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

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.

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 the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and it sits atop my sleeve on my arm. I once had a supraventricular tachycardia episode and when I went to the hospital, their EKG read exactly like my watch did. They also told me it was pretty damn accurate. So I don't think it should affect it too much!

similar happened to me, but it was a Galaxy 4 and glitched immediately the very first time I got into the swimming pool. Just in case you wanna a good watch to swim, I'd recommend you a Garmin, forrunner series works perfectly under water, but they're not lifestyle watches. It took me 2+ months to get used to my new watch 'cause it's not touchscreen. the good news is that the FR 265 is (I got the 255)

I had a Galaxy 4, which says it was watter proof. The first time I got into the swimming pool, it stopped to respond to my commands and started to get heat. it was screwed 😡. a couple of months later, I bought a Garmin Forrunner 255, and it works perfectly!

Very odd I have a GW4 it doesn't track naps but my op 2r does very accurately as well.

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