Samsung - Galaxy Watch 4 44mm

I went from Galaxy Watch 4 Classic 44m to PW3 45 mm and I love it. Of course some features are lacking and locked behind the Fitbit premium but they don't make me regret it. Generally better, smother and prettier UI experience on the Pixel. I just never liked the One UI. And my phone seems to have less battery drain after the switch but that can be unrelated. I miss the body composition sensors but I always knew they weren't accurate anyway so no big deal. EKG and Pulse loss detection is locked behind a 22 year old mark so be aware of that. Fitbit doesn't have dark mode in their app but we talk about it for like 5 years now. The battery is amazing, and charging is better for me as the charger is a bit slimmer and has USB-C. I keep AOD on, something I wasn't able to do on GW4 as it drained the battery like a monster. Better integration with phone calls, Bluetooth switching for headphones and Google app updates their apps regularly in contrast to Samsung. That's it. It's worth it. If you have any questions I'm willing to answer

You can obviously use swimming activity outdoors but it's more designed to be used indoors where you can set the length of the pool you're in. Galaxy watches eg. Have "Outdoor swimming" exercise which tracks your GPS and calculates rates based on that

Check out the Amazfit GTR 4 or Galaxy Watch 4 if you can find it on sale - both hit most of your requirements and actually look like proper watches instead of those chunky fitness tracker things. The GTR 4 especially has insane battery life and the health tracking is pretty solid for the price range

Galaxy Watch 4 is gonna be your best bet for accuracy on all those metrics. The Samsung Health ecosystem is pretty solid and the sensors are decent quality Huawei's banned from Google services so that's a pain, and Xiaomi's hit or miss with accuracy but crazy cheap if budget is tight

I changed a galaxy watch4 for a Garmin Fénix 8 and there is no color.....no point of comparison.

I use a Galaxy Watch 4. It's been great. A refurbished model on Amazon costs about $50.

I have a Samsung watch 4 with a ~$25AUD strap/case thing from supcase or something like that. I've taken that thing through hell and it's fine for years.

The Galaxy watch 8 internal speaker is a big downgrade no one is talking about, it sounds very low. In fact the galaxy watch 4 speakers sound louder than the galaxy watch 8. Anyone facing this similar issue?

Yeah, the battery on the FE is definitely the shittiest of the current lineup. The FE is actually a rebranded Watch 4, which had a slightly smaller battery and a worse screen than the Watch 6 or Watch 7. Honestly, if you can, it might be worth swapping yours out for a Watch 6 or Watch 7 for the slightly better battery life. I mean, battery is still going to be kind of shit, but at least you should be able to get a single full day out of the 6 or 7. Also, sorry about the haters! I think your nails are fun!

I have tried Fossil. Skagen, Galaxy 4 and 6, Ticwatches, Oneplus, Amazfit watches. The ticwatches I tried had terrible vibration. I recently was surprised and found the galaxy 5 and the Galaxy 5 pro watches and they both have great vibrations. The 5 pro is thicker and its vibration is the best I have felt in years. Reminds me of the Pebble time and time steel which had a similar vibration. I would also like to point out the Galaxy watch 5 is 44 and the 5 Pro 45mm. The 40mm usually have less vibration strength.

You mention you want to use your watch for hiking I believe you are better with the Galaxy watch. The step count on the galaxy watches is right on the step count on the Oneplus watches is off. I have read this for the Oneplus 2, I experienced it on my Oneplus 2R and the Oneplus 3 has the same processors so I would be concerned. The galaxy watches get the updates the Ticwatches do not. My galaxy watches already have wear 5.0. The other problem with the Oneplus watch is the sleep monitoring. If you take a nap it will link in with your sleep score and you can not remove it. The galaxy watches have a much better sleep monitoring and if you take a nap it is registered separately so you can remove it or keep it. The stress monitoring on the Oneplus watch simply does not work. Galaxy watches win here again. If vibration strength is important to you the Galaxy 5 and 5 pro have the strongest vibration. I could go on and on.

The Galaxy watch FE in essence is the Galaxy Watch 4 hahaha, so really even changing to a watch 6 you would feel a difference in performance, but yes, the jump to 7 can be better if you are looking for better performance and a better battery (although don't think it will be gigantic). Regarding the buds, I have seen that the 3 pro have too many problems so you could opt for the 2 pro, but you can try the 3 pro, the truth is I have the normal 2 buds and they are quite good 👌

The battery still improves, as I told you, it is not a gigantic change, I had the watch 4 and I went to the 6 and I easily went from about 20 hours of the watch 4 to a day and a half, almost 2 days using the watch 6 classic, here I give an example of. For headphones you could also consider looking at options from other manufacturers, I understand the "galaxy ecosystem" thing because I am also a big fan of it, but I don't see that consideration as bad https://preview.redd.it/xdu60542s4vf1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3151ba6d97dbbf0f7fecb29bd709655cd016af9