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The video reviews the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, highlighting its design, features, and performance. A key theme is the return of the rotating bezel, which the reviewer appreciates for its functionality. The watch boasts a larger Super AMOLED display, durable stainless steel build, and advanced health sensors, including a new infrared temperature sensor and enhanced heart rate monitor. It is certified with IP68, 5 ATM, and military standard 810H. Battery life is initially poor but improves after a few days of usage, offering about 2.5 to 3 days under moderate use.
The watch runs on the Exynos W930 chip with 2GB of RAM, though performance changes are minimal. It includes an array of health and fitness features, like automatic workout detection, SpO2 monitoring, and sleep tracking, and supports various apps via Google Wear OS 4. Certain features, such as ECG and blood pressure monitoring, are region-specific and require a Samsung phone.
Compatibility is limited to Android devices, with Apple iOS being unsupported. The Galaxy Watch 6 Classic enables NFC payments using Google Pay and Samsung Pay, and allows Bluetooth phone calls and WhatsApp functionalities. Pricing strategies suggest waiting for potential price drops, making the LTE and Bluetooth versions priced at £479 and £429 respectively more affordable later.
The reviewer critiques the incremental improvements and calls for Samsung to innovate more significantly, suggesting a potential new smartwatch focused on health tracking with superior battery life. Finally, the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic is ranked as the second-best smartwatch for 2023, commended for its build quality, health features, and user interface.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker introduces the new Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, highlighting the return of rotating bezels by popular demand. Key points include concerns about battery life, noting that initial usage may result in poor battery performance due to the watch learning the user’s usage patterns. This process takes about three days, after which the battery life should improve significantly. The unboxing content is briefly discussed, including some paperwork and a USB type-C magnetic wireless charger, which is compatible with previous Galaxy Watch models. Pricing details are provided, with the Bluetooth version priced at £429 and the LTE version at £479, suggesting to wait for a potential price drop similar to past models.
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In this segment, the reviewer discusses the features and improvements of the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. Key points include the return of the rotating bezel, which the reviewer appreciates. The watch has a larger Super AMOLED display, durable stainless steel build, and improved health sensors, including a new infrared temperature sensor. It boasts IP68, 5 ATM certifications, and military standard 810H durability rating, upgraded from 810G. The reviewer notes the watch’s light weight despite its large size, making it comfortable to wear. The watch case is 46.5 mm in diameter, 10.9 mm thick, and weighs 58.7 grams, with the strap bringing the total to 84.7 grams. The hybrid strap combines leather-like material with soft silicone and features a quick-release mechanism. Third-party 20 mm straps are also compatible.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the Galaxy Watch, noting that pre-orders included a free watch band with a quick-release button. They express some dissatisfaction with the color but find the band very comfortable, enhanced by its elastic quality. The speaker compares different generations of the Galaxy Watch, highlighting the thinner bezels and larger display of the new model compared to previous versions. The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro’s design is also compared, noting that it appears similar but for the added rotating bezel in the new model. Additionally, they note that the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic supports wireless charging, using the same charger as the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, and mention the battery life, stating it has a 425 milliamp-hour capacity promising around 40 hours of usage, achieving between 2.5 to 3 days in practice.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on the battery and performance details of the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. The watch has varying battery sizes, with Samsung quoting a 40-hour battery life for all models, suggesting an average lifespan of 1.5 days under normal usage. The reviewer shares personal usage experiences, noting that with moderate use settings, the watch can last 2.5 to 3 days. However, heavier usage can reduce this battery life. It’s advised to allow a few days for the watch to adapt to usage patterns before assessing battery performance.
On performance, the watch uses the new Exynos W930 chip, which has a slightly faster clock speed compared to its predecessor but doesn’t offer noticeable speed improvements in real-time use. The reviewer criticizes Samsung for not opting for the more efficient Snapdragon chip. Additionally, the watch now includes 2GB of RAM, a half-gig increase from previous models, but this upgrade doesn’t significantly impact performance. Storage remains at 16GB, which is sufficient, though an increase to 32GB would have been preferred. Overall, while there are paper specifications improvements, the real-world performance remains similar to the Galaxy Watch 5.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the health and fitness features of a smartwatch. The watch includes an IR temperature sensor and can monitor heart rate, stress levels, and SpO2 (blood oxygen) both manually and automatically during sleep. Additional features available but turned off by default are snore detection, skin temperature monitoring during sleep, and menstrual cycle prediction for women. The watch has automatic workout detection for activities like walking, running, cycling, and swimming, which activates within 6-7 minutes.
