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Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic: One-minute review
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is different from its predecessors. The classic series gives crop crops every two years as tomorrow, and all features that rotate the bezel, which serve as a way to interact with the clock.
However, while the Samsung Galaxy 6 sees classic and sees a similarity for their names in the Galaxy Watch series 4 classic beer for the mainline entries, The Watch 8 Classic 8 Classic Samsung draws more than the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra.
This new effect means that the body is a different size for the new Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, which has been reduced by 11% to become the thinnest Galaxy Watch yet. The classic is still chunky, and in addition to the rotating bezel offers the programmable quick button of ultra. Quick buttons can be programmed and used in many different ways, which range from starting your most used workouts to opening music control. Rotating bezel also allows you to scroll through apps, lists and messages without using touchscreen.
These two characteristics combined with a supported voice command aided by Google Gemini AI Assistant means that you have many different ways to interact with the clock, which is very good. Bezel feels smooth in use, and it seems very natural to use the wheel to scroll through the long passage of the text and the list of apps.
Other new features include sleep apnea detection, a new running coach, recommending and tracked 160 running plans, useful reinstrokes designed software (new at-a-glass app collection display and a minimalist widget in which Aa Now Bar is called, which is going on in your watch face) and if there is no work on the background) which is going on in the background) and surely an AI assistance. Mentions It has also got Samsung’s current suit features, such as bioactive heart rate sensor, sleep coach recommendations, accurate body composition, and more.
I have tested the clock for a very short time with only Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, but it certainly seems to be a full package inside an attractive but thick and chunky cover.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic: Price and Availability
- Bluetooth-Caval model starts with $ 499 / £ 449 / AU $ 899
- LTE model is $ 549 / £ 499 / AU $ 999
- Pre-order available 9 July
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is now available for pre-order, priced at $ 499.99 / £ 449 / AU $ 899 for the Bluetooth-only model. Considering the Mainline Watch 8 is available for $ 150 / £ 100, you are paying for the upgrade stainless steel body, rotating bezel and added quick buttons. LTE connectivity is available for additional $ 50 / £ 50 / AU $ 100.
This is certainly not an increase in a small price between versions, and it is a big leap from the previous generation classic: the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic $ 399 / £ 369 / AU started at $ 699, although it was a small size 43 mm model, while, like Ultra,, Classic 8 is, classic 8 is 46 mm.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic: Design
- Rotation bezel is back
- Quick button added
- UI/software re -designed
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic comes in only one size, 46 mm, where options of 40 mm and 44 mm are offered with Mainline Samsung Galaxy Watch 8. This is only a clock for the big wrist, as it is also thick and chunky due to additional height and playful from bezel.
It looks like a Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and feels, especially in addition to a quick button – so if you liked that design, you will also like it. The Watch 8 Classic display is tied at 3,000 notes so far for the most bright with 8. You also get internal storage of standard Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 – 64GB instead of 32GB of standard 8.
As mentioned above, the quick button can be programmed for different purposes, and bezel is used on the best apple watches like a digital crown, in which you use it to bicycle through options, but the real magic is in the re -designed UI, which I like.
The AT-A-Glance Views now provide more information on your limited display, while a new watch face widget called The Now Bar, the idea borrowed from the best Samsung phone, allows the background work-as timer and workout-workout-for a small appearance on the regular watch face. It works very well in practice, and I loved to use it.
My main design is con, limited size options and clock thickness, dynamic lug system, borrowed from Galaxy Watch Ultra. I mentioned in my Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 review that I found this Fidli, especially as a person with small nails.
However, this means allegedly meant low-case movement during exercise, and the clocks (in white and black) look stretched with leather-influence strap. If you are willing to use it for exercise, especially swimming, it can also ask you to take a silicon, you will need to buy it separately while increasing the price of the clock.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic: Features
In addition to the design difference, there are many new features on the offer that are described in my Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 review, but I will repeat them here. Sleep apnea detection is added to Samsung’s broad suite of sleep-tracking features, including sleep coaching, snor detection and energy scores.
A new running coach helps to calibrate your running and recommend one of the 160 different training plans, which can switch intelligently between the plans on the fly based on your performance. The new antioxidant index detects the level of antioxidant carotenoids in your body, which is found in leafy greens and orange vegetables: If this score is low, you need to eat more vegetables.
Gemini on the Samsung Galaxy Watch, the first of its kind, here is a headline feature, and is based on my brief hand time with the watch, it works well in practice. My unit was attached to a test phone only by one of Samsung representatives, but I am eager to test my abilities when it is connected to my own unit.
All this is added to Samsung’s existing suits of trekking, fitness and lifestyle features, which is further enhanced by Wear OS from third party apps. These include run, hikes, and rides, trackbacks, advanced fitness features such as double frequency GPS to prevent you from losing trackback and body composition analysis, and to determine body structure analysis from muscle fat to bone. This is surprisingly accurate: we tested Samsung’s convenience against a smart scale with favorable results.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic: Early decisions
I am not in love with the design of Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic because I am with the Minimum Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, even though the design is the unique sales point of this watch. This is very big and heavy for me, but I can see the appeal, and the additional functionality of rotating bezel is always a welcome.
However, no one is denying that Samsung has knocked out its genetic redesign outside the park, and I have been motivated to see what more tests come soon.
