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India Today
22-05-2025
- India Today
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic leaked in full glory, design and other details revealed
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, rumoured to launch at the Galaxy Unpacked in July alongside the company's foldable smartphones, has leaked in all its glory. From the looks of it, one could say — if the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic and the Galaxy Watch Ultra had a baby, this is what it would look like. Folks over at SammyGuru, in collaboration with OnLeaks, have brought the first CAD renders of the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic smartwatch, giving us a detailed preview of what to expect. Source: OnLeaks x SammyGuru advertisementAccording to the report, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is said to retain the same button layout as the Watch Ultra model. However, the biggest change comes in the form of the rotating bezel, which was last seen two years ago on the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. Apart from this, the squircle-shaped frame does remind us of the Watch Ultra, but since the rotating bezel is making a comeback, we can't call the Watch 8 Classic a direct successor to the the past few years, Samsung seems to have alternated between its Classic and more rugged smartwatch offerings. The third and fourth generations arrived in successive years, followed by the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, which took a more outdoor-focused approach. The sixth generation marked the return of the Classic, only for Samsung to introduce the Galaxy Watch Ultra as its seventh-generation flagship last year — a clear evolution from the Watch 5 Pro. Now, with the eighth generation, all signs point to the return of the Classic line, setting the stage for the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic to take the Apart from this, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is expected to feature a 1.5-inch display — probably an AMOLED panel, just like the Galaxy Watch models from previous years. The dimensions are said to be approximately 46 x 46.5 x 14.2mm. According to a separate report by SammyGuru, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic was listed with model numbers SM-L500 (Bluetooth) and SM-L505 (LTE), suggesting there would be two variants of the upcoming smartwatch. When it comes to endurance, the Watch 8 Classic is rumoured to feature a 435mAh battery, which is bigger than the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic's 425mAh unit, but much smaller than the 590mAh battery of the Watch Ultra. The rotating bezel could be the likely reason for the smaller battery inside the Watch 8 Classic, as its inclusion will take up extra internal get to know more details about the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in the coming months, as we approach its launch. Stay tuned to India Today Tech for all the latest on Samsung's next-generation smartwatch.
Forbes
29-04-2025
- Forbes
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 To See Return Of The Classic Range
Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic Samsung The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic series seems a dead cert for a return in 2025, following its certification by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. It's hard enough to keep gadgets-in-waiting under wraps, and the Bluetooth SIG database appears to have spoiled the surprised on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, as spotted by Xpertpick. This is not the first time the watch has been teased. Last month, Samsung firmware made reference to an 'L505U' I predicted might be the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic. But there was at the time no mention of the product name, just its product code. Sure enough, this latest teaser links that L505U with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic title. The Galaxy Watch 6 Classic from 2023 was Samsung's last model in the sub-series. It took a year off to make room for the higher-end Galaxy Watch Ultra in 2024. And 2025 could potentially setup a rhythm for releases going forwards. That would mean, a standard Galaxy Watch iteration is made each year, but the Classic and Ultra lines take it in turns to offer something a little more flashy. A rotating bezel was the number one feature that separated Classic watches from their ordinary counterparts. But Samsung actually switched to a touch-sensitive bezel for the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic (2021) before switching back to the physical kind in the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic two years later. Earlier references to the Galaxy Watch 8 watches suggest there will be both Wi-Fi only and LTE/4G versions of the Watch 8 Classic. Big fans of this extended family may wonder where the direct successor to the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is. It was Samsung's higher-end watch for 2022, and we haven't seen a Pro-branded watch since. However, given it was positioned as a somewhat more hardcore watch, thanks to its longer battery life, it seems safe enough to assume its place was usurped by the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra. What else could the Galaxy Watch 8 offer? Two key upcoming fields for wearables tracking include blood pressure monitoring and blood glucose monitoring. Samsung has offered blood pressure readings since 2021's Galaxy Watch 4 series, but these require an initial calibration with a classic inflatable cuff. It has announced plans for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring in a wearable, though. We may get neither of these this year, with the current tech climate suggesting the focus may instead be on how the software incorporated more AI features. The wait continues. Samsung's next Unpacked is rumoured to be pencilled in for July, or later in the summer.
