Samsung Galaxy Watch 42mm Midnight Black
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Compatible with operating system | Android, iOS | |
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Recommended for wrist circumference | 17 - 19 cm | |
Type of heart rate measurement | Optical heart rate measurement | |
Required iPhone model | iPhone 5 or later | |
Independent music player | ||
Width | 42 mm |
According to our smartwatch expert
The Samsung Galaxy Watch is a smartwatch that keeps you updated with information all day long. Use Bluetooth to connect the Galaxy Watch to your smartphone and in the morning, you can see which appointments you have that day and what the weather is like. Throughout the day, you can also see your number of steps taken, your calorie consumption, and incoming calls or messages. The smartwatch is waterproof, scratch-resistant, and has different sports profiles, which allows you to use it during your workout as well. Thanks to the different watch faces, you can personalize the Galaxy Watch to your own liking.
Note: an adapter isn't included. Do you want to charge the watch via a socket? Use the adapter of your phone charger or order a separate adapter.
This watch is suitable for a wrist circumference of 17 to 19 centimeters.
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Truly a fantastic digital clock with which you can do everything. It is a clock with a proactive attitude and positive feedback. Nice design and integration with phone is great.
Rogier Peters
30 July 2019
Automatically translated from Dutch
It's a fantastic smart watch!
intro I haven't worn watches for 20 years because I didn't like them (I always liked having the time to hand). My wife wanted a fitbit and I quickly fell in love with the 46mm galaxy watch in the store. The rotating bezel is THE way to operate a smart watch. Samsung has patented this and we will not find a Google Wear OS watch that has such a bezel for the time being (which is of course a shame for the competition).
First use The watch is nice and the first thing I did was set up a watch face that shows my steps, stairs, heart rate and battery percentage (and then also something of date & time :o). This gave me a direct overview of my daily activity right from the start and because after 20 years I now have something continuous on my wrist again, I am also continuously working on my health (I have already lost a kilo after 2 weeks :D ).
Battery The battery lasts 4 days with the following settings:
I stretch the battery life to 6-7 days by putting it on the fantastic wireless charger for 15-20 minutes in the morning when I shower. Nice detail, the display is then nicely rotated 90 degrees to horizontal.
activity tracking Detection of an activity (cycling/walking/running) is automatic, but you need about 10 minutes with the activity for the watch to notice. Incidentally, this takes just as long on my wife's Fitbit charge 3.
Software The galaxy watch has many apps installed. I use a lot of that too. For example, the stress tracker is a great app to visually see the heart rate. But especially the Samsung health app on the watch is fantastic. Unlike the Fitbit Charge 3, you can see all the information on the display of the watch itself. Not only in numerical form, but also visually in line and bar graphs. For activities such as cycling, the watch even shows the route on a map! Installing other apps is done via your phone and this works fine.
The Samsung health app for the phone I would like to mention this app briefly as this watch can be used to a certain extent as a fitness tracker. Although a health tracker may be a better term, since during fitness or other physical activity the heart rate monitor drops off quite quickly (see next paragraph). The app gives a very nice overview and is easy to use. I personally like the Samsung app better than the other options available for this watch (I personally didn't like the Endomondo and record from Under Armor). However, the Samsung health app is slightly less pleasant than the Fitbit app when it comes to seeing the history (of, for example, my heart rate or sleep patterns). At Fitbit, these are all visually put together very clearly, with the Samsung health app I have to tap separately every day, which makes the insight into day-to-day patterns considerably more difficult. For the rest, the app is well put together and all reports are worded positively. Once I have failed to achieve a goal, I am not shown it guiltily, but more subtly and encouragingly.
Then the negatives The heart rate monitor is nice, but it doesn't come close to the one on my wife's Fitbit. You put it on your arm and the heartbeat is detected within 1-2 seconds and is then apparently immune to hand/arm movements and sweat. This is NOT the case with the galaxy watch. Especially since I wasn't used to wearing a watch anymore, the first week I was checking my watch very often to see my heart rate and then it often took 5-10 seconds for the heart icon to start pulsing. In addition, I have tried everything to improve this:
In none of the cases does the heart rate monitor really get better. During cycling it disappears almost immediately, unless it is smooth asphalt, then it takes 10 minutes. The best thing I've been able to do so far is wear the watch very high on my arm. While cycling, I now move my watch to about halfway up my forearm and wear it very tight. On top of that I let my left arm loose from the handlebars when the road surface gets a bit rough and this ensures that I have a heart rate measurement three quarters of the time.
