Samsung Galaxy Watch5 (44mm, Bluetooth, Graphite)

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 carries over the simplified yet attractive appearance of the Watch 4 (non-Classic), while making incremental yet valuable improvements where it countsExternally, the lightweight aluminum body features a simple design with a flat, round face, just 2 buttons on the right side, and a common lug design giving you access to a plethora of bands. The included band, made of fluoroelastomer, has a soft touch and is quite comfortable. The 44mm display features the same 450x450 resolution as the Watch 4 and has plenty of brightness, making it easily visible in broad daylight. However, this year the screen is protected by Sapphire glass which should bring a significant improvement in protection.On the back of the watch, the sensor array includes ... MoreThe Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 carries over the simplified yet attractive appearance of the Watch 4 (non-Classic), while making incremental yet valuable improvements where it countsExternally, the lightweight aluminum body features a simple design with a flat, round face, just 2 buttons on the right side, and a common lug design giving you access to a plethora of bands. The included band, made of fluoroelastomer, has a soft touch and is quite comfortable. The 44mm display features the same 450x450 resolution as the Watch 4 and has plenty of brightness, making it easily visible in broad daylight. However, this year the screen is protected by Sapphire glass which should bring a significant improvement in protection.On the back of the watch, the sensor array includes the familiar heart rate, ECG, and blood-oxygen sensors but has been expanded this year to include a new IR temperature sensor. In the future, this new sensor could be used to help with things like sickness tracking.Internally, the watch continues to rely on the same Exynos W920 processor as the Watch 4 as well as carrying over the same 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The battery, however, has been upgraded to a new, larger 410mAh unit with an advertised 50hr of usage. Charging is also improved with 10W WPC (Wireless Power Consortium) charging that can give you enough juice to get through a work day with only 8 minutes on the magnetic USB-C puck.Software wise, the watch is running Wear OS 3.5 with Samsung's One UI Watch 4.5 sitting on top. The merger of Samsung and Android Wear continues to be a match made in heaven. Gone are the days where, if you paired a Samsung watch with a non-Samsung phone, you were unable to use things like NFC payments. Now, with access to the whole Google Play ecosystem, you have a much broader pool of apps available.Specs and numbers aside, the watch performs beautifully. Setup is easy to step through both with Samsung phones (tested with a Galaxy S21) as well as non-Samsung phones (tested with a Pixel 6). Flipping through tiles is smooth and stutter free. Notifications appear instantly and offer a lot of customizability for what does and doesn’t appear. Battery life has more than easily gotten through a day, which is all I honestly need as I charge every night. Health features like step counting and heart rate are comparable to that of the Fossil Gen 6 I was using beforehand.If I have any complaint here at all, its that the bulge of the sensor array on the back of the watch is…awkward. The phone really ends up sitting high on my wrist and can collect dust and dirt between my arm and the watch when doing things like working outside.At the end of the day, if you’re currently sporting a Watch 4, the incremental improvements to the Watch 5 mean you can probably skip this update. But if you’re looking for your first smartwatch or upgrading something older, you really can’t go wrong with this watch. With almost exclusive (currently) access to Wear OS 3, the larger battery, faster charging, and the stronger Sapphire glass display, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is not just the best Galaxy Watch to date but probably the best Android Wear OS watch ever.

So glad I decided to purchase this watch, after using one of the smaller fitness style watches I wanted one that did more and this certainly does. It's a nice slim lightweight design, and having always struggled with watches to fit my very small wrists this is perfect and very comfortable to wear.The health features are fantastic, sleep tracking, heart rate and steps I often look at and seems very accurate to me. Having a health condition which can be affected by my quality of sleep this watch certainly helps me track that and help to make improvements to my sleep. It gives a detailed report for sleep pattern which is very easy to understand. Connects to my phone seamlessly and was very easy to a set up. Its extremely beneficial to me for work as I can check ... MoreSo glad I decided to purchase this watch, after using one of the smaller fitness style watches I wanted one that did more and this certainly does. It's a nice slim lightweight design, and having always struggled with watches to fit my very small wrists this is perfect and very comfortable to wear.The health features are fantastic, sleep tracking, heart rate and steps I often look at and seems very accurate to me. Having a health condition which can be affected by my quality of sleep this watch certainly helps me track that and help to make improvements to my sleep. It gives a detailed report for sleep pattern which is very easy to understand. Connects to my phone seamlessly and was very easy to a set up. Its extremely beneficial to me for work as I can check emails, texts and calls without having to check them on my phone and reply to anything important straight from the watch itself. Little features like having a calculator on there really help in the work place.After a 9 hour shift at work I do find that when I come home I need to put the watch on charge, but it's charges up to full very quickly so I don't need to have it off for long. There is many customisation features for the watch face which is great and currently I have it cycling through my own photos which I set up on my phone, which is a nice personal touch.You can also download quite a lot of additional apps through the play store on the watch itself.It's definitely hard wearing as I have accidentally banged it a few times whilst at work and there is not a mark on it so the quality of the screen is great.Overall I'm very pleased with this watch does everything I wanted plus more, and would definitely recommend to anyone looking to get a smart watch that this is ideal for many, from anyone looking for full fitness tracking and health tracking or even just as a watch for taking calls replying to messages, using contactless payments, and simple for just telling the time. Great piece of tech

First time buying a smart watch and I bought the same brand as my phone for compatibility. Myself and my partner are quite active and our friends use different brands for running, cycling etc., but decided to go with this as I could control other Samsung devices in my home much easier. My partner ultimately convinced me to buy one as she said it will help with tracking milestones in my training.Initially really easy to setup and pair. Controversially to some I wear watches on my right arm just because it feels more natural to me, the difficult bit was undoing the starps to swap them round and then swapping the watch face via the smart watch app, I know other watches just have a slide catch which is easier, if you have bigger fingers this may be a bit tricky on ... MoreFirst time buying a smart watch and I bought the same brand as my phone for compatibility. Myself and my partner are quite active and our friends use different brands for running, cycling etc., but decided to go with this as I could control other Samsung devices in my home much easier. My partner ultimately convinced me to buy one as she said it will help with tracking milestones in my training.Initially really easy to setup and pair. Controversially to some I wear watches on my right arm just because it feels more natural to me, the difficult bit was undoing the starps to swap them round and then swapping the watch face via the smart watch app, I know other watches just have a slide catch which is easier, if you have bigger fingers this may be a bit tricky on this watch.It measures everything really well, I've compared it to my other fitness measuring equipment and the sensors are fairly accurate. I'm still getting use to arranging the tiles as some of my more used apps require a fair bit of scrolling which is a bit frustrating but in terms of functionality it is pretty intuitive.I would recommend buying a cover for it as the glass is raised above the metal casing, looks like it could be easily broken even though they say they've strengthened the glass. I can see why some reading the reviews of older and newer models prefer the rotating bezel on the 4 series, it adds a bit of protection. The screen is sensitive enough to work absolutely fine with my case.Downside is the face won't stay on for long enough if you are trying to time exercises using samsung fit, even select always on display and increasing the screen time it still times out after 15-30 seconds, even worse if you take it off your wrist to perform a plan or something. The watch detects it is off your wrist and keeps turning the screen off - the only way to do this is to go onto the actual stop watch app which means coming out of your fitness app to time.Overall a great watch sk far and the battery life is sometimes over a day. I use alot of fitness tracking apps so I wouldn't expect it to last more than 24hours without needing a charge.