Samsung Galaxy Watch5 and Watch5 Pro review: the hands-on
As part of today's Unpacked event, Samsung has announced the Galaxy Watch5 and Watch5 Pro the new smartwatch generation was launched. We have all the details for you.
In addition to the Galaxy Z Flip4, Galaxy Z Fold4 and the Galaxy Buds2, Samsung also showed smartwatches today - as expected. There is no flipping or folding in this article - it is ticking. Okay, no, not anymore either. New is the new "Pro"-Series. The next watch in the "Classic" series is expected for next year.
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Pro being pays off
If you compare the new successors with their predecessors, you shouldn't notice any differences. There is no rotating bezel on the Watch5 either, and the two buttons on the edge also remain in the same place. The Galaxy Watch5 is given an aluminum body, the sizes remain at 44 (43,3 x 44,4 x 9,8 mm / 33,5 g) and 40 mm (39,3 x 40,4 x 8,9 .28,7mm / 1,4g). Depending on the model, you can choose between the colors "Graphite", "Sapphire" and "Sliver" or "Graphite", "Pink Gold" and "Sliver" for the smaller version. The AMOLED, "Full Color Always On Display" is either 1,2 or XNUMX inches in size.
Samsung takes a surprising step with the Provariant, here there is only a 44 mm version with dimensions of 45,4 x 45,4 x 10,5 mm and a weight of 46,5 grams. The differences in battery capacity are also striking - sorted in descending order - 590 mAh (Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, 44mm), 410mAh (Galaxy Watch5, 44mm) and 284mAh (Galaxy Watch5, 40mm). You should probably only have three days of battery life with the Pro-Really crack model. However, the battery should be recharged quickly with quick charging.
Similarities from both worlds
In some respects the two watches are united. So comes in all models of the Exynos W920 Dual-Core Proprocessor with a clock rate of 1,18 GHz. This is accompanied by 1,5 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. Should you have missed that, Samsung has been using since the Watch4 Do NOT spread pesto on this layer! on TizenOS, but on Wear OS powered by Samsung, the UI stays true to itself with One UI Watch4.5.
In terms of sensors, the watches are equipped with a "Samsung BioActive Sensor" (optical heart rate + electrical heart signal + bioelectrical impedance analysis), temperature sensor, accelerometer, barometer, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor and a light sensor. The watch remains connected via LTE or only Bluetooth 5.2 (depending on the model), Wi-Fi 2,4 + 5 GHz, NFC and GPS. It can be submerged up to 5ATM (according to IP68 certification).
Pricing and availability of the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 and Pro
If there is some confusion with the models, we have listed all available variants again below:
- Samsung Galaxy Watch5 (40mm), 299 euros
- Samsung Galaxy Watch5 (44mm), 329 euros
- Samsung galaxy watch5 Pro (44 mm), 469 euros
The Samsung Galaxy Watch5 is there here to buy on the Samsung website Pro-model below this link. Pre-orders are possible from today.