking it's only 4mm larger but in this case that is a fairly sizable difference. Wearing the 42mm watch for a couple of weeks now has helped change my initial opinion. Day to Day UsageMy usage can very from day to day. The best part of this watch for me is not having to pick up my phone to do everything the watch makes a nice extension of my phone.

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