The design features two flat style buttons for power and home/back functions, a loudspeaker grille, and a 1.5-inch Super AMOLED display with 480×480 resolution that is bright and responsive. The watch runs on Google Wear OS 4 with One UI 5, allowing access to the Play Store for apps like Spotify, YouTube, and WhatsApp. The WhatsApp integration offers full messaging and call functionalities but can significantly drain the battery.
The segment also highlights Samsung’s user-friendly interface, Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity for a stable connection, and compatibility limited to the Galaxy Watch 6 series.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic’s compatibility and features. The watch has no iOS compatibility and offers ECG and blood pressure monitoring only when connected to a Samsung phone. However, other features work well on any Android phone. It supports NFC payments through both Google Pay and Samsung Pay, with Samsung Wallet pre-installed and Google Wallet available for download. The watch also allows Bluetooth phone calls, enabling users to make and receive calls directly from the watch, with good microphone and speaker quality. Additionally, the watch supports WhatsApp audio calls and messaging, showing notifications and allowing replies via audio or a full QWERTY keyboard. Health activities can be viewed on the watch or via two required apps: Galaxy Wearable and Samsung Health, with ECG and blood pressure monitoring requiring an additional app, Samsung Health Monitor.
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In this part of the video, the creator explains the availability of features like ECG and BP, highlighting that these are not available in every country. They mention that while these features are accessible in the UK and Europe, they might not be available on US versions of the watch at launch. The creator also discusses the Samsung watch apps: the main app which syncs with the watch for settings and customizations, and Samsung Health which tracks various health metrics and activities. They express a wish for a more consolidated app experience. The video then covers changing watch faces by long-pressing the current face and showcases the variety available, including additional watch faces from the Google Play Store. Following this, the creator goes through various watch features accessible by swiping left, detailing health tiles, workouts, health metrics, sleep tracking, and other functionalities like weather, calendar events, and vital sign monitoring.
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In this part of the video, the presenter explains how to customize and organize tiles on a smartwatch. You can move tiles like the blood oxygen monitor to the front by dragging them or remove them using the minus sign. Notifications can be managed by swiping right, while quick toggles for essential settings like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are accessible by swiping down. Swiping up reveals various apps including phone calls, messaging, Google Maps, and health monitors. The presenter then demonstrates a health sensor test comparing the smartwatch to a medical-grade O2 ring, finding the readings for heart rate and blood oxygen to be very similar.
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In this part of the video, the reviewer conducts a physical test comparing the heart rate measurements of a Samsung Galaxy Watch and an O2 ring while walking and sprinting on a treadmill. The Galaxy Watch shows a slower response time in reaching accurate heart rate levels compared to the O2 ring. The reviewer concludes that while the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic is an improvement over previous models, it does not offer enough new features to warrant an upgrade from series 4 or 5. The reviewer criticizes Samsung for overpricing the watch, using outdated RAM, and failing to innovate significantly with each new model. They suggest that Samsung should focus on creating a premium fitness watch with extended battery life and enhanced heart rate monitoring, akin to offerings from Huawei, Fitbit, Garmin, and Xiaomi, rather than continuing to produce similar Wear OS watches.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the features of a potential new smartwatch by Samsung. They suggest it should focus on health tracking with built-in sensors such as SpO2, temperature, and stress sensors, and include features like GPS and route back. The idea is to remove the Play Store and use a custom health tracking OS with a touch of Samsung’s One UI on top. This approach, combined with Samsung’s high-quality sensors and Super AMOLED display, would potentially create the best smart fitness watch with excellent battery life.
For those wanting more comprehensive smartwatch features, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch series (six, five, and four) already provide functionalities like replying to WhatsApp messages and using YouTube. They then review the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, praising its build quality with stainless steel and sapphire, a thin and satisfying rotating bezel, and comprehensive health sensors. Ultimately, the speaker ranks the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic as the second-best smartwatch for 2023 on their chart. They encourage viewers to visit their website for detailed charts and end with gratitude and a prompt to like and subscribe.