The second downside is that "deep sleep" is never actually registered while sleeping. It has only happened twice in the past 3 weeks that according to the watch there was 9 & 12 minutes of "deep sleep". When wearing my wife's Fitbit Charge 3, this is much more. This is apparently because the "deep sleep" threshold is determined by a heart rate level set by Samsung at a level much lower than my heart rate (and then I still cycle to work and exercise 2x a week). ).
I hope that by reading this review you can make a slightly more informed choice. I am very happy with this smart watch myself. Although I would have liked it if the heart rate monitor had been a bit more robust, the enormous amount of features and the ease of use more than make up for it. In short, a fantastic smart watch!
van Dam
4 December 2018
Automatically translated from Dutch
In addition to a smart watch, I also use the device as a sports watch, or at least that was the intention. Registration of the heart rate is regularly lost, so that the results are too different after exercising for a while. This is the biggest annoyance. The fact that Wi-Fi is unstable and the device does not connect despite itself indicating that the signal strength is strong is also a clear drawback. For me things that spoil the fun of the Galaxy and I'm even considering returning it.
Robin
28 January 2019
Automatically translated from Dutch
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Product number | 817222 | |
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Manufacturer code | SM-R810NZKAPHN | |
Brand | Samsung | |
Warranty | 2 years | |
Processing of your defect | Carry-in warranty |
Compatible with operating system | Android, iOS | |
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Required iPhone model | iPhone 5 or later | |
Operating system | Samsung Tizen | |
Year introduced | 2018 | |
Guaranteed support with updates | Unknown |
Watch case color | Black | |
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Watch case material | Stainless steel | |
Watch case shape | Round | |
Width | 42 mm | |
Depth | 12,7 mm | |
Weight | 49 g | |
Size watch case | Large | |
Recommended for wrist circumference | 17 - 19 cm | |
Total storage capacity | 4 GB | |
Water resistance | 5 |
Watch strap material | Plastic | |
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Watch strap color | Black | |
Closure type | Buckle | |
Interchangeable watch strap | ||
Compatibility watch strap | Universal |
Screen type | AMOLED | |
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Always-on display | ||
Data display | Digital | |
Touchscreen | ||
Color screen | ||
Adjustable watch face | ||
Type of glass | Gorilla glass |
Battery/battery capacity | 270 mAh | |
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Wireless charging |
Bluetooth | ||
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ANT+ | ||
Independent music player | ||
Music controls | ||
Built-in microphone | ||
Built-in speakers | ||
Call options | [Answer calls], [Call indepedently], [Call stores contacts] | |
App installation possible | ||
Camera operation | ||
NFC | ||
Contactless payment |
Pedometer | ||
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Speedometer | ||
Calorie counter | ||
Measures stairs climbed |
Heart rate measurement | ||
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Heart rate zones | ||
Heart rate sensor | Integrated pulse sensor | |
Type of heart rate measurement | Optical heart rate measurement | |
Heart rate measurement moment | Continuously | |
Notification exceedance heart rate zone | No | |
Irregular heartbeat notification | ||
Heart rate measurement under water |
Oximeter | ||
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Blood pressure monitor | ||
Average heart rate during sleep |
Recommended for sports | Biking, Fitness, Hiking, Mountaineering, Multisport, Outdoor, Running, Swimming, Tennis, Water sports, Winter sports | |
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Measure fitness age | ||
Recovery advice | ||
Interval training | ||
VO2 max measurement | ||
Measures average speed during activity | ||
Lap counter | ||
Race prognosis | ||
Measures step distance | ||
Measure running cadence | ||
Measures swimming distance | ||
Measures swimming speed | ||
Swimming lap counter |
Built-in GPS receiver | ||
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Global satellite navigation system | GPS | |
GPS application | Navigation, Route registration |
Compass | ||
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Altimeter | ||
Type of altimeter | Barometric | |
Thermometer |
Fall detection | ||
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Alarm function | ||
Emergency button | ||
Geofencing |
